Wheat Beer for Prevention of Delirium in Intensive Care Patients

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Conditions studied: ICU Delirium

In brief

The investigators hypothesise that the daily administration of 0.5L alcohol-containing wheat beer at 8 pm over a study period of 6 days in a row leads to a lower prevalence of delirium compared to water following the same administration scheme.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04876742

Run by

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

People needed

380

Starts

2023-01-18

Expected to finish

2029-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All Patients meeting the following criteria are eligible for the study:
• Risk of delirium: ICU patients with expected length of stay (LOS) ≥ 24 hours
• Naso-gastric tube in situ
• ICU stay ≤ 72h until first study intervention
• Women: negative pregnancy test, age ≥50 years or status post hysterectomy/bilateral ovariectomy
• Adult patients (age ≥ 18 years)
• ≥ 50 kg body weight or BMI ≥18.5

You may not qualify if…

• Patients fulfilling the following criteria are excluded from the study:
• Pre-existing liver pathologies
• Patients after bone marrow transplantation
• Women: breastfeeding
• Pre-existing delirium (ICDSC ≥ 4)
• Terminal state
• Active psychosis
• Anamnestic complete alcohol abstinence or status post alcohol abuse
• Especially vulnerable patients
• Allergy to any ingredient(s) of beer

Where it is running

• University Hospital Basel — Basel, Switzerland (enrolling)

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