Trial | NCT04078880  Report issue

Title

Iron Supplementation in Hip/Knee Surgery
Sideral Forte in Prosthetic Hip and Knee Surgery

  • Phase

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Interventional

  • Status

    Completed No Results Posted

  • Study Participants

    82
Randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of oral iron supplementation in reducing the prevalence of preoperative anemia in a cohort of 82 patients undergoing elective prosthetic hip or knee surgery.
Study Started
Dec 04
2018
Primary Completion
Sep 16
2019
Study Completion
Jan 01
2020
Last Update
May 09
2023

Dietary Supplement Sucrosomial iron plus ascorbic acid [vitamin c, iron]

A number of 41 subjects are supplemented with 30 mg of iron plus 70 mg of ascorbic acid daily for 30+/-5 days before orthopedic surgery.

Intervention (group A) Experimental

Patients who are subjected to the intervention, being iron plus ascorbic acid, other than the standard of care.

Control (group B) No Intervention

Patients who are not subjected to the intervention and follow the standard of care.

Criteria 

Inclusion Criteria:

Males and females
ASA 1, 2, or 3
No neuropsychiatric conditions
Acceptance of informed consent
Elective prosthetic hip or knee surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

ASA 4
Present or past neuropsychiatric conditions
Hip or knee revision surgery
Use of iron as dietary supplement
Known erythrocytosis
Incompatible hypersensitivities
Iron metabolism disorders
Lymphoproliferative disorders
No Results Posted