A prospective study on the role of the cerebellar (para)flocculus in tinnitus: the relation with electrophysiological parameters and inflammatory mediators
- Conditions
- hearing of sound when no external sound is presentTinnitus1001924310029209
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON55531
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
- Adult, aged 18 years or older;
- Undergoing microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasms or retrosigmoid
removal of a CPA tumor.
- Agrees to participate in the obligatory measurements of this study
- Psychosocially, mentally, and physically able to fully comply with this
protocol, including adhering to scheduled visits, treatment plan, filling out
questionnaires and undergoing tests.
- Patient has sufficient mastery of the Dutch language to fill out the
questionnaires.
- Signed and dated informed consent document prior to any study-related
procedures
- Suffering from bilateral CPA tumors
- Former surgery at the ipsi- or contralateral CPA region.
- Radiotherapy at the ipsi- or contralateral CPA region prior to surgery.
- Contralateral or bilateral complete deafness.
- Presence of pulsatile tinnitus synced with the heartbeat.
A potential subject who meets the following additional criterium will be
excluded from participation in module 2 of this study:
- Presence of a (chronic) inflammatory disease.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method