# Use of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid to Assess Bone and Tissue Profusion in Orthopaedic Infection Patients

> **NCT04976049** · — · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center**

## Conditions studied

- Trauma
- Infection
- Bone Fracture

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Imaging using 5-Aminolevulinic Acid (5-ALA) during surgery

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04976049
- **Lead sponsor:** Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2021-08-13
- **Primary completion:** 2022-08-30
- **Final completion:** 2022-11-21
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Principle Investigator decided not to pursue study
- **Last updated:** 2022-11-28


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04976049

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04976049, "Use of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid to Assess Bone and Tissue Profusion in Orthopaedic Infection Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04976049. Licensed CC0.

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