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Clinical trialNCT06733636RecruitingInterventional

Scents of Progress: Leveraging a Novel Device for Olfactory Training in Older Adults

SponsorJohns Hopkins UniversityEnrollment60AnosmiaHyposmiaOlfactory DysfunctionSmell Loss
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Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if ScentCare, a novel olfactory training device and accompanying companion web-based application, will lead to improved olfactory and well-being outcomes in elderly patients with Olfactory Dysfunction (OD). The main question it aims to answer is: \- What effect does the olfactory training device (ScentCare) and accompanying companion web-based application have on olfaction? Researchers will compare ScentCare to solving Sudoku puzzles to see the effects of olfactory training using this novel device on olfaction. Previous studies have used Sudoku puzzles when studying the effect of smell training. Since smell training is thought to work by stimulating and engaging higher order cognition, Sudoku is a suitable activity for participants in the control group since it serves as a correlate with similar degree of stimulation. Participants will: * Use ScentCare (intervention) or solve Sudoku puzzles (control) twice daily for 3 months. * Visit the clinic twice, once upon enrollment and once three months later. * Complete a formal smell test using Sniffin' Sticks smell test at the beginning of the study and again at the end of the study (3 months) during the initial and follow up visit. * Complete questionnaires at the beginning of the study and again at the end of the study (3 months) during the initial and follow up visit.

Investigators

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  • Nicholas Rowan, M.D.

    Johns Hopkins University, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Principal Investigator

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States

    Nicholas Rowan, M.D.
    Recruiting

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
15 Apr 2025
Primary completion
31 Dec 2026
Completion
31 Mar 2027
Last update posted
13 Apr 2026
Registered enrollment
60
Registry id
NCT06733636

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.