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Wheat Beer for Prevention of Delirium in Intensive Care Patients
Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Summary
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.
Official title: A Randomised Placebo-controlled Double-blind Exploratory Trial Within Cohort Using Wheat Beer for Prevention of Delirium in Intensive Care Patients
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
380
Start Date
2023-01-18
Completion Date
2029-12-31
Last Updated
2025-02-11
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Beer
As interventive agent 0.5 L organic alcohol-containing wheat beer produced by the brewery "Unser Bier" in Basel, Switzerland, is administered once a day at 8pm for 6 consecutive days after enrolment.
Water
For the interventional control group 0.5L water is administered once a day at 8pm for 6 consecutive days after enrolment.
Locations (1)
University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland