- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05651633
Analgesic Ear Drops for Children With Acute Otitis Media (OPTIMA)
Effectiveness of Analgesic Ear Drops as add-on Treatment to Oral Analgesics in Children With Acute Otitis Media: a Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial
This trial aims to investigate whether analgesic ear drops added to usual care provide superior ear pain relief over usual care alone in children presenting to primary care with AOM. Children will be randomly allocated (ratio 1:1) to either 1) lidocaine hydrochloride 5mg/g ear drops (Otalgan) 1-2 drops up to six times daily for a maximum of 7 days in addition to usual care (oral analgesics, with/without antibiotics) or 2) usual care. Parents will complete a symptom diary for 4 weeks as well as generic and disease-specific quality of life questionnaires at baseline and 4 weeks. The primary outcome is the parent-reported ear pain score (0-10) over the first 3 days.
NOTE:
At the time of publication of the study protocol paper, the investigators were unable to make any amendments to the trial registration record in the Netherlands Trial Register (NTR) (NL9500; date of registration: 28 May 2021). The addition of a data sharing plan was required to adhere to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines. The investigators therefore re-registered the trial in ClinicalTrials.gov. This second registration is for modification purposes only and the NTR record (NL9500) should be regarded as the primary trial registration.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Utrecht, Netherlands, 3584 CX
- University Medical Center Utrecht
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 1 to 6 years
- Parent-reported ear pain in 24 hours prior to enrolment
- GP-diagnosis of (uni- or bilateral) AOM
Exclusion Criteria:
- with (suspected) tympanic membrane perforation or ventilation tubes
- with ear wax obscuring visualisation of the tympanic membrane
- who are systemically very unwell or require hospital admission (e.g. child has signs and symptoms of serious illness and/or complications such as mastoiditis/meningitis)
- who are at high risk of serious complications including children with known immunodeficiency other than partial IgA or IgG2 deficiencies, craniofacial malformation including cleft palate, Down syndrome and previous ear surgery (with the exception of ventilation tubes in the past)
- who have a known allergy or sensitivity to study medication or similar substances (e.g. other amide-type anaesthetics: bupivacaine, mepivacaine, prilocaine, etc)
- who have taken part in any research involving medicines within the last 90 days, or any other AOM-related research within the last 30 days
- who suffer from chronic recurrent pain of another origin than the ear
- who have participated in this trial during prior AOM episode
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Lidocaine ear drops with usual care
usual care: oral analgesic with/without antibiotics
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1-2 drops up to six times daily for a maximum of 7 days
Other Names:
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No Intervention: usual care
usual care: oral analgesic with/without antibiotics
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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The parent-reported ear pain score over the first three days
Time Frame: 3 days
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Parents will record their child's ear pain scores during the first three consecutive days using a 0-10 validated numerical rating scale.
Higher scores indicate greater severity.
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3 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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proportion of children consuming antibiotics
Time Frame: in the first 7 days
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in the first 7 days
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proportion of children with oral analgesic use
Time Frame: in the first 7 days
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in the first 7 days
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overall symptom burden (crying/distress, disturbed sleep, interference with normal activity, appetite, fever and hearing problems) using a 0-6 Likert scale
Time Frame: in the first 7 days
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higher scores indicate greater severity
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in the first 7 days
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number of days with ear pain
Time Frame: during follow up (4 weeks)
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during follow up (4 weeks)
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number of GP reconsultations with/without subsequent antibiotic prescribing
Time Frame: during follow-up (4 weeks)
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during follow-up (4 weeks)
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number of participants with adverse events
Time Frame: during follow-up (4 weeks)
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during follow-up (4 weeks)
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number of participants with complications of AOM
Time Frame: during follow-up (4 weeks)
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during follow-up (4 weeks)
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costs
Time Frame: during follow-up (4 weeks)
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Mean costs per patient will be compared across the randomisation groups
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during follow-up (4 weeks)
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generic quality of life of the child assessed using the 47-item short-form of the Infant Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire (ITQOL-SF47)
Time Frame: at baseline and at 4 weeks
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The questionnaire consists of 47 items in the following areas: overall health, physical abilities, growth and development, pain, temperament and moods, behavior, general health, parental emotional impact, parental time impact, and family cohesion.
Scale for each area: from 0 (worst health) to 100 (best health)
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at baseline and at 4 weeks
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disease-specific quality of life of the child assessed using the Otitis media-6 (OM-6) questionnaire
Time Frame: at baseline and at 4 weeks
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The 6 questions measure Physical Suffering, Hearing Loss, Speech Impairment, Emotional Distress, Activity Limitations, and Caregiver Concerns.
Responses for each item were scored from 1 to 7 (1=Not present/no problem; 2=Hardly a problem at all; 3=Somewhat of a problem; 4=Moderate problem; 5=Quite a bit of a problem; 6=Very much of a problem; 7=Extreme problem).
A mean score of all six items comprises the OM Total Score.
Higher mean scores of all six items indicate greater severity and impact of OM on the child's QOL.
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at baseline and at 4 weeks
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incremental cost-effectiveness ratios; calculated by dividing the estimated differences in costs between groups by the differences in effects observed
Time Frame: during follow-up (4 weeks)
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i.e. the additional cost per additional 1 point reduction in mean ear pain score over the first three days for the analgesic ear drops group versus the usual care group
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during follow-up (4 weeks)
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Roderick Venekamp, UMC Utrecht
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
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
- Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
- Ear Diseases
- Otitis
- Otitis Media
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Peripheral Nervous System Agents
- Sensory System Agents
- Anesthetics
- Membrane Transport Modulators
- Anesthetics, Local
- Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Blockers
- Sodium Channel Blockers
- Lidocaine
Other Study ID Numbers
- 80-87200-98-1017
- NL9500 (Registry Identifier: Netherlands Trial Register)
- 10060011910003 (Other Grant/Funding Number: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw))
- 2021-003019-24 (EudraCT Number)
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
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