At-Home Olfactory Training
Status: | Recruiting |
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Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 18 - 80 |
Updated: | 1/9/2019 |
Start Date: | June 2, 2018 |
End Date: | December 31, 2019 |
Contact: | Kevin Sykes, PhD, MPH |
Email: | ksykes@kumc.edu |
Phone: | 913-588-7154 |
At-Home Olfactory Training With Essential-Oil Based Scents
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of a twice daily at-home olfactory
training program with a twenty scent, essential oil-based smell test in patients with
olfactory dysfunction.
training program with a twenty scent, essential oil-based smell test in patients with
olfactory dysfunction.
This study randomizes participants to receive either a four scent or fourteen scent olfactory
retraining protocol. Baseline olfaction will be tested with a currently commercially
available smell test as well as an essential oil based smell test. The protocol involves
twice daily retraining where the participant inhales the scent and makes a mental note of
what they should be smelling. The training period is six months total with a visit at 3
months to re-assess smell function as well as at six months.
retraining protocol. Baseline olfaction will be tested with a currently commercially
available smell test as well as an essential oil based smell test. The protocol involves
twice daily retraining where the participant inhales the scent and makes a mental note of
what they should be smelling. The training period is six months total with a visit at 3
months to re-assess smell function as well as at six months.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have clinical olfactory dysfunction
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women
- Unable to perform routine follow-up
- Current participation in another clinical trial during this trial
- Patients with dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or other
neurocognitive disorders
- Diagnosis of other systemic conditions known to impact the sinonasal cavity such as
Wegener's granulomatosis, Churg Strauss, and immunodeficiency
- Patients who are allergic to any of the smells or components of our olfactory testing
- Chronic rhinosinusitis, malignant tumors and/or oncologic therapies
(radiation/chemotherapy)
- History of surgery on the nose or paranasal sinuses
- Patients using medications that may impact olfactory function (i.e. corticosteroids)
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