Clinical trials: Taste Disorders
Obesity, Adolescent, Dietary Sugars
A Sensory Strategy to Cut Sugary Beverages in African/American and Latine Adolescents
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether replacing sugary sodas with unsweetened, flavored sparkling waters can reduce added sugar intake and improve health in Black/African American and Latine adolescents with obesity…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Adolescent, Dietary Sugars, Taste Perception, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- SPARKLE (NCT07223151)
- Testing
- Unsweetened Sparkling Water Replacement, Progressively Reduced Sugar Beverage Replacement, Plain Water Replacement
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nana Gletsu Miller
Healthy Lifestyle, Taste Disorders
Vegetables Intake and Polymorphism TAS2R38 Gene by Healthy Adults
Personalized nutrition is one of the most up to date trends in human nutrition and gains much interest of general public and scientists as well.
- Conditions
- Healthy Lifestyle, Taste Disorders, Diet Habit
- Trial name
- NCT04145453
- Testing
- Intervention genotype personalized nutritional recommendations, Control Group 1 personalized nutritional recommendations, Control Group 2 general nutritional recommendations
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 174 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poznan University of Life Sciences
Saliva Altered, Taste, Altered
Taste Perception, Salivary Proteins & the Oral Microbiome
Genetic differences in taste are believed to play an important role in food selection, especially for strong-tasting foods and beverages.
- Trial name
- NCT04107688
- Testing
- Control, CPE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers University
Burning Mouth Syndrome
Neurogenic Mechanisms in Burning Mouth Syndrome
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is characterized by a bilateral burning sensation in the anterior tongue, hard palate and lips in the absence of any clinical or laboratory findings.
- Trial name
- BMS17 (NCT00875537)
- Testing
- Capsaicin oral gel 0.025%, Capsaicin oral gel 0.01%
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Cognitive Disorders
Prospective Monocentric Study of Taste in Patients With Minor or Major Cognitive Disorders Such as Alzheimer's, Through the Analysis of Gustatory Evoked Potentials.
Approximately 24 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, with Alzheimer's disease being the most common cause. Alzheimer's disease typically progresses in three stages: presymptomatic, prodromal ("early onset" or minor…
- Trial name
- MAPEG (NCT04860414)
- Testing
- Blood sampling, Cognitive Assessment, Subjective taste tests
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Disorder of Glucose Regulation
SEGATROM: Sensory and Gastrointestinal Impact of Taste Receptor Variants on Human Metabolism and Nutrition
We investigate the impact of taste receptors (sweet, bitter and umami) on human metabolism. There ist growing evidence, that components of the taste signalling system, including the taste receptor proteins , have important…
- Trial name
- SEGATROM (NCT02219295)
- Testing
- sweet block, bitter block, umami-block
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- German Institute of Human Nutrition
Dysphagia
The Effect of Food Taste, Temperature, and Viscosity on Swallowing Efficiency
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of taste on swallowing efficiency, to evaluate the effect of temperature on swallowing efficiency, and to evaluate the effect of viscosity on swallowing efficiency.
- Trial name
- NCT01270204
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis