Shockwave in Postoperative Breast Reconstruction Fibrosis
ConditionFibrosis Breast
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorNorthwestern University
About this trial
This study evaluates the potential for extracorporeal shockwave therapy to reduce post-operative soft tissue fibrosis.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Subjects greater than 18 years of age.
Subjects who have undergone plastic surgery procedures and present in the post-operative period with soft tissue firmness suggestive of subcutaneous/parenchymal fibrosis.
Disqualifiers
Subjects with cardiac pacemakers
Other medical or psychiatric condition that may increase the risk associated with study participation, may complicate subject compliance, or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the Investigator, would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study.
Proximity of fibrotic tissue directly adjacent to bone
Face/neck areas are excluded
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Pulsed Acoustic Cellular Expression therapy
Treatment groups
100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov