U.S., March 28 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07498062) titled 'Multimodal Chewing Gum Flavour Training to Aid Flavour Perception Recovery - a Pilot Study.' on March 23.
Brief Summary: Olfactory training is developed for people who have partly or completely lost their sense of smell (olfactory dysfunction). Participants expose themselves to odours twice daily for usually 12 weeks or longer. It has been proven to effectively help people improve their sense of smell. However, when abnormal flavour perception is reported it may involve not only a dysfunctional sense of smell, but also taste and trigeminal perception (e.g. burning from chilly, cooling from mint, etc.). The stimulation of multiple s...