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Can exercise and protein shakes help frail seniors recover?

NCT ID NCT05906446

Symptom relief Sponsor: Hebrew SeniorLife Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested whether a program combining personalized exercise sessions and protein supplements is practical for older adults recovering in skilled nursing facilities after a hospital stay. Fifty participants aged 65 and older with mild frailty or worse were enrolled. The main goal was to see how many eligible patients joined and how many stuck with the program.

What this could mean

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Active substance
exercise and protein supplement
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could help older adults regain strength and mobility after a hospital stay, potentially reducing frailty.
What could go wrong
This is a small feasibility study with only 50 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention requires daily effort and may be hard for some to maintain.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

50 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jun 2023

Finished

Oct 2024

Lead sponsor

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

65 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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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: * Community-dwelling before hospitalization * Age ≥ 65 years * Admitted to SNF directly from inpatient hospitalization * English speaking * Mild Frailty or worse, as measured by a Clinical Frailty Scale Exclusion Criteria: * Discharged from Emergency Department * Non-community discharge plan on admission (e.g. plan to discharge to hospice) * Nothing per oral (NPO) dietary status * Presence of any feeding tube * Chronic kidney disease stage IV or worse * Clinician refusal * Inability or refusal to consume intervention products (e.g. allergies to protein supplement) * Inability to consent to study procedures

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Frailty

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Frailty

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hebrew Rehabilitation Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02131, United States

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