Overview

Olfaction Disorders in Patients Included in The Trauma Brain Injury (TBI) Database at Trondheim University Hospital

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-08-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The aim of the study is to see whether patients with chronic smell impairment after brain injury benefit from a treatment that consists of corticosteroids, and then olfactory training in 3 months.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
St. Olavs Hospital
Collaborator:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Registered in the TBI Database

- 18-65 years of age per 01.10. 2012

- Olfaction score by Sniffin Sticks Threshold-Discrimination-Identification (TDI) < 30
confirming dysosmia

Exclusion Criteria:

- Unable to express senses.

- Unable to follow treatment and protocol

- pregnancy

- diabetes

- tendency to infections

- hypertonia

- dyspepsia

- interfering medication (hormonal treatment, NSAIDS, antidiabetics, barbiturates,
fenitoin, carbamazepin, rifampicin, cyclophosphamides)