NCT03918694

Vitamin C Supplement for Lumbar Spine Surgery

Vitamin C Supplementation for Lumbar Spine Surgical Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 55 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Kansas Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

By doing this study, researchers hope to learn effects of Vit C on lumbar spine surgery outcomes.

Detailed description

Lumbar spine surgeries are common procedures for management of low back pain and their prevalence is increasing. However, their outcomes are less than optimal. An effective and inexpensive solution to minimizing surgical complications and expediting recovery following lumbar spine surgery could be supplementation using high doses of vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid. Vit C can help reduce oxidative stress and inflammation and improve immune system and body's own chemicals to fight pain. The researchers want to examine if Vit C is effective in decreasing pain and pain medications and improving function. Gaining a better understanding of effects of Vit C on patient recovery may lead to improved outcomes.

Conditions

• Lumbar Spine Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Vitamin C	Daily use of Vit C tablets
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	Daily use of placebo tablets

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-30
• Primary completion: 2022-06-03
• Completion: 2022-06-03
• First posted: 2019-04-17
• Last updated: 2025-05-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States