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临床试验/NCT01176734
NCT01176734已完成不适用

The Treatment of Tinnitus With Transcutaneous Non-invasive Vagus Nerve stimulation-a Controlled Randomized Pilot Study Assessing Safety, Compatibility and Clinical Performance

cerbomed GmbH2 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 50 人开始时间: 2010年1月1日最近更新:
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试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
已完成
发起方
入组人数
50
试验地点
2
主要终点
Safety, feasibility and effectiveness of t-VNS® stimulation

研究概览

简要总结

The t-VNS STv3 device is a non-invasive, transcutaneous neurostimulator for influencing the afferent branches of the nervus vagus around the human ear. The clinical trial is designed as a a pilot study addressing the treatment of tinnitus with transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Non Randomized
干预模型
Single Group
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
None

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 75 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Chronic tinnitus defined as a tinnitus over more than six months
  • ≥31 points in the tinnitus questionnaire according to Goebel and Hiller
  • Written informed consent
  • Both gender, aged from 18 -75 years
  • If the subject takes psychoactive medication (e.g antidepressants, anticonvulsives) therapy must be stable for at least 10 days. If a treatment with neuroleptics is necessary, only olanzapine and quetiapine should be used. The therapy should be constantly though a necessary change in medication is no reason for exclusion of the subject.

排除标准

  • Objective tinnitus
  • Participating in other tinnitus treatments within 3 months before study start
  • Missing informed consent
  • Pregnancy
  • Bronchial asthma in medical history
  • Clinically relevant internistic, neurological or psychiatric diseases
  • Abuse of drugs or alcohol until 12 weeks before enrollment in the study
  • Indications of structural impairment of the basal ganglia or the brain stem
  • Active implants (e.g. cochlea implants, VNS, pacemaker)
  • Constant all-day use of hearing instruments or noisers on the left the part-time use in special situations (e.g. watching TV is no exclusion criteria
  • All dermatologic and infectious diseases which affect the area around the pinna and the ear canal
  • Severe malformation of the pinna
  • Other circumstances that in the opinion of the investigator might be an obstacle for enrolling the subject

结局指标

主要结局

Safety, feasibility and effectiveness of t-VNS® stimulation

时间窗: 24 weeks

Determination of safety, feasibility and effectiveness of t-VNS measured by tinnitus score according to Goebel and Hiller between baseline and week 24

次要结局

未报告次要终点

研究者

发起方
cerbomed GmbH
申办方类型
Industry
责任方
Sponsor

研究点 (2)

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