# Whether Proton Pump Inhibitors, Administered Prior to or After Surgery, Can Reduce the Incidence and/or Severity of Difficulty Swallowing Foods and/or Liquids,Following Anterior Cervical Surgery

> **NCT03488147** · PHASE2 · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai**

## Conditions studied

- Dysphagia
- GERD
- Degenerative Joint Disease

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Esomeprazole
- **DRUG:** Placebo Oral Tablet

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03488147
- **Lead sponsor:** Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2020-07
- **Primary completion:** 2020-07-02
- **Final completion:** 2020-07-02
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Change in Investigational Drug Service policies resulting in the need to change the operational design of the overall protocol.
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-23


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03488147

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03488147, "Whether Proton Pump Inhibitors, Administered Prior to or After Surgery, Can Reduce the Incidence and/or Severity of Difficulty Swallowing Foods and/or Liquids,Following Anterior Cervical Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-30 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03488147. Licensed CC0.

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