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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 28 January 2013
Main ID:  NCT01433302
Date of registration: 08/09/2011
Primary sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Public title: Inflammatory Response and Tissue Fibrosis/ Lymphatico-venous Bypass
Scientific title: Determination of the Effect of Lymphatico-venous Bypass Surgery on Inflammatory Responses and Tissue Fibrosis
Date of first enrolment: March 2012
Target sample size: 22
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01433302
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   David W. Chang, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 713-794-1247
Email:
Affiliation: 
Name:   David W. Chang, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients undergoing lymphatico-venular bypass for stage II or greater lymphedema.

2. History of axillary lymph node dissection.

3. A minimum of one (1) year post-op from original breast or axillary surgery.

4. A minimum of three (3) months post-op from other surgical interventions.

5. A minimum of six (6) months from the last dose of chemotherapy.

6. Patients with unilateral lymphedema.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Active systemic infection or allergic reaction.

2. Active parasitic infection.

3. History of primary (congenital) lymphedema.

4. Metastatic cancer.

5. History of autoimmune disorders including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis,
systemic sclerosis.

6. History of other fibroproliferative disorders including cirrhosis, pulmonary
fibrosis, kidney fibrosis, systemic sclerosis, scleroderma.

7. Current treatment with steroids.

8. Concurrent secondary systemic cancer exclusive of cutaneous malignancies.

9. Treatment with myelosuppressive or stimulatory drugs within six (6) months of
enrollment.

10. History of bone marrow transplantation.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast Cancer
Genitourinary Cancer
Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm
Melanoma
Sarcoma
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Punch Biopsy
Primary Outcome(s)
Th2 Cytokine Levels [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2011-0455
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Department of Defense
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