Clinical trials: Taste Perception
Taste Disturbance
Taste Disorders in Middle Ear Disease and After Middle Ear Surgery
Objectives To evaluate the impact of taste disturbance in different types of chronic middle ear diseases and after middle ear surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT01584011
- Testing
- taste measurement, Symptom questionnaire, Quality of life questionnaire
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 310 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Asthma, Croup
Comparison of Dexamethasone Oral Preparations to Assess Taste and Acceptance in Children With Asthma and Croup
Study of the palatability and acceptability of dexamethasone oral tablets crushed and placed in apple sauce or pudding in comparison with the IV solution mixed with sugar syrup and given orally.
- Trial name
- NCT03705273
- Testing
- Dexamethasone IV for PO, Dexamethasone crushed tablets
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Development
Taste Preferences for Nutritive and Non Nutritive Sweeteners Among Children and Adults
The goal of the study is to determine whether there are age-, diet- and genetically-related differences in the perception of sweeteners, both nutritive and non-nutritive.
- Trial name
- TNNS (NCT02646956)
- Testing
- sweeteners
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
Pediatric Obesity
Taste Reward Processing in Pediatric Obesity
The study aims to provide a better understanding of the neural influence of eating behavior in the development of childhood obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT01908153
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Cystic Fibrosis
Taste Receptors Regulation in CF Patients
The project is intended to be realised in two phases. In the first stage, a case control study will be performed. In the second phase, double-blind, placebo controlled cross-over study will be conducted.
- Trial name
- CFTaste (NCT04058340)
- Testing
- lactizole nebulization
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Lodz
Pediatric Cancer
Medically Tailored Meals for Kids
The purpose of this project is to learn whether an intervention that provides households with home-delivered healthy, frozen meals tailored to illness related conditions for 12 weeks during a child's treatment for serious illness…
- Trial name
- MTM-Kids (NCT06814795)
- Testing
- Medically tailored meals
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Food Habits, Food Preferences
Promoting Vegetable Intake in Preschool Aged Children
The aim of this cluster randomised control trial is to test the efficacy of a repeated taste exposure intervention, a nutritional educational intervention and combination of both to increase intake of an unfamiliar vegetable in…
- Conditions
- Food Habits, Food Preferences, Behavior, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03003923
- Testing
- Taste exposure, Nutritional education
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leeds
Epilepsy
An Open-Label, Safety and Tolerability Study of Chronic Intermittent Use of Diazepam Nasal Spray.
This study will assess long-term safety and tolerability of repeat dose diazepam nasal spray in adolescents and adults with cluster seizures, with a focus on potential local effects (changes in nasal mucosa, olfaction, and taste).
- Trial name
- NCT02316847
- Testing
- diazepam nasal spray
- Where
- 33 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- Acorda Therapeutics
Facial Expression
Recording Facial Expressions to Assess Taste in Children and Teenagers
The study is designed to see if, after tasting specific things, whether a child's facial pattern and voice pattern can determine the difference in something that has a sweet taste, no taste, and a bitter taste.
- Trial name
- NCT02923908
- Testing
- Noldus Facereader 7, Voice Recording, 5-Point Facial Hedonic Scale
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Healthy
Added Sugar Intake, Sweet Taste Phenotypes and Biomarkers
The goals of this cross-sectional study on a racially diverse group of children (3-10y) and their mothers are to determine whether the relationship between sweet taste phenotypes differed among mother-daughter and mother-son…
- Trial name
- SWBIO (NCT05047588)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 277 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
Development
Shifting Salty Taste Preferences in Children
The goals of the proposed research are to determine whether repeated exposure to a low sodium food will result in reduced preference for salt in that food among children; and to determine whether such reductions in preference are…
- Trial name
- NCT02909764
- Testing
- Low Sodium Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
Pediatric Obesity
Sweet Taste Responsiveness in Relation to Insulin, Leptin and Adiposity Among Obese Treatment Seeking Children
This study will explore whether a relationship exists between insulin and leptin resistance, sweet taste responsiveness, and adiposity.
- Trial name
- NCT04600648
- Testing
- Serum insulin level, Serum Leptin test
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Post-covid-19 Persistent Smell and Taste Disorders
Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Anosmia and Ageusia Due to SARS-CoV2 Variants
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has consisted of multiple surges of infection because of continuous viral mutations. The WHO and CDC have defined the main SARS-CoV-2 variants based on international and national data for the circulation…
- Trial name
- NCT06208540
- Testing
- Cerebrolysin, olfactory and gustatory trainings
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Sherifa Ahmed Hamed
COVID-19 by SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Frequency and Clinical Evolution of Olfactory and Taste Disorders in COVID-19 Patients
A novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 HAS arose in 2019 in Wuhan, China. Beside the classical semiology of this infection, numerous patients described olfactory and teste disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT04361565
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Orthognathic Surgery, Altered Taste
Change in Taste Sensation After Orthognathic Surgery
Orthognathic surgery refers to jaw operations that can be performed on the upper jaws (Le Fort I osteotomy) and lower jaws (Sagittal Split Ramus osteotomy).
- Trial name
- NCT06103422
- Testing
- Whole mouth taste tests, Localized taste tests
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yağmur Malkoc
Olfactory Disorder, Taste Disorders
Prospective Registery of Smell/Taste Clinic Ear/Nose/Throat
Smell/taste disorders are common conditions with a significant impact on quality of life. In September 2021, a specific consultation for patients with smell and taste disorders was initiated at the ENT-HNS (ear, nose, and throat…
- Conditions
- Olfactory Disorder, Taste Disorders, Smell Dysfunction, Smell Disorder
- Trial name
- ProspeRo'Scent (NCT06456008)
- Testing
- Standard of care
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Sequelae of; Infection, Post Infection Glomerulonephritis
Recovering Damaged Cells for Sequelae Caused by COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause multiple system function disorders, and complicated symptoms last for an extended period.
- Conditions
- Sequelae of; Infection, Post Infection Glomerulonephritis, Post-Infectious Peripheral Neuralgia, Post-Infectious Disorder (Disorder)
- Trial name
- sequelae (NCT04846010)
- Testing
- PurWet, FurFat, PurApo
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- All Natural Medicine Clinic, LLC
Ear Middle Problems
Taste Disturbance After Middle Ear Surgery: Frequency, Duration, Influence of Chorda Tympani Injury and Quality of Life
Chorda tympani nerve (CTN), is a branch of nerve VII, and has two componants: taste sensation from the anterior two thirds of the tongue and salivary secretion from submandibular and sublingual salivary glands.
- Trial name
- NCT04899011
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 214 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Seizure Disorders
A Taste and Acceptance Study of FruitiVits in Children Aged 4-8 Years Following a Ketogenic Diet.
Subjects will be asked to substitute their usual vitamin and mineral supplement/s with FruitiVits for seven consecutive days.
- Trial name
- FruitiVits (NCT02229318)
- Testing
- FruitiVits
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Vitaflo International, Ltd
Taste Alterations, Smell Disorder
Adaptation Strategies for Coping With the Impact of Sensory Alterations on Eating Behavior in Children With Cancer: A Qualitative Study From the Perspective of Children and Parents
Childhood cancer is a serious and life-changing disease that affects thousands of children every year worldwide. In addition to the disease itself, cancer treatments such as chemotherapy often cause difficult side effects.
- Conditions
- Taste Alterations, Smell Disorder, Eating Behavior Changes
- Trial name
- QUALISENS (NCT07490093)
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Leon Berard