Efficacy Analysis of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Combined With Tailor-Made Notched Music Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Subjective Tinnitus
Efficacy Analysis of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Combined With Tailor-Made Notched Music Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Subjective Tinnitus: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled Clinical Trial
The goal of this multicenter, randomized, double-blind clinical trial is to compare two treatments for adults with chronic subjective tinnitus. Researchers will determine whether transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) plus Tailor-Made Notched Music therapy (TMNMT) provides greater relief than the same music therapy combined with sham taVNS.
A total of 444 participants aged 18 to 70 years will be enrolled at multiple study centers. Participants will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive taVNS plus TMNMT or sham taVNS plus the same TMNMT. The treatment period will last 3 months.
Descripción general del estudio
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Intervención / Tratamiento
Intervención / Tratamiento
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- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Estudio Contacto
Estudio Contacto
- Nombre: Yuexin Cai, Doctor
- Número de teléfono: 86+13825063663
- Correo electrónico: caiyx25@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Copia de seguridad de contactos de estudio
- Nombre: Qianhui Xu, MD
- Número de teléfono: 86+13719908396
- Correo electrónico: xuqh9@mail2.sysu.edu.cn
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Shanghai, Porcelana
- Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University
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Contacto:
- Shan Sun
- Número de teléfono: 86+18917786102
- Correo electrónico: Shansun@fudan.edu.cn
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Guangdong
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Guangzhou, Guangdong, Porcelana, 510120
- Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
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Contacto:
- Qianhui Xu, MD
- Número de teléfono: 13719908396
- Correo electrónico: xuqh9@mail2.sysu.edu.cn
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Huizhou, Guangdong, Porcelana
- Huizhou First People's Hospital
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Contacto:
- Jia Fu
- Número de teléfono: +86 15820715830
- Correo electrónico: Jiaggfu1985@163.com
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Jieyang, Guangdong, Porcelana
- Jieyang People's Hospital
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Contacto:
- Jiongcong Yuan
- Número de teléfono: +86 13480311910
- Correo electrónico: jiongcongyuan@126.com
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Zhongshan, Guangdong, Porcelana
- Zhongshan City People's Hospital
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Contacto:
- Guoping Chen
- Número de teléfono: 86+15019918918
- Correo electrónico: cgping345@163.com
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Zhuhai, Guangdong, Porcelana, 519000
- Zhuhai Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital
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Contacto:
- Binbin Xiong
- Número de teléfono: 86+13926935096
- Correo electrónico: xiongbb2015@126.com
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Criterios de participación
Criterio de elegibilidad
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Adulto
- Adulto Mayor
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients with tinnitus as the primary chief complaint and the reason for seeking medical consultation.
- Patients with chronic subjective tinnitus duration of 6 months or longer.
- Age between 18 and 70 years.
- Tinnitus frequency within the range of 125-8000 Hz.
- Hearing threshold ≤ 70 dB HL.
- Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) score ≥ 38.
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients with conductive hearing loss, history of middle ear surgery, pulsatile tinnitus due to vascular malformations, or Meniere's disease-related tinnitus.
- History of head trauma, central nervous system disorders, or substance abuse/dependence. Patients with severe primary psychiatric disorders or acute episodes of severe psychological disturbances requiring priority specialist intervention. Patients with severe anxiety symptoms (Beck Anxiety Inventory [BAI] score ≥26), severe depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory [BDI] score ≥29), or suicidal ideation identified during clinical interview will be excluded.
- Patients unwilling or unable to comply with study protocol requirements.
- Patients with peripheral auditory pathway or central space-occupying lesions identified by imaging, such as acoustic neuroma, middle ear cholesteatoma, or meningioma.
Plan de estudios
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Tratamiento
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Cuadruplicar
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Grupo de participantes/brazoGrupo de participantes/brazo |
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Experimental: taVNS + TMNMT Group
Participants receive active transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) combined with Tailor-Made Notched Music therapy (TMNMT) for 3 months.
taVNS is administered at 0.1 Hz, with a pulse width of 250-1000 ms and an intensity of 0-0.5 mA.
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Participants receive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) combined with Tailor-Made Notched Music Therapy (TMNMT) for 3 months.
taVNS is administered at 0.1 Hz, with a pulse width of 250-1000 ms and an intensity of 0-0.5 mA.
