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Body odor sensory-chemical profiling - from newborns to adults

Body odor sensory-chemical profiling - from newborns to adults - BOSCP

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00020515
Enrollment
30
Registered
2020-01-21
Start date
2020-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

healthy volunteers

Interventions

Group 1: Healthy subjects (children and adolescents with consent of the parents) are asked once to provide saliva samples for the analysis of the hormone status. Parents are asked once to fill out a

Sponsors

Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Medical Faculty, TU Dresden
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: For body odor receivers: normosmia, sufficient german language skills

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: For body odor donors: chronical physical / mental illness For Receivers: pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Different odor sampling procedures will be compared in order to determine the optimal sampling procedure for sensory-chemical profiling of Body odors.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The chemical composition of body odors obtained from a representative sample of individuals will be determined. It will be investigated whether the composition of body odors relates to the hormonal status of the donor and the sensory assessment of the perceiver.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLaura Schäfer

Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Medical Faculty, TU Dresden

laura.schaefer@uniklinikum-dresden.de035145819793

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026