Breast CancerESTAUVALNCT03651973
Prevention of Sequelae Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery by Self-massages and Self Stretching. Impact of Learning Workshops.
A study testing Standard follow-up and Learning workshops in people with Breast Cancer and Surgery, run by Center Eugene Marquis at 1 site in France.
Trial summary
Myofascial pain syndrome is a common cause of chronic pain characterized by myofascial pain and trigger points. Recommendations regarding management of pain after breast cancer don't mention myofascial syndrome despite a study suggests possible myofascial syndrome with roughly 75% of patients in pain. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Breast Cancer, Surgery
- What is being tested?
- Standard follow-up and Learning workshops
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 143 participants
- Where
- 1 siteFrance
- Study dates
- 13 Jan 2020to 25 Sep 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Woman
- Local development of breast cancer, every stages except stage IV
- Indication of surgery whatever surgery type except breast reconstruction
- More than18 years
- Life expectancy > 12 months assessed by surgeon or pain specialist
- Informed and written consent
- Affiliated to a social security system
Who cannot join
- History of chronic pain
- History of shoulder pain
- Any illness or severe disease, medical or psychiatric, that could prevent the patient to follow study procedures or to give her informed consent, according investigators,
- History of breast surgery
- Pregnant or lactating woman
- Protected adult or deprived of her liberty
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Prevention of Sequelae Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery by Daily Self Massages and Self Stretching of Serratus Anterior Muscle, Pectoralis Major Muscle, Infraspinatus Muscle and Latissimus Dorsi Muscle: Impact of Learning Workshops Performed by a Multidisciplinary Team.
Myofascial pain syndrome is a common cause of chronic pain characterized by myofascial pain and trigger points. Recommendations regarding management of pain after breast cancer don't mention myofascial syndrome despite a study suggests possible myofascial syndrome with roughly 75% of patients in pain.
144 patients having a local breast cancer requiring surgery will be randomized in this study, ratio 1:1 standard and experimental groups.
Read more
Every patients (standard and experimental groups) will attend 4 specific consultations during which standard recommendations will be given, pain, quality of life, shoulder range of motion, global upper limbs force will be assessed.
In addition, patient randomized in experimental group will attend self massages and self stretching workshops, one before surgery and one after surgery. Patients will be encouraged to performed daily self massages and self stretching.
The aim of the study is to assess impact of self massages and self stretching workshops on sequelae pain further surgery for breast cancer.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Surgery
- Being tested
- Standard follow-up, Learning workshops
- Keywords
- Self massages and self stretching, Workshops for self massages and stretching learning
- Medical subject headings
- Breast Neoplasms
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Standard follow-upOther
Patients enrolled into standard group will be followed in a standard way without any additional procedure except randomization that allocates to the standard group
Learning workshopsOther
Patients enrolled into experimental arm will participate to educative workshops before and after surgery for breast cancer. The aim of these workshop is to educate patient to self massages and self stretching.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| With learning workshops | Experimental | Patients in experimental arm will attend learning workshops, one before breast cancer surgey and one after surgery. Patients will be educated by physiologist to self massages and self stretching. Each workshop will last around 2 hours. Receives: Other: Learning workshops |
| Without learning workshops | Other | Standard follow-up. Patients randomized in this arm won't attend Learning workshops and will be followed in a standard way. Receives: Other: Standard follow-up |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Impact of Learning workshops (self massages and self stretching) on sequelae pain after breast cancer surgery
Number of patients with chronic pain
Measured: For 12 months after surgery
Secondary outcomes (1)
Impact of patient quality of life
Assessed by EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire Core questionnaire 30 scale
Measured: at 3, 6 and 12 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted29 Aug 2018
- Study start13 Jan 2020
- Primary completion25 Sep 2025
- Study completion25 Sep 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Breast CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 143 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Center Eugene Marquis
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Aurélie THEBAULT, Principal investigator, Centre Eugène Marquis
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03651973
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2015-4-6-003
- Acronym
- ESTAUVAL
- Status last verified
- Mar 2026
- First submitted
- 4 Jul 2018
- Last updated
- 19 Mar 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 19 Mar 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Prevention of Sequelae Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery by Daily Self Massages and Self Stretching of Serratus Anterior Muscle, Pectoralis Major Muscle, Infraspinatus Muscle and Latissimus Dorsi Muscle: Impact of Learning Workshops Performed by a Multidisciplinary Team.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03651973
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- ESTAUVAL / 2015-4-6-003
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Surgery
- Keywords
- Self massages and self stretching, Workshops for self massages and stretching learning
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 143 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Center Eugene MarquisUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 13 Jan 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 25 Sep 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 25 Sep 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 29 Aug 2018 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Myofascial pain syndrome is a common cause of chronic pain characterized by myofascial pain and trigger points. Recommendations regarding management of pain after breast cancer don't mention myofascial syndrome despite a study suggests possible myofascial syndrome with roughly 75% of patients in pain.
144 patients having a local breast cancer requiring surgery will be randomized in this study, ratio 1:1 standard and experimental groups.
Every patients (standard and experimental groups) will attend 4 specific consultations during which standard recommendations will be given, pain, quality of life, shoulder range of motion, global upper limbs force will be assessed.
In addition, patient randomized in experimental group will attend self massages and self stretching workshops, one before surgery and one after surgery. Patients will be encouraged to performed daily self massages and self stretching.
The aim of the study is to assess impact of self massages and self stretching workshops on sequelae pain further surgery for breast cancer.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| With learning workshops | Experimental | Other: Learning workshopsPatients in experimental arm will attend learning workshops, one before breast cancer surgey and one after surgery. Patients will be educated by physiologist to self massages and self stretching. Each workshop will last around 2 hours. |
| Without learning workshops | Other | Other: Standard follow-upStandard follow-up. Patients randomized in this arm won't attend Learning workshops and will be followed in a standard way. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Woman
- Local development of breast cancer, every stages except stage IV
- Indication of surgery whatever surgery type except breast reconstruction
- More than18 years
- Life expectancy > 12 months assessed by surgeon or pain specialist
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- History of chronic pain
- History of shoulder pain
- Any illness or severe disease, medical or psychiatric, that could prevent the patient to follow study procedures or to give her informed consent, according investigators,
- History of breast surgery
- Pregnant or lactating woman
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Standard follow-upPatients enrolled into standard group will be followed in a standard way without any additional procedure except randomization that allocates to the standard group | Other | Without learning workshops |
| Learning workshopsPatients enrolled into experimental arm will participate to educative workshops before and after surgery for breast cancer. The aim of these workshop is to educate patient to self massages and self stretching. | Other | With learning workshops |
Primary outcome
Impact of Learning workshops (self massages and self stretching) on sequelae pain after breast cancer surgery
Time frame: For 12 months after surgery
Number of patients with chronic pain
1 secondary outcome
Impact of patient quality of life
Time frame: at 3, 6 and 12 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 19 Mar 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Aurélie THEBAULT principal investigator
Centre Eugène Marquis
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Standard follow-up and Learning workshops in people with Breast Cancer and Surgery, run by Center Eugene Marquis at 1 site in France.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Impact of Learning workshops (self massages and self stretching) on sequelae pain after breast cancer surgery (time frame: For 12 months after surgery). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Mar 2026.