Effect of Nasal Steroid in the Treatment of Anosmia Due to COVID-19 Disease

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2020-10-15
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Background: Anosmia is a debilitating common symptom of COVID-19. The therapeutic effect of systemic steroid for the treatment of anosmia has been studied with various findings of its efficacy. However, the effect of local steroid was not assessed before.

Objective: To estimate the efficacy of local steroid in the treatment of anosmia in COVID-19 patients.

• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Of Anbar

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Proven cases of COVID-19 infection by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs and presented with recent onset of anosmia alone or with ageusia or other symptoms of the disease were enrolled in the current study.

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Exclusion Criteria: Patients with pregnancy, children <18 year, psychological disturbances, previous anosmia, severe sinonasal diseases, previous sinonasal surgery, refuse to participate in the study, and those who lost to follow-up were excluded from the study.

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