- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05438264
Effect of Donepezil on Speech Recognition in Cochlear Implant Users
Hearing loss is a major cause of disability that affects over 48 million Americans. There are currently no medications used to treat sensorineural hearing loss. Cochlear implants can significantly restore hearing in adults with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss, but their utility is limited by the wide variability in hearing outcomes. Differences in cochlear implant outcomes may be explained by neuroplasticity, as neural networks must reorganize to process the new auditory information provided by the implant.
The investigators predict that cholinergic enhancement with donepezil (an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor) may facilitate cortical reorganization in cochlear implant users, leading to functional improvements in speech recognition and cognition. In addition to taking donepezil, study participants will be asked to increase their daily processor use. Studies suggest that increasing daily device use can improve speech recognition, and this study will explore whether this effect can be augmented further with donepezil.
In this randomized, double-blind controlled trial, the investigators aim to assess the effects of donepezil on speech recognition, cortical plasticity, and cognition. Participants will start daily treatment with either donepezil 5 mg or placebo. Participants will be followed longitudinally at 1 month and 3 months after starting the study. The findings from this study will provide important insight into the mechanisms of hearing restoration and could potentially improve hearing and cognitive outcomes for future cochlear implant users.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The proposed study is a double-blind, randomized controlled trial comparing donepezil with placebo in adult cochlear implant users.
Aim 1: Evaluate if donepezil treatment improves speech recognition in cochlear implant users.
Aim 2: Evaluate if donepezil treatment increases intramodal auditory cortex activity in cochlear implant users.
Aim 3: Evaluate if donepezil treatment improves cognition in cochlear implant users.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Early Phase 1
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Ansley Kunnath, BA
- Phone Number: 9083873074
- Email: ansley.j.kunnath@Vanderbilt.edu
Study Locations
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Tennessee
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203
- Recruiting
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Contact:
- Ansley Kunnath
- Email: ansley.j.kunnath@vanderbilt.edu
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients at VUMC who have at least 6 months of cochlear implant use and use their device for less than 11 hours per day
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Post-lingual onset of deafness
- Audiometric thresholds meeting FDA-labeled indications for adult cochlear implantation
- Normal or corrected-to-normal vision assessed with a Snellen eye chart
- English verbal communication
- No participation in any other clinical trial within the past 3 months
- Physically healthy
- Female participants must have no child-bearing potential or agree to practice effective contraception during the study (such as established use of oral, injected or implanted hormonal methods of contraception; placement of an intrauterine device or intrauterine system; condom with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository; occlusive cap with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository; male partner sterilization; or true abstinence when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject)
- Female participants of child-bearing potential must have a negative UPT at the time of enrollment and before each study visit
Exclusion Criteria:
- Evidence of conductive hearing loss
- Diagnosed neurological or sensory disorder (such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, stroke, autism, schizophrenia, or uncorrected visual impairment)
- Positive UPT at any time during the study
- Breastfeeding or nursing at any time during the study
- Known hypersensitivity to donepezil hydrochloride or to piperidine derivatives
- Current use of medications with known anticholinergic effects (such as tricyclic antidepressants, first-generation antihistamines, or bladder antispasmodics)
- Current or prior use of cholinesterase inhibitors
- Use of tobacco or nicotine products in the past 1 month
- Severe anatomic abnormalities of the temporal bone
- Major active life-threatening illness
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Quadruple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Experimental
Donepezil 5 mg, QD
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acetylcholinesterase inhibitor
Other Names:
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Placebo Comparator: Control
Placebo, QD
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placebo
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Postoperative monosyllabic word recognition
Time Frame: 3 months
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Monosyllabic word recognition using consonant-nucleus-consonant (CNC) word lists
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3 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Cognitive outcome
Time Frame: 3 months
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NIH Cognitive Toolbox and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status for Hearing Impaired Individuals
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3 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Rene Gifford, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Principal Investigator: Mark Wallace, PhD, Vanderbilt University
- Principal Investigator: Aaron Moberly, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimated)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Nervous System Diseases
- Neurologic Manifestations
- Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
- Ear Diseases
- Sensation Disorders
- Hearing Disorders
- Hearing Loss
- Deafness
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Cholinergic Agents
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Nootropic Agents
- Cholinesterase Inhibitors
- Donepezil
Other Study ID Numbers
- 220844
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.
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