Clinical trials: Deafness
Hearing Loss, Ear Diseases
Evaluation of Remote Fitting in Adult and Pediatric Users of the HiResolution Bionic Ear System
This is a prospective within-subjects repeated-measures study that will enroll 17 users 13 years or older implanted with a HiResolution Bionic Ear System.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Ear Diseases, Hearing Disorders, Otolaryngological Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05034731
- Testing
- Remote Fitting, In-Office Fitting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics
Hearing Loss
Littlears Auditory Questionnaire: Validation Study in CI Children
The LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire is designed to assess the development of the auditory behavior in children during the first two (hearing) years.
- Trial name
- LittlEars (NCT00785707)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Med-El Corporation
Brain Tumor, Central Nervous System Tumor
Sodium Thiosulfate in Preventing Hearing Loss in Young Patients Receiving Cisplatin for Newly Diagnosed Germ Cell Tumor, Hepatoblastoma, Medulloblastoma, Neuroblastoma, Osteosarcoma, or Other Malignancy
RATIONALE: Sodium thiosulfate may reduce or prevent hearing loss in young patients receiving cisplatin for cancer. It is not yet known whether sodium thiosulfate is more effective than no additional treatment in preventing…
- Conditions
- Brain Tumor, Central Nervous System Tumor, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT00716976
- Testing
- sodium thiosulfate, examination
- Where
- 76 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Bilateral, Cochlear Implant
Clinical Investigation of New CI Delivery Models in an Adult Nucleus CI Population
Use of Artificial Intelligent (AI) technology to assist audiologists in programming cochlear implants.
- Trial name
- NCT03304106
- Testing
- Commercially available cochlear implant and AI system
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Epilepsy; Seizure, Neuromuscular Diseases
North Carolina Genomic Evaluation by Next-generation Exome Sequencing, 2
The "North Carolina Clinical Genomic Evaluation by Next-gen Exome Sequencing, 2 (NCGENES 2)" study is part of a larger consortium project investigating the clinical utility, or net benefit of an intervention on patient and family…
- Conditions
- Epilepsy; Seizure, Neuromuscular Diseases, Brain Malformation, Intellectual Disability
- Trial name
- NCGENES2 (NCT03548779)
- Testing
- Pre-visit prep, usual care + exome seq
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 548 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hearing Loss, Hearing Impaired Children
Audiobooks for Hearing Loss App as Auditory Training
The goal of the proposed project is to create an Audiobooks for Hearing Loss (HL) App - an audiobook App that has a wide array of user-selectable features designed to provide auditory training.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Hearing Impaired Children, Hearing Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT04231396
- Testing
- Audiobooks for hearing loss App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BioSpeech
Hearing Loss
N6 Input Processing in Traditional CI Recipients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the enhanced signal processing features of the Nucleus 6 Sound Processor on existing Nucleus cochlear implant recipients currently using the Nucleus 5 Sound Processor.
- Trial name
- NCT02239263
- Testing
- Nucleus 6 Sound Processor
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Cytomegalovirus Infection
Valganciclovir Therapy in Infants and Children With Congenital CMV Infection and Hearing Loss
This is an international, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation valganciclovir treatment for up to 54 children (up to 4 years of age) with virologically-confirmed congenital CMV infection and hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT01649869
- Testing
- Valganciclovir
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
A Clinical Trial of Anakinra for Steroid-Resistant Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
The purpose of this study is to determine if Anakinra (an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist) can improve hearing thresholds in those patients with Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED) that did not respond to oral steroid therapy…
- Trial name
- NCT01267994
- Testing
- Anakinra
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Andrea Vambutas
Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Hearing Loss
North Carolina Newborn Exome Sequencing for Universal Screening
The NC NEXUS research study is exploring the utility of next generation sequencing in newborn screening and parental decision making.
