Massage machine may ease arm swelling in breast cancer survivors
NCT ID NCT02506530
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether adding a machine called LPG Cellu M6 to standard treatment helps reduce arm swelling (lymphedema) in breast cancer patients. About 93 people with moderate to severe swelling for at least 6 months took part. The goal was to see if more patients could reduce arm swelling by at least 30% with the extra treatment.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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93 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2015
- Finished
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Dec 2018
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients suffering from a lymphoedema consequence of a breast cancer of grades 2 or 3 (ISL) * Patients suffering from Lymphoedema for 6 months or more * Patients with a difference between arms \>10% * Patients who had ever had an axillary node dissection * Patients hospitalized for intensive standard treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Primary lymphoedema * Venous insufficiency of the upper members * severe arterial obstruction * obliterating arteritis of the upper limbs * Bilateral lymphoedema * Breast cancer recurrence * Another cancer in treatment * Decompensated heart failure * Pacemaker * acute infection * Deep venous thrombosis * Skin atrophy of the upper member * Bullous dermatosis * Acute dermatitis with epidermitis or dermatitis-hypodermitis * Infected wound * Inflammatory scar or consequence of a recent surgery (\<1 month) * Presence of osteosynthesis equipment under the skin with an external part in the upper member to treat * Hyperalgesia of the shoulder * Pregnancy.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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MALLOIZEL DELAUNAY Julie
Toulouse, Midi Pyrenees, 31059, France
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