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)