Intratympanic Steroids for Sudden Hearing Loss

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University30 enrolled

Overview

For patients with sudden hearing loss, the initial treatment is not usually effective. We use Dexamethasone or Methylprednisolone to be an Intratympanic steroid administration as a salvage treatment. An randomized, double-blind, multi-center study is designed to find the difference between Dexamethasone or Methylprednisolone.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Dexamethasone or Methylprednisolone; Sudden Hearing Loss; Intratympanic Steroid

Interventions

Dexamethasone or MethylprednisoloneDRUG

steroids

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: sudden hearing loss and initial treatment is not effective Exclusion Criteria: the patients refused intratympanic steroids treatment.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

hearing

the hearing level after treatment

Time frame: six month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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