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Understanding Flavor: How Smell Shapes What We Taste

Condition: Ear, Nose and Throat / Loss of Smell
Investigator: Jonathan Overdevest, MD, PhD
Status: Currently Recruiting
The Columbia University Department of Otolaryngology is interested in understanding altered flavor perception through the Cognitive Flavor Assessment Protocol (CFAP), a novel multisensory diagnostic and training framework that links smell and taste function to cognitive and emotional health. You can participate in this study if you are an adult between 18…
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Smell and Taste Disturbances in COVID-19

Condition: Ear, Nose and Throat / Loss of Smell
Investigator: Jonathan Overdevest, MD, PhD
Status: Currently Recruiting
Our research team at Columbia University is trying to understand the impact of COVID-19 on smell and taste (chemosensory) dysfunction among adult patients from the Greater New York City area. Current areas of study include: 1) Investigation of smell and taste recovery patterns among patients with COVID-19; 2) Studies on how recovery of smell and taste after…
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Study of Rapamycin in Delaying the Start of Menopause

Condition: Obstetrics & Gynecology / Reproductive & Hormonal Disorders
Investigator: S. Zev Williams, MD, PhD
Status: Closed
Researchers at Columbia are looking at new treatments to help delay the start of menopause. This is a randomized trial where some women will receive medication and some will receive a placebo. The study will last approximately 12 weeks, followed by monthly follow-ups for 6 months. Participants will be compensated $1300 for compensation.
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A study for patients with Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension using study drug Bimatoprost SR

Condition: Eye / Glaucoma
Investigator: Lama Al-Aswad, MD, MPH
Status: Closed
This study is for patients with Glaucoma. The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and effectiveness of a study drug called Bimatoprost Sustained Release (SR) compared to treatment with eye drug Timolol. The Bimatoprost SR is an implant that is very small, is biodegradable (dissolves naturally in the body), and contains the bimatoprost drug.
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Nutritional Supplements and Visual Field Testing (ages 40-80)

Condition: Eye / Glaucoma
Investigator: Jeffrey Liebmann, MD
Status: Closed
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The most important test to detect progression is visual field testing. However, this test is very subjective, often unreliable, and variable. One of the main causes of unreliable tests is the lack of attentiveness or concentration during the test. Previous studies have shown that listening…
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Research Study of New Treatment Called NT-501 (Encapsulated Cell Therapy (ECT) Implant) for Glaucoma

Condition: Eye / Glaucoma
Investigator: George Cioffi, MD
Status: Closed
Glaucoma is a given name of a group of diseases that affect the retinal ganglion cells in the eye and the optic nerve. Glaucoma cause degeneration of the retinal ganglion cells in the retina and their projections (axons) that form the optic nerve. Retinal ganglion cells and their axons transmit all of our vision information from the eye to the brain through…
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A study for Menopausal women using an investigational drug TX004-HR to reduce the frequency of hot flushes.

Condition: Obstetrics & Gynecology / Reproductive & Hormonal Disorders
Investigator: Rogerio Lobo, MD, FACOG
Status: Closed
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a new experimental (investigational) oral combination hormone drug product containing estradiol (a form of the estrogen) and progesterone (a female hormone that regulates the inner lining of the uterus called the endometrium) for postmenopausal women who have hot flushes. The estradiol and progesterone used in this…
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