An Evidence Based Delivery Model of Care for Newly Implanted Adult CI Recipients

October 7, 2020 updated by: Cochlear
The clinical investigation is evaluating a new clinical model in a group of newly implanted subjects who have already been consented to CI surgery.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

4

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

    • Texas
      • Wichita Falls, Texas, United States, 76310
        • Head and Neck Surgical Associates
    • Washington
      • Edmonds, Washington, United States, 98026
        • Puget Sound ENT

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 and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who are receiving a Nucleus® CI512, CI522, or CI532 electrodes
  • 18 years and older
  • Postlingual onset of hearing loss (onset of hearing loss >two years of age)
  • Individuals who qualify for cochlear implantation using the clinics current CI candidacy criteria
  • Individuals who have recently been implanted but not yet had their external device activated
  • Willingness to participate in a study and comply with all study requirements
  • Fluent in spoken English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Ossification or any other cochlear anomaly that might prevent insertion of less than 10 electrodes of the electrode array
  • Diagnosis of retro-cochlear pathology
  • Diagnosis of auditory neuropathy
  • Subject considering an acoustic component in the implanted ear
  • Unrealistic expectations on the part of the subject regarding the possible benefits, risks, and limitations that are inherent to the surgical procedure and use of the prosthetic device
  • Unwillingness or inability to comply with all investigational requirements
  • Severe-profound sensorineural hearing loss >30 years
  • Previous cochlear implant in the contralateral ear. Additional cognitive, medical or social handicaps that would prevent completion of all study requirements as determined by the investigator

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: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group A - New Model
Standardized programming and testing method
Patients will have self directed equipment education and standardized programming approaches
Active Comparator: Group B - Traditional Model
Traditional clinical model which is not standardized across clinical sites
Standard clinical practice and education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Time Spent With Audiologist
Time Frame: 6 months post activation
Change in the overall number of minutes of cochlear implant appointments over the first 6 months post activation in the new model (Group A) compared to the traditional model (Group B).
6 months post activation

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

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 (Actual)

February 26, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 29, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

October 29, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 3, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 3, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

April 5, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 29, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 7, 2020

Last Verified

October 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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