Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04896359
High Doses Vitamin C and Tissular Repair in Surgical Patients
Effect of High Doses of Vitamin C on the Tissular Reparation (Healing) in Patients Under Surgery in the "Hospital de Los Valles".
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This is a prospective, randomize, double-blind, and placebo-controlled study to evaluate in patients with clinical criteria for any of the following open surgical procedure: (1) cesarean section; (2) aesthetic surgery like abdominoplasty; (3) orthopedic surgery; and (4) abdominal open surgery \[excluding laparoscopic procedures\] will be invited to receive either a high dose of vitamin C (12.5 g) three times (48 h pre-surgery, immediately before surgery and 48 h post-surgery) or its placebo, to evaluate the tissue repair process using an international validated instrument named Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Vitamin C | 12.5 grams of ascorbic acid |
| OTHER | Placebo | vehicle |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-03-15
- Primary completion
- 2021-03-03
- Completion
- 2021-03-03
- First posted
- 2021-05-21
- Last updated
- 2021-10-04
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Ecuador
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04896359. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.