A comparative study between the Effect of Antibiotic-steroid ear pack and Antibiotic-steroid ear drops for the disease Acute Otitis Externa
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients with acute otitis externa
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/04/004547
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Sabari NathHS
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 82
Inclusion Criteria
a.Patients with acute otitis externa.
b.Patients who are between the age group of 18 and 80.
Exclusion Criteria
a.Those who were using ear drops in the past 4 weeks
b.Those who are on any regular drugs.
c.Those with Otomycosis
d.Pregnant women
e.Those who have not given consent
f.Patients below 18 years of age
g.Patients above 80 years of age
h.Patients with other co-existing ear disease.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Scoring of pain - with numerical rating from 0-10 with 0 for no pain and 10 for worst pain (Patient Global assesment)Timepoint: 5 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reductioion in edema - based on the number of quadrants of external auditory canal affectedTimepoint: 5 days