Tokyo, Nov. 20 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000059826) titled 'Evaluation of subcutaneous fat fibrosis in patients with lymphedema using ultrasonography' on Nov. 20.
Study Type:
Observational
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Condition:
Condition - lymphedema
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - Lymphedema is progressive once it develops, and in advanced cases, it becomes intractable with marked fibrosis of subcutaneous fat, significantly impairing the patient's quality of life. However, there are currently no tests available to evaluate fat fibrosis. We aim to establish a met...