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Olfactory Training in Chronic Rhinosinusitis

NCT03055572 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2019-05-30

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Summary

Persons with a loss of sense of smell, who agree to participate in this study, will be assigned to one of three groups: two groups will have smell training and the third group will not do smell training. Participants assigned to one of the smell training groups will be asked to smell four different odors in rotation for five minutes two times per day, a total of 10 minutes of participation per day, for 12 weeks. One smell training group will be given odors made of fragrance oils to use for smell training. The other smell training group will be given odors made of essential oils to use. Participants in all groups will continue taking all medications and nasal rinses for sinusitis as prescribed by their doctor.

Conditions

  • Olfactory Dysfunction

Interventions

OTHER

Olfactory Training with Essential Oils

Participants will be instructed to sniff one of four provided odors for approximately 10 seconds followed by a 10 second break before repeating with each successive odor for a total of 5 minutes. Essential oils will be used for the odors. The intervention will be completed in the morning before breakfast and in the evening before bed. Participants will document compliance by completing a log of olfactory training sessions.

OTHER

Olfactory Training with Pure Fragrance Oils

Participants will be instructed to sniff one of four provided odors for approximately 10 seconds followed by a 10 second break before repeating with each successive odor for a total of 5 minutes. Pure fragrance oils will be used for the odors. The intervention will be completed in the morning before breakfast and in the evening before bed. Participants will document compliance by completing a log of olfactory training sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Edwards, MD · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-01
Primary Completion
2019-12-15
Completion
2019-12-15

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