Muscle Anabolic Interventions to Accelerate Recovery From Hospitalization in Geriatric Patients

Completed · Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Aging

In brief

The goal of this pilot study is to collect preliminary data on the feasibility and effect size of interventions to modify the physiological recovery trajectory from hospitalization in community dwelling older adults.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02990533
Run by: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
People needed: 80
Starts: 2016-09-01
Expected to finish: 2020-11-08
Last updated by the study team: 2024-12-17

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Admitted to the UTMB hospital
Aged 65 years or older
Self-reported ability (with or without the aid of an assistive device) to walk across a small room two weeks prior to hospitalization
Alert and oriented x3 by a physician on H\&P.
Discharged "to home" at hospital discharge. Participation in the study will be terminated in those subjects not discharged to home after hospital stay.

You may not qualify if…

A Nursing home resident or hospice care patient
Uncontrolled blood pressure (systolic >170, or diastolic > 100)
New onset motor disability that prevents walking at the time of baseline testing (stroke with motor disability, lower limb orthopedic dx)
End stage renal disease
AST/ALT 2.5 times above the normal limit
Recent (within 3 months) or current treatment with anabolic steroids.
History of breast or prostate cancer
Palpable prostate nodule or induration or prostate specific antigen (PSA) ≥ 4 ng/ml (PSA ≥ 3 ng/ml in men at high risk of prostate cancer)
Hematocrit ≥ 50%
Any other condition or event considered exclusionary by the PI and faculty physician

Where it is running

Jennie Sealy Hospital — Galveston, Texas, United States

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