Could a simple drink help clear confusion in hospitalized seniors?
NCT ID NCT05066503
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tests a proprietary amino acid drink given twice daily for up to 4 days to older adults (60+) hospitalized with infections who have delirium. 20 participants get the drink, 20 get standard care, and 20 non-delirious controls are observed. The goal is to see if the drink reduces delirium severity, measured by standard confusion tests.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- amino acid blend
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple nutritional approach to ease delirium in older hospitalized patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early study with only 60 participants, so results may not be conclusive or apply broadly. The drink's effect on delirium is uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2020
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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60 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: Delirious cohort 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 Inclusion Criteria: NON-Delirious cohort 1. Aged 60 years and older. 2. Current 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 Exclusion Criteria: all subjects 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
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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UAMS Center on Aging
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States
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