The objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Acclarent Tympanostomy Tube Delivery System (TDS) for the placement of Tympanostomy Tube TT(s) under local anesthesia delivered by iontophoresis in an office/clinic setting.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
42
Placement of tympanostomy tube by the Acclarent tympanostomy tube delivery system following delivery of anesthetic with Acclarent iontophoresis device
South Coast Ear, Nose, & Throat
Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States
Number of Subjects With Procedural, Serious and Device-related Adverse Events.
Adverse events which are procedural, serious, and device-related.
Time frame: Procedure through 2 weeks post-procedure
Device Success
Device Success is defined as the successful delivery of the tympanostomy tube (TT) across the tympanic membrane (TM) using the Tube Delivery System(TDS). Device Success will be evaluated on a per device basis.
Time frame: Day 0 (day of procedure)
Procedure Success
Procedure Success is defined as the successful placement of any tympanostomy tube in all enrolled ears in a given subject. Procedure Success is determined on a per subject basis.
Time frame: Day 0 (day of procedure)
Procedure Tolerability
Procedure Tolerability is defined as the proportion of subjects reporting the procedure as tolerable, where tolerable is defined as a score of 0 through 3, using the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale.The Wong-Baker FACES pain scoring system is a scale of 0 to 5, where 0 means 'no hurt', 1 = 'hurts a little bit', 2 = 'hurts little more', 3 = 'hurts even more', 4 = 'hurts whole lot' and 5 = 'hurts worst'. Procedure Tolerability will be determined on a per patient basis, with the patient's score being the average of the scores for the left and right ear if both ears are successfully treated with the Tube Delivery System.
Time frame: Day 0 (day of procedure)
Tube Retention
Tube retention is the presence of a tympanostomy tube placed successfully by the Tula TDS device across the tympanic membrane at the two-week follow-up visit.
Time frame: 2 weeks post-procedure
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