Education With or Without Exercise and Counseling in Preventing Lymphedema in Women With Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Breast Cancer Who Are Undergoing Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
Lymphedema
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Lymphedema focused on measuring lymphedema, stage IA breast cancer, stage IB breast cancer, stage II breast cancer, stage IIIA breast cancer, stage IIIB breast cancer, stage IIIC breast cancer
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility Criteria:
- Newly diagnosed with stage I-III cancer of the female breast
No prior history of carcinoma in situ, lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), or invasive breast cancer
* Patients with a history of other invasive malignancies are eligible as long as they have completed treatment and are 5 years post-diagnosis; patients with basal cell and squamous cell cancer of the skin are eligible
Neoadjuvant therapy
- Patients scheduled to receive any type of radiation therapy to the breast or axilla are eligible; however, they must be registered to this study with pre-surgery measures taken prior to receiving neoadjuvant therapy
- Patients scheduled to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy are also eligible; however, they must be registered to this study with pre-surgery measurements taken prior to receiving neoadjuvant therapy
- Patients receiving no neoadjuvant therapy are eligible
- May be enrolled on other treatment trials; however, patients enrolled on surgery trials where only one treatment arm is full axillary node dissection are not eligible; NOTE: Patients enrolled on American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG)-Z1071 are eligible to participate in this study; patients concurrently enrolled on this study and ACOSOG-Z1071, may not also be enrolled on the ACOSOG-Z1071 lymphedema sub-study
- No documented cardiac conduction disturbances, unstable angina, dementia, or any other chronic disease which, in the opinion of the treating physician, significantly increases mortality over the next 2 years
- No diagnosed lymphedema
- In order to be properly fitted for the elastic sleeve, eligible patients must have arm measurements for axilla, elbow, and wrist that fall within the ranges for one of the six sleeve sizes
- Not currently homebound or dependent upon a walker or wheelchair for mobility
- Able to participate in a mild exercise program
- Willing to return to the study site for the duration of the study (18 months)
- Sentinel (SND) or full axillary node dissection (AND) (no minimum number of nodes required)
- Patients with double mastectomy, axillary node dissection and/or radiation on both arms are ineligible; patients who undergo these treatments (i.e., surgery and/or radiation) on the contralateral arm after registration to Step 2 are still eligible to remain in the study; however, it should be documented appropriately on form C-1628 at the conclusion of study participation
Sites / Locations
- East Bay Radiation Oncology Center
- Valley Medical Oncology Consultants - Castro Valley
- Cancer Care Center at John Muir Health - Concord Campus
- Valley Medical Oncology
- Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
- El Camino Hospital Cancer Center
- Highland General Hospital
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus
- Bay Area Breast Surgeons, Incorporated
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
- Larry G Strieff MD Medical Corporation
- Tom K Lee, Incorporated
- Doctors Medical Center - San Pablo Campus
- John Muir/Mt. Diablo Comprehensive Cancer Center
- St. Vincent's Medical Center
- Tunnell Cancer Center at Beebe Medical Center
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Kaiser Permanente at Capitol Hill Medical Center
- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center
- North Broward Medical Center
- Ella Milbank Foshay Cancer Center at Jupiter Medical Center
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Sacred Heart Cancer Center at Sacred Heart Hospital
- Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
- Resurrection Medical Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Alexian Brothers Radiation Oncology
- Ingalls Cancer Care Center at Ingalls Memorial Hospital
- Trinity Cancer Center at Trinity Medical Center - 7th Street Campus
- Center for Cancer Therapy at LaPorte Hospital and Health Services
- Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
- CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium
- Memorial Hospital of South Bend
- Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC - South Bend
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Chanute
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Dodge City
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - El Dorado
- Cancer Center of Kansas - Fort Scott
- Cancer Center of Kansas-Independence
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Kingman
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Liberal
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - McPherson
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Newton
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Parsons
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Pratt
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Salina
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wellington
- Associates in Womens Health, PA - North Review
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Medical Arts Tower
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wichita
- CCOP - Wichita
- Via Christi Cancer Center at Via Christi Regional Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Winfield
- Central Baptist Hospital
- York Hospital's Oncology Treatment Center
- Kaiser Permanente at Woodlawn Medical Center
- Union Hospital of Cecil County
- Kaiser Permanente - Gaithersburg Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Medical Group-Largo Medical Facility
- Holy Cross Hospital
- Tufts Medical Center Cancer Center
- Cape Cod Hospital
- Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center at Trinitas Hospital
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper - Voorhees
- Nalitt Cancer Institute at Staten Island University Hospital
- Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center at ECU Medical School
- CCOP - MeritCare Hospital
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cookeville Regional Medical Center
- M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas
- Doctor's Hospital of Laredo
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Fair Oaks
- Kaiser Permanente Tysons Corner Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Arm I (lymphedema education)
Arm II (lymphedema education, physical therapy)
Six weeks after surgery, patients receive a brief initial post-operative care session describing lymphedema risk and prevention through oral instruction and written materials. Patients complete physical assessments and questionnaires at 6 weeks and at 6, 12, and 18 months. Patients are also contacted by telephone at 9 and 15 months.
Description Patients receive lymphedema education and complete physical assessments and questionnaires as in Arm I. Patients also complete a personalized physical therapy intervention, receive a refrigerator magnet, and a 15-minute video that reinforces information and exercises.