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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00951067
Date of registration: 03/08/2009
Primary sponsor: Children's Hospital Boston
Public title: Pneumatic Compression Treatment For Upper Extremity Acquired Lymphedema PCD-LYMPH
Scientific title: Trial to Compare Pneumatic Compression Treatments for Upper Extremity Acquired Lymphedema
Date of first enrolment: August 2009
Target sample size: 75
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00951067
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Arin K Greene, MD, MMSc
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Affiliation:  Children's Hospital Boston
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients diagnosed with acquired lymphedema of the arm.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Refusal of consent

- Unlikely compliance with the research protocol

- Acute upper extremity DVT



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Lymphedema
Intervention(s)
Device: E0650 PCD with non-sequential waveform
Device: E0651 PCD with sequential, non-gradient waveform
Device: E0652 PCD with peristaltic pulse waveform
Device: E0652 PCD with sequential, gradient waveform
Other: Exercise, Elevation, and Compression Garment
Primary Outcome(s)
Arm Volume [Time Frame: Arm volume will be measured at 2 weeks before treatment starts, day treatment begins, and then 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 7 months after treatment starts]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Infection (cellulitis) [Time Frame: Presence of infection will be recorded at 2 weeks before treatment starts, day treatment begins, and then 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 7 months after treatment starts]
Quality of Life Survey [Time Frame: Survey will be given at 2 weeks before treatment starts, day treatment begins, and then 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 7 months after treatment starts]
Secondary ID(s)
AQ-UE-LYMPHEDMA-PCD-RCT
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
NormaTec Industries LP
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