NCT06115291

Olfactory Training in Various Populations

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Kansas Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To date, there is no validated pharmacotherapy for olfactory disorders. Interestingly, olfactory training - the intentional exposure to odorants for the purposes of retraining the sense of smell - has shown success with as many as 28% of subjects over the course of 12 weeks.

Detailed description

Study Objectives: The overall, primary goals of these studies are as follows: 1. To compare the outcomes of our olfactory testing battery for olfactory training to the previously published literature 2. To determine if using a larger panel of odorants (our 15 scents versus the 4 scents previously used in the literature) yields a significant difference in olfactory recovery.

Conditions

• Olfactory Disorder
• Smell Disorder
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Concussion, Brain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Smell Test	Oils are used for each of the different scents. Each scent is administered via an aromatherapy inhaling stick.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-13
• Primary completion: 2025-12-31
• Completion: 2026-07-31
• First posted: 2023-11-02
• Last updated: 2025-07-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States