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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04241679
Auditory Nerve Test System During Vestibular Schwannoma Resection (ANTS)
Feasibility of Auditory Nerve Test System for Optimization of Simultaneous Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Resection With Cochlear Implantation
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Many patients diagnosed with a vestibular schwannoma (also called acoustic neuroma) eventually lose hearing in the afflicted ear. Improvements in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have led to tumors being diagnosed at smaller sizes, however, this has not changed the eventual demise in hearing for most patients. Hearing loss leads to tinnitus, poor sound localization, difficulty hearing in background noise, and imbalance all of which contribute to the decreased quality of life associated with a vestibular schwannoma diagnosis.
Some tumors may be resected while maintaining the integrity of the auditory nerve. When a patient has hearing, the health of the auditory nerve can be monitored during the surgery through auditory-evoked (sound) measurements. When a patient has already lost their hearing or the surgical approach sacrifices all residual hearing, then auditory-evoked measurements can no longer be used and there is no way to monitor the auditory nerve aside from visual inspection.
The Auditory Nerve Test System (ANTS) is a novel device designed to facilitate electrically-evoked auditory nerve monitoring. The ANTS is comprised of three parts: a test electrode, connector cable, and stimulator box. The test electrode functions like a mini-cochlear implant placed within the cochlea during a translabyrinthine surgery. During tumor resection the test electrode electrically stimulates the auditory nerve allowing surgeons to monitor electrophysiologic data on the health of the auditory nerve. The primary goal of this study is to assess the ANTS during translabyrinthine vestibular schwannoma resections.
If patient are able to maintain an intact auditory nerve following vestibular schwannoma resection then a cochlear implant will be placed during the same surgery. Secondary outcomes measures will investigate cochlear implant outcomes and patient quality of life following this procedure and over the first year of using their cochlear implant. These secondary outcomes will be measured at 3-months, 6-months, and 12-months following cochlear implant activation. The test will assess how well the cochlear implant is working, the cochlear implant's impact on sound localization and hearing in background noise, and finally various aspects relevant to the patient's quality of life (tinnitus, balance, hearing, and overall quality of life).
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Missouri
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
- Washington University
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Vestibular schwannoma (sporadic or Neurofibromastosis Type-2)
- 12 years of age or older
- Tumor size < 2.5 cm
- Non-serviceable ipsilateral hearing
- No prior cochlear implant or auditory brainstem implant use
- No prior microsurgery or stereotactic radiation for this tumor
- Patient decision and medical clearance for a translabyrinthine approach for tumor resection
- Willingness to comply with research protocol
- Reasonable expectations of cochlear implant performance
- Auditory nerve integrity visually confirmed following tumor resection
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pathology/tumors other than a vestibular schwannoma
- Younger than 12 years of age
- Tumor size > 2.5 cm
- Serviceable hearing in the tumor ear
- Prior cochlear implant use in either the contralateral or ipsilateral ear
- Prior microsurgery or stereotactic radiation for this tumor
- Unwilling to comply with research protocol
- Auditory nerve integrity cannot be visually confirmed after tumor resection
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Device Feasibility
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention Group
Patients undergoing a translabyrinthine approach for vestibular schwannoma resection will have the health of their auditory nerve monitored during tumor dissection.
If the auditory nerve is visually confirmed to be intact, then concurrent cochlear implantation will be performed.
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The Auditory Nerve Test System provides an electrically-evoked signal from within the cochlea to facilitate intraoperative auditory nerve monitoring. The auditory nerve can be measured both at the root entry zone of the brainstem (eCNAP) and with scalp electrodes (eABR). Data on the health of the auditory nerve will be collected immediately prior to tumor dissection, during tumor dissection, and immediately after tumor dissection. The main purpose of this study is to determine feasibility of this novel intraoperative monitoring protocol. Secondarily, if the auditory nerve is visually confirmed to be intact following tumor resection then the patients will receive a cochlear implant during the same surgery. |
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Auditory Nerve Electrophysiology
Time Frame: Intraoperative testing
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Reliability of electrically-evoked direct auditory nerve monitoring at the brainstem (eCNAP) and far-field auditory brainstem response (eABR).
The auditory nerve signal will be monitored before, during, and after vestibular schwannoma resection.
Elements like signal amplitude, latency, and preservation of eABR waveforms III and V will be measured.
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Intraoperative testing
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Cochlear Implant Speech Performance
Time Frame: 3-months and 12-months after cochlear implant activation
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Speech performance measured in the CI-only condition using CNC Words, AzBio Sentences in Quiet, and AzBio Sentences in +10 dB SNR.
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3-months and 12-months after cochlear implant activation
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Sound Localization
Time Frame: Initial cochlear implant activation, then repeated at 6-months and 12-months after activation.
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Using an audio booth that contains a sound arc, patients will be asked to identify where a sound is coming from in the implant-on and implant-off conditions.
This ability to localize is measured with a root-mean-square (RMS) error rate.
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Initial cochlear implant activation, then repeated at 6-months and 12-months after activation.
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Quality of Life Following Vestibular Schwannoma Resection
Time Frame: Pre-operative baseline, then 3-months and 12-months post-operative
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Diagnosis and treatment of vestibular schwannomas can impact multiple aspects of a patient's quality of life.
Using patient-reported outcome measures these aspects will be measured throughout their treatment course.
The specific questionnaires will be: Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing (SSQ), Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA), Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), Penn Acoustic Neuroma Quality of Life (PANQOL), Cochlear Implant Quality of Life (CIQOL).
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Pre-operative baseline, then 3-months and 12-months post-operative
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Cameron C Wick, MD, Washington University School of Medicine
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Nervous System Diseases
- Neoplasms by Histologic Type
- Neoplasms
- Neoplasms by Site
- Neurologic Manifestations
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms
- Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
- Neuroectodermal Tumors
- Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
- Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
- Ear Diseases
- Nervous System Neoplasms
- Bone Diseases
- Cranial Nerve Diseases
- Sensation Disorders
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Hearing Disorders
- Nerve Sheath Neoplasms
- Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms
- Cranial Nerve Neoplasms
- Skull Neoplasms
- Bone Neoplasms
- Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases
- Retrocochlear Diseases
- Hearing Loss
- Deafness
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
- Skull Base Neoplasms
- Neuroma
- Neurilemmoma
- Neuroma, Acoustic
Other Study ID Numbers
- 201910197
- G190197 (Other Identifier: FDA - Investigational Device Exemption)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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