Nutritional Therapy for Delirium in Elderly Hospitalized Subjects

Description

The investigators have developed a proprietary blend of amino acids that they think will help to prevent or reduce the severity of delirium in older adults (60 years and older) who are hospitalized for certain infections. In this study, up to 45 people will be enrolled.15 will be asked to drink this blend twice a day for up to 4 days, and 15 will receive standard treatment in the hospital for the same time period. The other 15 subjects will be non-delirious control subjects who do not consume any study products.

Conditions

Subacute Delirium

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The investigators have developed a proprietary blend of amino acids that they think will help to prevent or reduce the severity of delirium in older adults (60 years and older) who are hospitalized for certain infections. In this study, up to 45 people will be enrolled.15 will be asked to drink this blend twice a day for up to 4 days, and 15 will receive standard treatment in the hospital for the same time period. The other 15 subjects will be non-delirious control subjects who do not consume any study products.

Nutritional Therapy for Delirium in Elderly Hospitalized Subjects

Nutritional Therapy for Delirium in Elderly Hospitalized Subjects

Condition
Subacute Delirium
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Little Rock

UAMS Center on Aging, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Aged 60 years and older.
  • 2. Documented presence of either delirium, acute confusion, or altered mental status in medical record.
  • 3. Currently hospitalized with a diagnosis of one of the following:
  • 1. sepsis/septicemia
  • 2. Pneumonia
  • 3. Urinary tract infection
  • 4. Clostridium-difficile infection
  • 5. Other bone or tissue infection
  • 6. Fever of unknown origin
  • 1. Chronic kidney disease (eGFR \<30).
  • 2. Admitted to the hospital for major psychiatric illness.
  • 3. Major psychiatric illness not controlled by medication/treatment.
  • 4. Delirium etiology of drug overdose or alcohol withdrawal.
  • 5. Major surgery within the past five days.
  • 6. Known or suspected Covid-19 positive.
  • 7. Continuous feeding tube

Ages Eligible for Study

60 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Arkansas,

Gohar Azhar, M.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Arkansas

Study Record Dates

2026-08