Clinical trials: Taste Perception
Eating Disorders
Determining the Response to Sipping Beverages Without Swallowing in People With Eating Disorders
This study will use a sipping and spitting exercise to better understand the brain's response to food intake in people with eating disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT00353548
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Weight, Birth, Premature Birth
Effects of Olfactory and Gustatory Stimulus on the Nutrition of Premature Babies
The objective of this clinical trial is to test the effects of olfactory and taste stimulation with milk or water in premature newborns with a gestational age between 28 and 32 weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT06305052
- Testing
- Milk, Water
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Professor Fernando Figueira Integral Medicine Institute
Healthy
Added Sugar Intake, Sweet Taste Phenotypes and Biomarkers
The goals of this cross-sectional study on a racially diverse group of children (3-10y) and their mothers are to determine whether the relationship between sweet taste phenotypes differed among mother-daughter and mother-son…
- Trial name
- SWBIO (NCT05047588)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 277 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
Child Behavior
Motivational Effect of Choosing Taste of te Fluoride Varnish on Behavior During Dental Visit in Children - RCT
To assess the influence of the choice of fluoride varnish flavor on the acceptance and cooperation in schoolchildren between (5-10) years during the dental visit, in which an application of fluoride varnish is indicated.
- Trial name
- NCT05285228
- Testing
- effect of choice on cooperation (pseudoalternative), given fluoride varnish (control)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Taste Perception, Fixed Orthodontic Appliances
Taste Changes With Fixed Orthodontic Appliances
The aim of this research: 1. To analyze the possible influence of fixed orthodontic appliances on taste perception among patients undergoing conventional orthodontic treatment. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT06093256
- Testing
- Fixed orthodontic appliances
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riyadh Elm University
Obesity, Adolescent, Dietary Sugars
A Sensory Strategy to Cut Sugary Beverages in African/American and Latine Adolescents
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether replacing sugary sodas with unsweetened, flavored sparkling waters can reduce added sugar intake and improve health in Black/African American and Latine adolescents with obesity…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Adolescent, Dietary Sugars, Taste Perception, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- SPARKLE (NCT07223151)
- Testing
- Unsweetened Sparkling Water Replacement, Progressively Reduced Sugar Beverage Replacement, Plain Water Replacement
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nana Gletsu Miller
Food Habits, Food Preferences
Promoting Vegetable Intake in Preschool Aged Children
The aim of this cluster randomised control trial is to test the efficacy of a repeated taste exposure intervention, a nutritional educational intervention and combination of both to increase intake of an unfamiliar vegetable in…
- Conditions
- Food Habits, Food Preferences, Behavior, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03003923
- Testing
- Taste exposure, Nutritional education
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leeds
Pediatric Obesity
Taste Reward Processing in Pediatric Obesity
The study aims to provide a better understanding of the neural influence of eating behavior in the development of childhood obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT01908153
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Healthy
Sensitive Periods in Early Flavor Learning
Flavor is the primary dimension by which young children determine food acceptance. However, children are not merely miniature adults since sensory systems mature postnatally and their responses to certain tastes differ markedly…
- Trial name
- NCT00994747
- Testing
- Nutramigen (Flavor and Type of Infant Formula), Enfamil, milk-based formula
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
End Stage Renal Disease
Pilot Study of Taste Sensations in Patients With End-stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis
Individuals on dialysis due to kidney failure have very prescriptive diets. These diets help increase dialysis effectiveness and help patients control blood levels of electrolytes including potassium and phosphate, acid-base…
- Trial name
- NCT03495271
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Healthy
Investigation of the Relationship Between Taste Perception and Caries Activity in School Children
Four basic taste perceptions and relationship with caries are poorly investigated in children as compared to adults. The aim of this study was to evaluate salty, sweet, bitter and sour taste perceptions of school children and…
- Trial name
- NCT03468946
- Testing
- salty taste perception, bitter taste perception, sour taste perception
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Beykent
Seizure Disorders
A Taste and Acceptance Study of FruitiVits in Children Aged 4-8 Years Following a Ketogenic Diet.
Subjects will be asked to substitute their usual vitamin and mineral supplement/s with FruitiVits for seven consecutive days.
- Trial name
- FruitiVits (NCT02229318)
- Testing
- FruitiVits
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Vitaflo International, Ltd
Orthognathic Surgery, Altered Taste
Change in Taste Sensation After Orthognathic Surgery
Orthognathic surgery refers to jaw operations that can be performed on the upper jaws (Le Fort I osteotomy) and lower jaws (Sagittal Split Ramus osteotomy).
- Trial name
- NCT06103422
- Testing
- Whole mouth taste tests, Localized taste tests
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yağmur Malkoc
Taste Disturbance
Taste Disorders in Middle Ear Disease and After Middle Ear Surgery
Objectives To evaluate the impact of taste disturbance in different types of chronic middle ear diseases and after middle ear surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT01584011
- Testing
- taste measurement, Symptom questionnaire, Quality of life questionnaire
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 310 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Malaria
Investigation of the Efficacy of Quinine Sulphate Administered Via Taste-Masked Pellets to Children With Falciparum Malaria
No pediatric formulations of quinine exist. Therefore, quinine tablets are broken into 2 or 4 parts, according to the body weight. Based on the body weight, 1/2 or 1/4 a tablet is administered to the child.
- Trial name
- NCT00329134
- Testing
- Administration of quinine sulphate taste-masked pellets
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Epilepsy
An Open-Label, Safety and Tolerability Study of Chronic Intermittent Use of Diazepam Nasal Spray.
This study will assess long-term safety and tolerability of repeat dose diazepam nasal spray in adolescents and adults with cluster seizures, with a focus on potential local effects (changes in nasal mucosa, olfaction, and taste).
- Trial name
- NCT02316847
- Testing
- diazepam nasal spray
- Where
- 33 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- Acorda Therapeutics
Cystic Fibrosis
Taste Receptors Regulation in CF Patients
The project is intended to be realised in two phases. In the first stage, a case control study will be performed. In the second phase, double-blind, placebo controlled cross-over study will be conducted.
- Trial name
- CFTaste (NCT04058340)
- Testing
- lactizole nebulization
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Lodz
Facial Expression
Recording Facial Expressions to Assess Taste in Children and Teenagers
The study is designed to see if, after tasting specific things, whether a child's facial pattern and voice pattern can determine the difference in something that has a sweet taste, no taste, and a bitter taste.
- Trial name
- NCT02923908
- Testing
- Noldus Facereader 7, Voice Recording, 5-Point Facial Hedonic Scale
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Sequelae of; Infection, Post Infection Glomerulonephritis
Recovering Damaged Cells for Sequelae Caused by COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause multiple system function disorders, and complicated symptoms last for an extended period.
- Conditions
- Sequelae of; Infection, Post Infection Glomerulonephritis, Post-Infectious Peripheral Neuralgia, Post-Infectious Disorder (Disorder)
- Trial name
- sequelae (NCT04846010)
- Testing
- PurWet, FurFat, PurApo
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- All Natural Medicine Clinic, LLC
Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies, Pediatric Oncology
CANUT Junior : Assessment of Sensory Abilities and Eating Behavior in Pediatric Oncology: a Feasibility Study
Cancer treatments in children are very intense and often cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and changes in taste and smell.
- Trial name
- CANUT Junior (NCT07632560)
- Testing
- tests
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Leon Berard