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A study looking at treating lymphoedema with surgery before having standard treatment (PRELUDE)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Open

Phase:

Other

Details

This study is looking into how well surgery works for lymphoedema in comparison to the standard treatment of exercise and bandaging. It is open to people who have lymphoedema of the arm after breast cancer surgery.

Recruitment start: 30 October 2021

Recruitment end: 31 October 2025

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Kelvin Ramsey

Supported by

Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)

Royal Marsden Hospital Charitable Fund

The Royal Marsden Foundation Trust

NIHR Royal Marsden Biomedical Research Centre

Other information

For more information on this study, you can contact Karmina.Claros@rmh.nhs.uk and Ethel.Black@rmh.nhs.uk.

The study team welcome enquires from outside the stated locations on this page.

Last reviewed: 10 July 2025

CRUK internal database number: 17163

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