Breast Augmentation Rehabilitation Program

This study has been withdrawn prior to enrollment.

(The resident in charge of the project has graduated so we decided to close this study)

Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

University of British Columbia

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01857765

First received: May 9, 2013

Last updated: October 10, 2014

Last verified: October 2014

History of Changes

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine whether implementing a rehabilitation program can improve the post-operative time to pain free living after breast augmentation.

Condition	Intervention
Breast Implants Surgery, Plastic	Behavioral: Rehabilitation Behavioral: Follow-up


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Participant, Investigator) Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Official Title:	How Rehabilitation Affects the Time to Pain-free Living After Endoscopic Transaxillary Subpectoral Breast Augmentation

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Rehabilitation

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by University of British Columbia:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Time to return to baseline as measured on Visual Analogue Scale for pain [ Time Frame: Baseline, six months, and one year after surgery ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Time to return to bilateral shoulder baseline range of motion [ Time Frame: Baseline, six months, and one year after surgery ]
Change in psychosocial outcomes as measured by the BREAST-Q questionnaire [ Time Frame: Baseline, six months, and one year after surgery ]


Enrollment:	0
Study Start Date:	May 2013
Estimated Study Completion Date:	September 2014
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	September 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Standard of Care	Behavioral: Follow-up Follow-up with surgeon's clinic
Experimental: Rehabilitation	Behavioral: Rehabilitation Range of motion stretching exercises Behavioral: Follow-up Follow-up with surgeon's clinic

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

women who undergo endoscopic transaxillary subpectoral breast augmentation
women above the age of 18 years
women with a BMI 18-27

Exclusion Criteria:

women who underwent previous breast reconstruction (cosmetic or therapeutic)
women who underwent previous chest surgery
women with previous chest trauma
women who underwent previous shoulder/arm surgery
women with previous shoulder/arm injury
women who smoke
women who are Immunocompromised

Contacts and Locations

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Locations


Canada, British Columbia
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of British Columbia

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Erin Brown, MD	University of British Columbia

More Information


Responsible Party:	University of British Columbia
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01857765 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	H11-02077
Study First Received:	May 9, 2013
Last Updated:	October 10, 2014

Keywords provided by University of British Columbia:


rehabilitation reconstructive surgery

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