Effectiveness of Transtympanic Steroids in unilateral Ménière's disease: a Randomised Controlled Double-Blind Trial - Transtympanic gentamicin vs. steroids in refractory Ménière's disease
- Conditions
- refractory unilateral Meniere's diseaseMedDRA version: 9.1Level: LLTClassification code 10000641Term: Active Meniere's disease, cochleovestibular
- Registration Number
- EUCTR2008-004803-78-GB
- Lead Sponsor
- Imperial College London
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Patients with unilateral Ménière's disease (definite or probable, according to AAO-HNS criteria 1995) in Shea stages II and III (i.e. with hearing loss and presenting with recurrent vertigo) not responding to medical treatment for at least 6 months will be included.
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
a)Patients with Ménière's disease in later stages (not having vertigo attacks).
b)Age: patients older than 70 years at the start of the trial.
c)Severe disability (e.g. neurological, orthopaedic, cardiovascular) or serious concurrent illness that might interfere with treatment or follow up.
d)Active additional neuro-otological disorders that may mimic Ménière's disease (e.g. vestibular migraine, vertebro-basilar TIAs, acoustic neuroma) and thus will make the objective follow up difficult.
e)Concurrent ear pathology that may interfere with TT (e.g. active middle ear disease).
f)Family history of unexplained deafness (possibility of genetic susceptibility to gentamicin toxicity).
g)History of known adverse/allergic reaction to steroids or gentamicin.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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