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‹ Mon · 29 Jun 2026
Promising but preliminary

Effect of magnesium supplementation on inflammatory factors and clinical outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with acute leukemia receiving a neutropenic diet: a randomized clinical trial.

Magnesium supplementation reduces inflammation markers and improves recovery in bone marrow transplant patients, suggesting a low-cost adjunct worth further study.

Magnesium supplementation significantly reduces inflammatory markers and improves clinical recovery in allo-HSCT patients in this double-blind RCT. Findings support investigating Mg as a low-cost, low-risk adjunct to reduce transplant-related inflammatory complications.

What the study was

Study design
Double-blind randomized controlled trial
Population
Acute leukemia patients undergoing allo-HSCT on neutropenic diet; n=45
Sample size
45
Category
Treatment Innovation
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Scientific reports

Why it surfaced

Rigorous double-blind RCT of low-cost adjunct in allo-HSCT; significant inflammatory reduction; small n=45 limits generalizability.

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