Status:

COMPLETED

Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Anosmia and Ageusia Due to SARS-CoV2 Variants

Lead Sponsor:

Sherifa Ahmed Hamed

Conditions:

Post-covid-19 Persistent Smell and Taste Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

10-70 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has consisted of multiple surges of infection because of continuous viral mutations. The WHO and CDC have defined the main SARS-CoV-2 variants based on international and nation...

Detailed Description

The diminished senses of smell (or hyposmia/anosmia) and taste (or hypogeusia/ageusia) have been commonly reported after infection by ancestral Wuhan, alpha and delta strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus i...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children and adults with sudden hyposmia/anosmia and/or hypoageusia/ageusia during COVID-19 pandemics (2020-2024).
  • Persisting symptoms were defined as disorders lasting ≥6 months.
  • Cooperation during objective evaluation
  • compliance to drug treatment or olfactory and gustatory trainings for at least 8 weeks.

Exclusion

  • Prior neurological, medical or psychiatric disease which are known as a cause of progressive olfactory or gustatory dysfunction
  • Nasal congestion
  • Nasal polyps
  • Surgery or head trauma or radiation for head and neck cancers as may result in injury to the nerves that control smell
  • Exposure to toxic chemicals (such as pesticides and solvents) Cocaine or other drug abuse
  • Lack of compliance to drug treatment or olfactory and gustatory trainings for at least 8 weeks.
  • Lack of cooperation to complete the objective testings.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 30 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 30 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

160 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06208540

Start Date

August 30 2021

End Date

May 30 2024

Last Update

August 5 2024

Active Locations (2)

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Assiut University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt

Asyut, Egypt, 71516

2

Assiut University, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Asyut, Egypt, 71516