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Comparador falso: Sham taVNS + TMNMT Group
Participants receive sham transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) combined with the same Tailor-Made Notched Music therapy (TMNMT) as the experimental arm for 3 months.
The initial sham stimulation parameters are 0.1 Hz, a pulse width of 250-1000 ms, and an intensity of 0-0.5 mA.
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Participants receive sham transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (sham taVNS) combined with Tailor-Made Notched Music Therapy (TMNMT) for 3 months.
The initial sham stimulation parameters are 0.1 Hz, a pulse width of 250-1000 ms, and an intensity of 0-0.5 mA.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medidas de resultado primarias
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Effective Rate of Tinnitus Improvement at 3 Months
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and 3 months after treatment initiation
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Treatment response was defined as a reduction of ≥7 points in the THI score from baseline after 3 months of treatment (based on the internationally recognized minimal clinically important difference threshold).
Effective rate (%) = (Number of responders / Total number of patients in the corresponding group) x 100%.
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Baseline and 3 months after treatment initiation
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
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Effective Rate of Tinnitus Improvement at 6 and 12 Months
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Treatment response was defined as a reduction of ≥7 points in the THI score from baseline after 6 and 12 months of treatment (based on the internationally recognized minimal clinically important difference threshold).
Effective rate (%) = (Number of responders / Total number of patients in the corresponding group) x 100%.
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Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Score for Tinnitus Loudness
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in tinnitus loudness assessed using a 10-point Visual Analog Scale (VAS), ranging from 0 (barely perceptible) to 10 (unbearably loud).
The change score (ΔVAS) is calculated as the difference between post-treatment/follow-up scores and baseline.
Higher scores indicate greater perceived loudness; a decrease in VAS score indicates improvement in loudness perception.
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Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in Acoustic Tinnitus Match Loudness
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in acoustic tinnitus match loudness assessed using a calibrated audiometer in a standard sound-proof environment.
The change in loudness threshold is calculated relative to baseline.
Assessment method: audiologist-assessed.
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Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) Score
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in anxiety symptoms assessed using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), a 21-item self-reported questionnaire measuring the severity of anxiety symptoms over the past week.
Higher scores indicate greater anxiety severity.
The change score (ΔBAI) is calculated as the difference between post-treatment/follow-up scores and baseline.
Assessment method: self-reported.
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Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Score
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in depressive symptoms assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
The change score (ΔBDI) is calculated as the difference between post-treatment/follow-up scores and baseline.
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Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Score
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in sleep quality assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
The change score (ΔPSQI) is calculated as the difference between post-treatment/follow-up scores and baseline.
Assessment method: self-reported.
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Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment initiation
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Change in Resting-State EEG Features
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment initiation
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Change in resting-state EEG features, including power spectrum entropy and oscillatory characteristics, from baseline to post-treatment and follow-up.
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Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment initiation
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Change in MRI Features
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment initiation
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Change in MRI features from baseline to post-treatment and follow-up.
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Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment initiation
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Safety Outcomes: Incidence of Treatment-Related Adverse Events
Periodo de tiempo: From treatment initiation through 3 months (end of treatment)
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Incidence of treatment-related adverse events, including auditory system-related events (e.g., ear canal or auricle burns, otalgia, hearing loss, tinnitus worsening) and non-auditory system-related events (e.g., dizziness, headache, palpitations, vomiting) occurring during the treatment period.
Adverse event rate (%) = (Number of patients experiencing treatment-related adverse events / Total number of patients receiving treatment) × 100%.
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From treatment initiation through 3 months (end of treatment)
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Otras medidas de resultado
Otras medidas de resultado
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Change From Baseline in Gut Microbiome Shannon Diversity Index
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment initiation
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Gut microbial alpha diversity will be assessed using the Shannon diversity index in stool samples collected at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.
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Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment initiation
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Change From Baseline in Blood Metabolite Abundance
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment initiation
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Blood metabolite abundance will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months using metabolomic profiling.
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Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment initiation
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Change From Baseline in Blood Protein Abundance
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment initiation
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Blood protein abundance will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months using proteomic profiling.
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Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment initiation
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Patrocinador
Patrocinador
Investigadores
Investigadores
- Silla de estudio: Yuexin Cai, Doctor, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
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Más información
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Otros números de identificación del estudio
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- SYSKY-2025-917-02
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