Bromelain for Post-surgery Facial Swelling

ConditionMalocclusion
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorMohamed Bazina

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Bromelain Supplement works to decrease the amount of swelling or the amount of time swelling is present following jaw surgery. It will also learn about the safety of Bromelain supplement. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does Bromelain decrease facial swelling following orthognathic, or jaw, surgery? Does Bromelain supplement decrease the amount of time that patients are swollen following orthognathic, or jaw, surgery?

Participants will:

Take Bromelain supplement once daily for 9 days total. Take 2 days before surgery and 7 days following surgery.

Keep a log of when the bromelain supplement is taken as well as another other medications.

Visit the clinic with pre and post surgical protocol

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

undergoing orthognathic surgery

Disqualifiers

craniofacial anomalies

incomplete patient data

systemic disease that could affect healing

allergy to latex or pineapple

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Bromelain

Treatment groups

200 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Mohamed Bazina

Lead sponsor

University of Kentucky

Sponsor institution