Efficacy of Platelet- and Extracellular Vesicle-rich Plasma for the Treatment of Chronically Inflamed Post-surgical Temporal Bone Cavities: a Randomised Controlled Clinical Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 25
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Inflammation Surface Area.
研究概览
简要总结
This clinical study evaluates the efficacy of the autologous blood-derived product called platelet- and extracellular vesicle-rich plasma (PVRP) for the treatment of chronically inflamed post-surgical temporal bone cavities. Half of the participants will be treated with platelet- and extracellular vesicle-rich plasma and another half with standard nonsurgical measures.
详细描述
The hypothesis of this study is that platelet- and extracellular vesicle-rich plasma (PVRP) may be efficient in the treatment of chronically inflamed post-surgical temporal bone cavities.
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a well-known autologous blood-derived product with favourable immune, haemostatic and regenerative effects. It has been used in various medical fields including otorhinolaryngology.
In fact, PRP contains important concentrations of extracellular vesicles (EV) which are the main contributors to PRP effects. For that reason, PRP can be identified as platelet- and extracellular vesicle-rich plasma (PVRP). In this study, PVRP will be prepared by a unique non-commercial 2-step centrifugation protocol developed by this study researchers.
A radical cavity is a large post-surgical temporal bone cavity due to removal of the posterior external ear canal wall in open-technique cholesteatoma surgery. This technique is performed in approximately 40 per cent of cholesteatoma surgery.
Radical cavities become inflamed in 3-20 per cent, which leads to the formation of granulation tissue and multiple suppurative periods. The large spectrum of surgical and nonsurgical treatment options have been applied to reduce patient discomfort. This significantly worsens the patients' quality of life and puts a significant burden on health care.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
A person unaware of the participants and their random allocation will measure inflammation area with computer software provided by ZEN Lite, Zeiss.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •chronic otitis media, defined as a presence of at least 1 of the following: visible ear discharge, indirect signs of ear discharge (e.g. on a pillow, clothes), ear itching, the sensation of ear fullness, clinical signs of acute exacerbation of chronic otitis media during an otomicroscopic examination.
- •non-cholesteatomatous chronic otitis media despite prior standard conservative treatment
- •non-cholesteatomatous chronic otitis media despite prior surgical treatment
排除标准
- •the presence or suspicion of cholesteatoma
- •infection of venepuncture site
- •pregnancy
- •breastfeeding
- •long-term treatment with antimicrobial drugs
- •long-term treatment with immunosuppressant drugs
- •the presence of systemic infectious disease
- •the presence of an autoimmune disease
- •the presence of cancer
- •receiving other types of experimental treatment for chronic otitis media
研究组 & 干预措施
PVRP treated participants
Participants will receive PVRP in the chronically inflamed radical cavity at the baseline evaluation (day 0) and 1 month later (1. follow-up). There will be 2 additional follow-ups with a 1-month interval.
干预措施: Platelet- and extracellular vesicle-rich plasma (Drug)
Standardly treated participants
Participants will receive standard conservative measures for the chronically inflamed radical cavity at the baseline evaluation (day 0), 1 month later (1. follow-up), 2 months later (2. follow-up) and 3 months later (3. follow-up).
干预措施: Standard conservative treatment (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Inflammation Surface Area.
时间窗: Baseline, 1 month, 2 months and 3 months after baseline
The inflamed tissue in the postoperative temporal bone cavity was observed and photographed otomicroscopically. Then the surface area of the inflamed tissue was determined by using ZEN 3.0 blue edition software(©Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, 2019). Values in square millimetres were transformed to the ratios of the inflamed surface area according to the baseline surface area. The baseline surface area values are therefore 100% for each case or participant.
Change in Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire 12 Score
时间窗: Baseline, 1 month, 2 months and 3 months
Sum score of Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire 12 (COMQ-12), patient-reported health-related quality of life measure. Each question is scored from 0 to 5 points, therefore the minimum score value is 0 and the maximum 60. A higher score means worse chronic otitis media-related quality of life. A higher change in COMQ-12 score means a better treatment outcome.
次要结局
- Bacterial Presence(Baseline, 2 months)
研究者
Domen Vozel, MD
MD
University Medical Centre Ljubljana