Clinical trials: Taste Disorder
Taste Disorder, Healthy
Study of Taste Deficits
This study will explore the genetics of taste and taste deficits. The sense of taste plays a crucial role in food choices, allowing people to identify beneficial foods (those with high caloric value, which are typically sweet)…
- Trial name
- NCT00022997
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Kidney Failure, Chronic, Olfaction Disorders
Taste And Smell TEsting in End Stage Renal Disease
Malnutrition is an important complication of advanced kidney disease and impairment in smell and taste may affect nutritional status.
- Conditions
- Kidney Failure, Chronic, Olfaction Disorders, Taste Disorders, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- TASTE ESRD (NCT03043144)
- Testing
- Worsening of olfaction from enrollment visit to 6 months, Worsening of taste from enrollment visit to 6 months, Serum Zinc
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Taste Disorder, Primary, Sweet
Role of the Gut Sweet Taste Receptor in the Secretion of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 and Peptide YY
The purpose of this study is to determine the functional significance of sweet taste receptors in the secretion of GI satiation peptides by using a specific sweet taste receptor antagonist to block sweet taste perception in the…
- Trial name
- NCT01304823
- Testing
- lactisole, mixed liquid meal
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Burning Mouth Syndrome, Taste Disorder
Burning Mouth Disorder (BMD) - A Neuropathic Pain Disorder
Oral burning can have a multitude of reasons. Recent neurophysiologic study results suggest that a primary burning mouth disorder (BMD) may be a peripheral and/or a central neuropathic disorder.
- Conditions
- Burning Mouth Syndrome, Taste Disorder, Orofacial Pain
- Trial name
- NCT00504387
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Markus R. Fussnegger
Taste Disorder, Secondary, Sweet
Role of the Gut Sweet Taste Receptor in the Secretion of Satiation Peptides
The purpose of this study is to determine the functional significance of sweet taste receptors in the secretion of gastrointestinal (GI) satiation peptides by using a specific sweet taste receptor antagonist to block sweet taste…
- Trial name
- NCT01302574
- Testing
- lactisole
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Cancer, Anorexia
Orexigenic Therapy With Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in Advanced Cancer Patients With Chemosensory Abnormalities - a Pilot Study
To investigate delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol's (THC) ability to increase food intake and improve food enjoyment for advanced cancer patients with taste and/or smell (chemosensory) abnormalities.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Anorexia, Taste Disorders, Olfactory Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT00316563
- Testing
- Marinol (Dronabinol)
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Alberta Health services