At-Home Olfactory Training



Status:Recruiting
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

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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.

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.

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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