158
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2015
Primary Completion Date
February 10, 2017
Study Completion Date
February 13, 2019
Capsaicin vapor
Single-breath and continuous inhalation paradigm to induce cough.
fog
Continuous inhalation of fog until a cough is produced, or up to 60 seconds (whichever is shortest)
Videofluoroscopic swallow evaluation
Fluoroscopic evaluation of oropharyngeal swallowing function.
Nebulizer
A hand-held nebulizer will be used to aerosolize the capsaicin and water solutions. Participants will inhale through the device's mouthpiece, and cough if they need to.
University of Florida Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, Gainesville
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
NIH
University of Florida
OTHER