NCT03611673

At-Home Olfactory Training

At-Home Olfactory Training With Essential-Oil Based Scents

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Kansas Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Conditions

• Olfactory Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Smell Test	Oils are used for each of the different scents. Each scent will be put on an aromatherapy inhaling stick.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-02
• Primary completion: 2021-04-19
• Completion: 2021-04-19
• First posted: 2018-08-02
• Last updated: 2023-07-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States