What this phase means
This study does not use the classic phase 1–4 drug ladder. It may be a device, a behavior program, a surgery timing study, or an early feasibility test.
Phase labels are FDA/ICH categories applied to the registry Phase field. They are not a finding that this study succeeded.
What the registry says happens
If you join, the listed intervention(s) are Ensure. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This study wants to determine the effect on hematological markers of nutritional intervention on nutritionally deficient patients following total joint replacement surgery.
They plan to enroll about 72 people at 2 sites. Taking part typically means study visits and measurements plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
Oral Nutritional Optimization in Total Joint Arthroplasty
Interventions: Ensure
Primary outcome (registry wording): Changes in the patients' albumin, pre-albumin, and/or transferrin levels