The Treatment of Tinnitus With Transcutaneous Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation

April 29, 2013 updated by: cerbomed GmbH

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
    • Bavaria
      • Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, 93053
        • Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Bezirksklinikum Regensburg Universitätsstr. 84 93053 Regensburg E-mail: Berthold.Langguth@medbo.de Tel.: 0941 941 2099 Fax.: 0941 941 2025 Dr. med Michael Landgrebe, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Bezir

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: active t-VNS
Device: tVNS-Device
Active treatment with the t-VNS device.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Safety, feasibility and effectiveness of t-VNS® stimulation
Time Frame: 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
24 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

cerbomed GmbH

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Berthold Langguth, MD, University of Regensburg

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 5, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 5, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

August 6, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 30, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 29, 2013

Last Verified

April 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • cMPsTIN01

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