Intranasal Insulin for COVID-19-related Smell Loss
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 27
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- SMELL LOSS IMPROVEMENT
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study was to quantify the improvement in olfaction of 27 post-COVID-19 patients, after three intreventions of intranasal insulin during a four week period, with the help of the Threshold, Discrimination and Identification (TDI) score evaluated with Sniffin Sticks®.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 59 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •COVID-19 in the last 3 to 18 months and who persisted with anosmia, hyposmia or other olfactory dysfunction chronically and without improvement
排除标准
- •nasal tumors, chronic sinusitis, drug-induced sinusitis, nasal polyposis, neurodegenerative disease, smoking, pregnancy Hypoglycemia and a previous diagnosis of diabetes mellitus or anatomical malformations such as septal deviation, rhinosinusitis or choanal atresia
研究组 & 干预措施
intranasal insulin
For each selected participant (n=27), a baseline olfactory measurement was performed with Sniffin Sticks® (12 items) and a capillary glucose measurement was obtained with Dextrostix® NF before and after the intervention, in order to guarantee patient safety and reduce the risk of hypoglycemia. The initial and final measurements were divided into three subsections with a different number of correct answers for each section Subsequently, Gelfoam® cottonoids soaked in 40 IU of NPH insulin were placed on the nasal roof (between the nasal septum and the middle meatus) of each nostril. These remained in place for 15 minutes and were later removed. This procedure was performed in three visits one week apart. During the fourth and last visit (one week after the previous visit), olfaction was reevaluated using the measures previously described.
干预措施: Insulin (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
SMELL LOSS IMPROVEMENT
时间窗: 1 MONTH
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Daniel Dibildox Reynoso
Professor
Universidad Panamericana