Clinical Trial: Caroverin and Inner Ear Diseases

Study Status: Suspended
Recruit Status: Suspended
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Double Blind, Placebo-controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of a Transtympanic Treatment of Tinnitus With Caroverine

Brief Summary:

This trial is a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled study on patients suffering from inner ear diseases with tinnitus as a principal symptom.

The study will investigate the transtympanic treatment with a 1,5 % caroverine solution.

Each patient will undergo treatment for 2 cycles of 48 hours each.


Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Phafag AG

Current Primary Outcome: to investigate the efficacy of Caroverin in transtympanic treatment of patients with tinnitus measured by a visual analogue scale. [ Time Frame: treatment takes 5 days, follow up examination 4 weeks after ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • to investigate the time from the start of treatment to an improvement in tinnitus [ Time Frame: treatment takes 5 days, follow up examination 4 weeks after ]
  • to investigate the efficacy of Caroverin depending the origin of tinnitus [ Time Frame: treatment takes 5 days, follow up examination 4 weeks after ]
  • to investigate the safety of Caroverin treatment [ Time Frame: treatment takes 5 days, follow up examination 4 weeks after ]
  • to investigate the impact of Caroverin treatment of quality of life [ Time Frame: treatment takes 5 days, follow up examination 4 weeks after ]


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Phafag AG

Dates:
Date Received: August 2, 2010
Date Started: January 2011
Date Completion:
Last Updated: August 4, 2015
Last Verified: August 2015