Status:

COMPLETED

Visual-OLfactory Training in Participants With COVID-19 Resultant Loss of Smell

Lead Sponsor:

Washington University School of Medicine

Conditions:

Anosmia

Covid19

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Olfactory dysfunction is a defining symptom of COVID-19 infection. As the number of total, confirmed COVID-19 cases approached 19 million in the United States, it is estimated that there will be 250,0...

Detailed Description

Over 200,000 people visit physicians yearly for taste and smell disorders and given the well-documented prevalence of olfactory dysfunction in COVID-19 infection, there is likely to be an increased ne...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \- Subjective or clinically diagnosed olfactory dysfunction of 3 months duration or longer initially diagnosed within 2 weeks of a COVID-19 infection

Exclusion

  • Diagnosed olfactory dysfunction due to head trauma
  • Chronic rhinosinusitis
  • Congenital olfactory dysfunction
  • Nasal polyps
  • Neurodegenerative disorders (for example, Alzheimer or Parkinson Disease)
  • Pre-Assessment UPSIT score ≥34 for males and ≥35 for females
  • Pregnant
  • Inability to read, write, and understand English
  • Inability to perform home olfactory training (for example, due to limited access to internet)
  • Residence outside of the the United States of America
  • Previously conducting smell training

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 11 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 11 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

240 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04710394

Start Date

January 11 2021

End Date

March 11 2022

Last Update

June 21 2022

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Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63108