An interventional study of Photobiomodulation through LED board in Radiodermatitis, sponsored by Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Brazil. Status unknown. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-09-10.
Sponsored by Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Brazil · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
This is a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Women with breast cancer who are indicated for treatment with adjuvant radiotherapy will be eligible. Patients who underwent surgery and/or chemotherapy outside the institution and patients with comprehension difficulties will be excluded. After recruitment, women will be allocated into two groups: intervention (use of LED board) and control (placebo board). The degree of radiodermatitis, pain, edema and/or lymphedema, paresthesia, functionality, quality of life, skin conditions and related independent variables, such as the characteristics of the patient, the tumor and the oncological treatment performed will be evaluated. Thus, the hypothesis of the study is the prevention of radiodermatitis, which is a complication of radiotherapy treatment using photobiomodulation with LED board as a means of intervention.
Introduction: For Brazil, the INCA estimate is 66,280 new cases of breast cancer for each year of the 2020-2022 triennium. The treatment of breast cancer depends on the stage of the disease and the type of tumor. Treatment modalities are divided into systemic (chemotherapy, hormone therapy and biological therapy) and local (radiotherapy and surgery) that can be performed alone or in combination, according to clinical and tumor characteristics. Radiotherapy is associated with some adverse effects, including radiodermatitis, which is characterized by tissue damage that occurs immediately after the first radiotherapy session and, as subsequent sessions occur, resulting from dose fractionation, it starts to the dose accumulates in the skin, which causes the recruitment of inflammatory cells and the worsening of this complication. General objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of photobiomodulation with the application of the LED board in the prevention of radiodermatitis in women with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy at the Cancer Hospital III of the National Cancer Institute (HCIII/INCA). Materials and methods: This is a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Women with breast cancer who are indicated for treatment with adjuvant radiotherapy will be eligible. Patients who underwent surgery and/or chemotherapy outside the institution and patients with comprehension difficulties will be excluded. After recruitment, women will be allocated into two groups: intervention (use of LED board) and control (placebo board). The degree of radiodermatitis, pain, edema and/or lymphedema, paresthesia, functionality, quality of life, skin conditions and related independent variables, such as the characteristics of the patient, the tumor and the oncological treatment performed will be evaluated.
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Patients will receive applications with the LED board turned off without light activation. Applications will be performed within 1 hour after radiotherapy, three times a week, by a trained team, consisting of physical therapists and physical therapy students, and the application time will be the same as in the intervention group. Women will be instructed to maintain specific home exercises for the upper limbs, which are part of the routine of the physiotherapy sector since the first postoperative day at the HCIII/INCA, in addition to their usual physical activities.
Device: Photobiomodulation through LED board
At the beginning of radiotherapy treatment, all HCIII/INCA patients are instructed by the nursing team in this sector to use the DNA® ointment provided at the institution and to take proper skin care. Patients identified by the nursing staff with some degree of radiodermatitis undergo treatment with silver sulfadiazine and, if necessary, radiotherapy can be interrupted so that the skin regenerates.
Device: Photobiomodulation through LED board
The applications will be performed within 1 hour after radiotherapy, three times a week, by a trained team, consisting of physiotherapists and physiotherapy students, through the sportllux LED plate equipment, medium size, which combines light emitters in two wavelengths: red (660nm) and infrared (850nm).
Also known as: Light emitting diode
Degree of Radiodermatitis
Objective scoring of the severity of radiodermatitis using the classification system of the Radiotherapy Oncology Group / European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (RTOG / EORTC), where the set of skin reactions caused by radiotherapy is classified as grade 0: when there is no reaction; grade 1: mild erythema, epilation and dry flaking; grade 2: painful erythema, moist flaking, and moderate edema; grade 3: wet flaking, confluent and important edema; ulceration, bleeding and necrosis.
Time frame: one day, 30 days, 3 and 6 months after radiotherapy treatment
Pain at the application site
Pain - pain assessment using the visual analog scale (VAS). Pain will be assessed weekly by the patient. Patients will respond to the visual analog scale modified for pain (self-assessment of the patient).
