Rehabilitation of Taste and Smell Disorders Associated With Chemotherapy Using Aromatherapy (AGORA)

Médipôle Lyon-Villeurbanne

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Other: taste and smell disorders questionnaire; Other: experimental in day hospital

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07041710

AGORA

Details and patient eligibility

About

Changes in taste and smell can occur during chemotherapy treatment. These chemotherapy-related side effects can negatively impact patients' quality of life and diet.

The aim of this research is therefore to propose a solution to alleviate these taste and smell disorders. Based on the same principle as rehabilitation proposed for anosmia (loss of smell) related to COVID-19, we hypothesize that olfactory rehabilitation (using the sense of smell) through the odorous properties of essential oils could be effective for chemotherapy-related taste and smell alterations.

Enrollment: 104 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• cancer treated with chemotherapy
• patient with taste and/or smell disorders

Exclusion criteria

• patient at the end of chemotherapy treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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104 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Other group

Description:

no taste and smell rehabilitation

Treatment:

Other: taste and smell disorders questionnaire

experimental with day hospital

Experimental group

Description:

During the day hospital, patients will be made aware of the various taste and smell disorders by the medical and paramedical team (doctor, dietician-nutritionist, speech therapist, therapeutic education nurse)

Treatment:

Other: experimental in day hospital

Other: taste and smell disorders questionnaire