Lost your smell after COVID? simple training may help

NCT ID NCT07571382

Completed Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Oslo Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looked at 176 people who had COVID-19 and were having problems with smell, taste, or saliva. Researchers tested their senses and tried smell training as a way to help. The goal was to better understand these long-lasting symptoms and how to manage them.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

smell training

What this could lead to

If successful, this could point toward simple smell training exercises to help people recover their sense of smell after COVID-19.

What could go wrong

This is a small, completed observational study, not a large treatment trial. The results may not apply to everyone, and smell training may not work for all patients.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

anosmia COVID-19 Sialorrhea Taste Disorders trigeminal nerve disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

SALIVARY DYSFUNCTION SMELL DYSFUNCTION TASTE DYSFUNCTION TRIGEMINAL DYSFUNCTION

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Locations

University of Oslo

Oslo, Oslo, 0455, Norway