Status:
COMPLETED
A Feasibility Study Assessing the Effectiveness of rTMS in Tinnitus
Lead Sponsor:
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Conditions:
Tinnitus
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Tinnitus is a common problem which can have a severe impact on quality of life and for which there is no truly successful treatment available. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a...
Detailed Description
Tinnitus is a common problem and can have a severe impact on quality of life. At present there is no truly successful treatment available. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a meth...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age over 18 years
- • Persistent unilateral or bilateral subjective tinnitus
Exclusion
- Epilepsy
- Severe or profound hearing loss
- Patients taking vestibular sedatives, antipsychotic, anxiolytic, antiepileptic and ototoxic medications.
- Ear infections or discharge
- History of ear surgery
- History of noise trauma
- Excess alcohol consumption
- Meniere's disease
- VIII nerve tumour
- Bells palsy
- Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome
- Post-meningitis hearing loss and tinnitus
- Active psychiatric conditions
- Congenital or syndromal associations
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02269839
Start Date
September 1 2014
End Date
June 1 2016
Last Update
November 2 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom