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Clinical trialNCT02165436CompletedInterventional

Chewing Gum Facilitates an Earlier Return to Bowel Function in Pediatric Scoliosis Patients: A Prospective Randomized Study

SponsorUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamEnrollment83Scoliosis
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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of chewing gum on reducing post-operative ileus and reducing post-operative gastrointestinal symptoms in pediatric patients undergoing surgical correction of scoliosis. This study would provide minimal risk to its study population, and has the opportunity to provide a benefit to patients undergoing scoliosis surgery. If shown to be effective, this could lead to changes and improvement of the post-operative course for pediatric scoliosis patients.
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Investigators

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  • Joseph Khoury, MD

    Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - University of Alabama At Birmingham

    Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • the Children'S Hospital of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Jul 2009
Primary completion
31 Jul 2013
Completion
31 Jul 2013
Last update posted
17 Jun 2014
Registered enrollment
83
Registry id
NCT02165436
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