The effect of testosterone and a nutritional supplement on hospital admissions in under-nourished, older people.
University of Adelaide
200 participants
May 1, 2010
Interventional
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Summary
Weight loss and under-nutrition is common in older people and associated with poor outcomes. This includes increased rates of hospital admissions. In a pilot study of ndernourished older, community dwelling people we found that daily treatment for one year with a combination of testosterone tablets and a nutritional supplement produced a significant reduction in hospitalizations. We propose a larger, multicentre study to explore and hopefully confirm this exciting, potentially important finding.
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Interventions
Nutritional liquid supplement 2 times per day (180 ml) for 12 months, and oral capsule andriol testocaps (testosterone undecanoate) (40mg daily women, 80mg twice daily men) for 12 months. The vanilla nutritional supplement delivers 70.97kJ/180 mls, 0.186g protein, 0.98 g fat and 35-45 g carbohydrate. The chocolate nutritutional supplement delivers 95.48 kJ/180 mls, 0.186 g protein, and 0.98 g of fat.
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ACTRN12610000356066