Quality of Life Changes on Lower Extremity Lymphedema Patients Using an Advanced Pneumatic Compression Device (PCD)

Exclusion Criteria

• •Diagnosis of active or recurrent cancer, or less than 3 months at the time of initial evaluation from the completion of chemotherapy, radiation therapy or primary surgery for the treatment of cancer.
• •Active skin or limb infection/inflammatory disease (acute cellulitis, or other uncontrolled skin or untreated inflammatory skin disease)
• •Acute thrombophlebitis (in last 2 months)
• •Pulmonary embolism within the previous 6 months
• •Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) within the previous 3 months
• •Severe peripheral artery disease (critical limb ischemia including ischemic rest pain, arterial wounds, or gangrene)
• •Pulmonary edema
• •Heart failure (acute pulmonary edema, decompensated acute heart failure)
• •Patients with poorly controlled asthma
• •Previous use of the study pneumatic compression device (PCD)
• •Currently using multi-layer bandaging (MLB) unless bandages can be removed for limb circumference measurements
• •Pregnant women or women of childbearing potential not on contraception
• •Any condition where increased venous and lymphatic return is undesirable
• •Currently participating in another medical device or drug clinical trial
• •Signs of noncompliance at the week 4 visit including: using the device less than 3 times per week and/or not attending the scheduled visit.