The Effect of Zinc Supplementation Prior to Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A Injection in the Treatment of Spasmodic Dysphonia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 32
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change of Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) questionnaire scores during a laryngeal botox injection cycle.
研究概览
简要总结
One initial study has shown that Botulinum Toxin (BT) in combination with zinc supplementation may increase the duration of effects BT treatment. This initial study was in the context of facial aesthetics. The purpose of the present study is to determine the effect, if any, of oral zinc supplementation prior to BT in the treatment of spasmodic dysphonia. If positive effects will be observed, this would help reduce the burden of disease for these patients.
详细描述
Botulinum toxin (BT) injections are commonly used to treat various cosmetic, muscular, anesthetic, and neurologic pathologies. In 2012, one study suggested that a combination of zinc and phytase supplementation could increase the duration and degree of effects of botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNTA). However, this study was met with scientific skepticism due to concerns of financial conflicts of interest, unmasking the study too early, and ambiguity of the dosage of zinc used. In 2021, a new study with 25 patients receiving BoNTA injections for the treatment of excessive gingival display (EGD), showed that zinc supplementation prolonged the effect of BoNTA with statistical significance. There has been no further studies or commentary since these latest results were published. The purpose of this study is to test if the effect of zinc supplementation on BoNTA can be replicated and also translated to a different disease process that is also treated with BT-spasmodic dysphonia (SD). If positive effects are discovered, this would strengthen the preliminary results of the 2021 study, encourage future larger studies on the same hypothesis, and, ultimately, could lead to reducing the burden of disease for patients with SD and any other condition that is treated with BT injections.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 99 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Adults patients
- •18 years old and above
- •Current diagnosis of ADductor spasmodic dysphonia
- •Has had Botox injection treatments for SD > 6 months
排除标准
- •Diagnosis of ABductor spasmodic dysphonia
- •Patients taking > 30 mg zinc supplementation daily prior to study beginning
研究组 & 干预措施
Botulinum toxin A injection
Botulinum toxin A injection into vocal cords for treatment of spasmodic dysphonia. This is the current standard of care for treatment of this disease process. This will be the control of the study.
干预措施: Botulinum toxin type A (Drug)
Botulinum toxin A injection +zinc supplementation"
Botulinum toxin A injection into vocal cords for treatment of spasmodic dysphonia, with subject taking zinc supplementation daily for the 5 days preceding the botox injection. This will be the experimental arm of the study.
干预措施: Zinc gluconate supplement (Drug)
Botulinum toxin A injection +zinc supplementation"
Botulinum toxin A injection into vocal cords for treatment of spasmodic dysphonia, with subject taking zinc supplementation daily for the 5 days preceding the botox injection. This will be the experimental arm of the study.
干预措施: Botulinum toxin type A (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
Change of Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) questionnaire scores during a laryngeal botox injection cycle.
时间窗: The patient will submit survey on post-injection day 2, 7, 14, 42, 70, and 98. At their next botox injection, a second cycle will immediately begin for an additional 3 months with survey data obtained on post injection day 2, 7, 14, 42, 70, and 98
10 question, validated questionnaire to assess quality of voice of patients with spasmodic dysphonia. The overall VR-QOL score ranges from 10 to 15 (excellent), 16 to 20 (very good), 21 to 25 (good), 26-30 (fair) and scores more than 30 and up to 50 is poor.
Change in audiometric recording data of subject's speech during a laryngeal botox injection cycle.
时间窗: The patient record their voice on post-injection day 2, 7, 14, 42, 70, and 98. At their next botox injection, a second cycle will immediately begin for an additional 3 months with audio data obtained on post injection day 2, 7, 14, 42, 70, and 98
At various points in the study, each subject will be recorded saying the same scripted passage. After all subjects have completed both cycles, all of the accrued audio recordings will be analyzed using a computer algorithm developed by one of our authors that assesses the quality of speech.
Change of Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) Survey Scores During a Laryngeal Botox Injection Cycle.
时间窗: The patient will submit survey on post-injection day 2, 7, 14, 42, 70 and 98 (if next injection has not been performed).
10 question, validated survey to assess quality of voice of patients with spasmodic dysphonia. The overall V-RQOL score ranges from 10 to 15 (excellent), 16 to 20 (very good), 21 to 25 (good), 26-30 (fair) and scores more than 30 and up to 50 is poor.
Change in Audiometric Recording Data of Subject's Speech During a Laryngeal Botox Injection Cycle.
时间窗: The patient record their voice on post-injection day 2, 7, 14, 42, 70, and 98. At their next botox injection, a second cycle will immediately begin for an additional 3 months with audio data obtained on post injection day 2, 7, 14, 42, 70, and 98
At various points in the study, each subject will be recorded saying the same scripted passage. After all subjects have completed both cycles, all of the accrued audio recordings will be analyzed using a computer algorithm developed by one of our authors that assesses the quality of speech, with the data time points being averaged. The proposed algorithm was not successfully developed. One of the major concerns during the development process was which Natural Language Processing metrics should be utilized to best measure Spasmodic Dysphonia speech changes. No analysis conducted.
次要结局
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