Kids With Iron Deficiency and Scoliosis
NCT06042699
This study is recruiting at 1 US site in 1 state, according to its ClinicalTrials.gov record last updated .
Summary
This study is a randomized controlled trial of preoperative oral iron supplementation, to identify whether iron deficiency is a modifiable risk factor for adverse surgical outcomes such as red blood cell transfusion and diminished postoperative cognitive and physical capacity in adolescents undergoing scoliosis surgery. Research Question(s)/Hypothesis(es): Primary Iron supplementation will reduce the incidence of perioperative RBC transfusion in iron deficient scoliosis patients undergoing spinal fusion.
Shortened from the sponsor's brief summary. View official record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Conditions studied
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Neuromuscular Scoliosis
- Perioperative/Postoperative Complications
- Iron Deficiencies
- Anemia
- Spinal Fusion
- Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Eligibility basics and study details
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 10 to 26 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
- Last updated on ClinicalTrials.gov
- June 26, 2026
These are the basic criteria only. The full inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official record, and the study team decides who can take part.
US recruiting sites
New York · 1
- Columbia University Medical Center · New York, NY
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, data processed . Recruiting US sites filtered by distance and site status; summaries shortened.