Time frame: one day, 30 days, 3 and 6 months after radiotherapy treatment
Edema/Lymphedema
Edema/Lymphedema: Edema or lymphedema in the upper limb homolateral to axillary breast cancer surgery will be evaluated by perimetry in the upper limbs. The points of the measurements will be: elbow joint interline (IAC), 07 cm above the IAC, 14 cm above the IAC, 7 cm below the IAC, 14 cm below the IAC, 21 cm below the IAC and back of the hand. The total volume of the limb will be calculated by the cone trunk formula, using the circumference measurements: V = h \* (C² + Cc + c²) / (- \* 12). Where, V is the total volume, C and c are the circumferences between the measured points and h is the distance between the circumferences in each segment. Lymphedema will be considered when the total volume is 200 ml between the affected limb and the contralateral limb, 6 months after surgical treatment. Edema will be considered when the total volume is 200 ml in the first six months after surgery.
Time frame: one day, 30 days, 3 and 6 months after radiotherapy treatment
Paresthesia
It can be evaluated using the Stesiometer (monofilaments) . Patients will be evaluated in a quiet and comfortable environment with as little interference as possible; will face the examiner with the hand or foot supported; the test will be demonstrated to the patient using an area of skin with normal sensitivity; patients will be blinded or instructed to close their eyes; the test will start following the specific technique according to the instrument used; the points tested will be previously determined. The testing sequence can be random.
Time frame: one day, 30 days, 3 and 6 months after radiotherapy treatment
Functionality
DASH Questionnaire. This questionnaire is about symptoms as well as skills to do certain activities. Must be answered with regards to last week's physical condition. If you were unable to perform physical activity in the past week, estimate which answer would be correct. It doesn't matter which hand or arm is used to do the activity, the response is based on skill regardless of how the task is performed. It has 30 questions and two optional modules and uses a 5-point scale and the total score ranges from 0 (no dysfunction) to 100 (severe dysfunction).
Time frame: one day, 30 days, 3 and 6 months after radiotherapy treatment
Skin quality
Skindex: Questionnaire used to evaluate patients with any skin alteration and allows identifying how they evolve over time after treatment. In this scale, responses are reported on 3 scales or dimensions: physical (items number 1 to 4), emotions (items number 5 to 11) and functionality (items number 12 to 16). Responses are given on a 7-point Likert-type scale, ranging from 0 ("never bothered") to 6 ("always bothered"), according to the intensity of the frequency with which the patient was bothered, due to his skin condition during the last seven days. All responses are transformed into a linear scale ranging from 0 to 100. The scores for each of the 3 domains (symptoms, emotions and functionality) are calculated. The higher the value found, the worse the quality of life.
Time frame: one day, 30 days, 3 and 6 months after radiotherapy treatment
Questionnaire about Health-related quality of life
will be the EORTC QLQ-C30 3rd version, translated into Portuguese, multidimensional and self-administered, which includes 30 questions related to five functional scales (physical, functional, emotional, social and cognitive), a scale on health status assessment, three symptom scales (fatigue, pain, and nausea/vomiting) and six additional symptom items (dyspnea, insomnia, loss of appetite, constipation, diarrhea, and financial difficulties). And the specific quality of life questionnaire for breast cancer patients, the EORTC QLQ-BR23, translated into Portuguese, which contains 23 questions related to a functional scale (body image, sexual function, sexual pleasure and future perspectives) and a scale of symptoms (side effects of systemic therapy, breast symptoms, arm symptoms and hair loss). Both questionnaires will be applied in relation to the last week of the patient and both were translated and validated into Portuguese.
Time frame: one day, 30 days, 3 and 6 months after radiotherapy treatment
Questionnaire about Satisfaction with photobiomodulation
Self-report on efficacy and overall satisfaction with the management of radiodermatitis.
Time frame: one day, 30 days, 3 and 6 months after radiotherapy treatment
Questionnaire about Impact of radiodermatitis
Self-report on the impact of radiodermatitis on activities of daily living.
Time frame: one day, 30 days, 3 and 6 months after radiotherapy treatment
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