Health Trials

Prevalence of Gag Reflex in Healthy Persons and Across Different Patient Groups and Its Relevance in Dysphagia Screening

ConditionNeurological Diseases or Conditions
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Giessen

About this trial

The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of gag reflex in healthy young and healthy older subjects as well as in acute stroke patients, in patients with Parkinsons´s Disease, Myasthenia gravis, Multiple Sclerosis and in geriatric patients.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

informed consent

Disqualifiers

Geriatric patients Neurologic diseases

Stroke patients Head and neck tumours Chemo- and/or radiotherapy in the head and neck area Reflux disease COPD Previous surgeries on the cervical spine or thyroid gland Vocal cord paresis

Neurologic patients without stroke Head and neck tumours (except of intracranial tumors= Chemo- and/or radiotherapy in the head and neck area Reflux disease COPD Previous surgeries on the cervical spine or thyroid gland Vocal cord paresis

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Gag reflex test; assessment of Mallampati Score

Treatment groups

700 Participants
are divided into 7 treatment groups

7

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Giessen

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov