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Essential Amino Acid Supplementation in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients

NCT07341399 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2026-04-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This will be a randomized double-blind placebo controlled clinical trial to determine if supplementing with essential amino acids (EAAs) for two weeks prior to, and 3 months after corrective spinal surgery in adults with spinal deformity can stimulate greater muscle protein turnover and whole-body protein balance, and enhance recovery after surgery when compared to a calorie matched placebo.

Conditions

  • Adult Spinal Deformity

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Essential Amino Acid Supplement by Amino Co

This intervention will be EAA supplementation of 15g twice a day for two weeks before surgery and then 12 weeks post-surgery in individuals diagnosed with ASD

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

Placebo

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Arkansas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shiloah Kviatkovsky · UAMS

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-05-01
Primary Completion
2027-03-01
Completion
2027-05-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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