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Olfaction Disorders

Late-stage therapeutic developmentEmerging researchRising momentum
MeSHOlfaction Disorders
3
Publications
6
Clinical trials
2023
Latest publication
Latest activity
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

What's happening now

An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

Executive briefingUpdating summary…Momentum: Low
Key developments
  • 1 clinical trial with recent milestones.
Major developments
Major clinical milestoneWorth watching
Efficacy of Adjunctive Sodium Citrate in Smell Retraining for People With Post-Acute Sequelae COVID-19 Olfactory Dysfunction
Primary completion2025-12-01
Clinical Milestones1View
Recently completed 1
Activity timeline1

Clinical trials

5 sponsors · 0 new · 0 completed in the last 12 months (net +0)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
6
All trials
2
Active
2
Late-stage
2
Completed

Research activity

3 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Publications over time
20022023
Major themes2
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic1
  • Olfaction Disorders1
Leading journals3
  • Brain, behavior, and immunity1
  • Science advances1
  • The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience1
Leading researchers8
  • Alvarez-Buylla A1
  • Brann DH1
  • Chance R1
  • Choi YG1
  • Chou HJ1
  • Das D1
  • Datta SR1
  • de Bezieux HR1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
  • Berkeley Institute for Data Science1
  • Center for Computational Biology1
  • Centre for Developmental Neurobiology1
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute1
  • Department of Anesthesiology and Center for Shock1
  • Duke University School of Medicine Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences1

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

Impaired ability to smell. This may be caused by OLFACTORY NERVE DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; viral RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; SMOKING; and other conditions.

Identifiers
MeSHOlfaction Disorders
References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.