Hidden toll of surgical infections: depression and malnutrition under the microscope
NCT ID NCT07125196
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tracks 300 adults who developed a surgical site infection after orthopedic surgery on their limbs or spine. Researchers will use questionnaires to measure how often depression and malnutrition occur over one year. The goal is to better understand these complications so doctors can improve patient care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better identify and manage depression and malnutrition in patients recovering from surgical site infections.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly test any new therapy. Results may not apply to all patient groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient \>18 years old * Patient treated in infectiology for surgical site infection after orthopedic surgery of the limbs or spine: * Prosthetic limb surgery * Spinal surgery * Traumatology: Osteosynthesis of peripheral limbs or spine Exclusion Criteria: * Patient under guardianship or curatorship, * Pregnant, breastfeeding woman * Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, * Person undergoing psychiatric treatment under duress requiring the consent of the legal representative. * Person unable to express their consent, * Person under legal protection, * Patient not affiliated to a social protection scheme. * Patient with a history of diagnosed depression, hospitalization for depressive disorders or taking mood-regulating treatments. * An initial BMI of less than \< 18.5, the existence a cancerous pathology, an ongoing inflammatory disease, a pathology responsible for chronic undernutrition
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Bordeaux
RECRUITINGBordeaux, France
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