- Conditions
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Hearing Loss, Hereditary Disease
- Trial name
- NC_NEXUS (NCT02826694)
- Testing
- Well infant, whole exome sequencing, Diagnosed, whole exome sequencing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Clinical Evaluation of the Cochlear Nucleus CI532 Cochlear Implant in Adults
The purpose of this study is to gather long-term data on the FDA approved CI532 cochlear implant, and CP1000 (Nucleus 7) sound processor
- Trial name
- SME (NCT03007472)
- Testing
- CI532, Nucleus 7
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Developmental Cochlear Nerve Deficiency, Acquired Cochlear Nerve Deficiency
Auditory Brainstem Implantation in Young Children
To purpose of this feasibility study is to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the Nucleus 24 Multichannel Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI, Cochlear Corp, Sydney, AUS) in children without the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis…
- Conditions
- Developmental Cochlear Nerve Deficiency, Acquired Cochlear Nerve Deficiency, Cochlear Aplasia, Post-meningitis Cochlear Ossification
- Trial name
- NCT01904448
- Testing
- Auditory Brainstem Implantation in Children
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hearing Loss
Sound Processing Innovations in Adult and Paediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients.
This is a feasibility, prospective with sequential enrolment, multicenter, clinical investigation in adults and paediatrics with a CE approved Nucleus cochlear implant. Subjects older than 5 years will be included.
- Trial name
- NCT05476328
- Testing
- SPACE, OPAL-SPACE, ACE
- Where
- 5 sites in Australia, Belgium
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Unilateral Hearing Loss
Use of Amplification in Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss
Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) in children has been demonstrated to have a negative impact on quality of life, school performance and behavior. Despite this knowledge, it remains unclear how to best manage this common problem.
- Trial name
- UHL (NCT02269124)
- Testing
- Hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Hearing Loss
Retrospective CI532 Hearing Performance
The aim of this retrospective study is to collect and assess hearing performance data that have been measured by five clinics in Germany as part of their clinical routine in recipients implanted with a commercial CI532.
- Trial name
- NCT03039283
- Testing
- Nucleus CI532 cochlear implant
- Where
- 5 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 162 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Hearing Loss
Speech Recognition Training in Children With Hearing Loss
clEAR's auditory brain training has been shown to be effective in improving childrens' abilities to recognize the speech of generic talkers in a laboratory setting.
- Trial name
- ChAT (NCT04041440)
- Testing
- clEAR auditory training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Wolfram Syndrome
I-Tracking Neurodegeneration in Early Wolfram Syndrome
Wolfram syndrome (WFS; OMIM #222300) is a rare autosomal recessive disease clinically defined in 1938 as the combination of childhood-onset insulin dependent diabetes, optic nerve atrophy, diabetes insipidus and deafness.
- Trial name
- I-TRACK (NCT03951298)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Cmv Congenital, CMV
Randomized Controlled Trial of Valganciclovir for Cytomegalovirus Infected Hearing Impaired Infants
The overall goal of this study is to determine the clinical benefit and safety of antiviral therapy for asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infected hearing-impaired infants.
- Conditions
- Cmv Congenital, CMV, Congenital Cmv, SNHL
- Trial name
- ValEAR (NCT03107871)
- Testing
- Valganciclovir, Simple Syrup
- Where
- 30 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Albert Park
Hearing Loss
Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Children With the MED-EL Cochlear Implant
The purpose of this study is to evaluate and document longitudinal efficacy in young children implanted bilaterally with MED-EL COMBI 40+ / PULSARCI100/SONATATI100 cochlear implant systems.
- Trial name
- NCT00784043
- Testing
- Cochlear Implant
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Med-El Corporation
Retinitis Pigmentosa, Usher Syndrome Type 2
An Open-Label Extension Study to Evaluate Safety & Tolerability of QR-421a in Subjects With Retinitis Pigmentosa
PQ-421a-002 (Helia) is an open-label, extension study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of QR 421a (ultevursen) administered via intravitreal (IVT) injection in one or both eyes, in subjects ≥ 12 years of age with…
- Trial name
- HELIA (NCT05085964)
- Testing
- RNA antisense oligonucleotide for intravitreal injection
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Laboratoires Thea