Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Evaluation of Chlorobutanol, Potassium Carbonate, and Irrigation in Cerumen Removal
试验速览
- 阶段
- 4 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 90
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- proportion of tympanic membranes that were completely visualized after cerumenolytic agents or saline, alone or with irrigation if needed
研究概览
简要总结
Accumulation of cerumen in the external ear canal is a common problem. The presence of cerumen not only interferes with the clinician's view of the tympanic membrane, but may also result in hearing loss and vertigo, and may predispose to ear infections.
Removal of cerumen is facilitated by the use of a variety of ceruminolytics, or wax solvents. The current study was designed to evaluate the ceruminolytic effects of a single, brief application of the two most frequently used products in the investigators area, containing chlorobutanol or potassium carbonate with or without irrigation in the primary care setting in a randomized, single-blind trial. To our knowledge, this is the first randomized study comparing ceruminolytics with chlorobutanol versus potassium carbonate.
详细描述
INTERVENTIONS: Subjects were randomly assigned to one of three different treatments: Otocerum®; Taponoto ®, and a control group with sterile saline solution (NaCl 0.9%, Braun Medical SA, Barcelona, Spain). The test medication was instilled into an occluded ear for 15 minutes. Following this treatment, the subject's ear was irrigated with 50 mL of water. The main outcome was the proportion of tympanic membranes that were completely visualized after cerumenolytic agents or saline, alone or with irrigation if needed.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
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
- •Clinical diagnosis of ear cerumen
排除标准
- •Infection
研究组 & 干预措施
2
Taponoto ® (potassium carbonate 20 mg/1 ml, ethyl alcohol, glycerol 480, thymol 0.4; Teofarma Iberica S.A., Barcelona, Spain),
干预措施: drops intilation (Taponoto ® ) (Drug)
3
sterile saline solution (NaCl 0.9%, Braun Medical SA, Barcelona, Spain).
干预措施: drops intilation (Placebo) (Drug)
1: Chlorobutanol
ceruminolytic product, Otocerum® (Chlorobutanol 50 mg/1 ml, phenol 10 mg/1 ml, turpentine essence 0.15 ml/1 ml, ethyl alcohol; Reig Jofre laboratories, Barcelona, Spain),
干预措施: drops intilation (Otocerum®) (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
proportion of tympanic membranes that were completely visualized after cerumenolytic agents or saline, alone or with irrigation if needed
时间窗: 2008
次要结局
- adverse effects(2008)