Status:
COMPLETED
Exploring Voluntary Control of Tinnitus
Lead Sponsor:
Washington University School of Medicine
Conditions:
Tinnitus
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Brief Summary
This pilot study aims to increase the understanding of tinnitus through the identification of potentially altered brain networks in patients who are able to voluntarily control or alter their tinnitus...
Detailed Description
Certain patients report that they are able to modulate the loudness or pitch of their tinnitus temporarily through various means, including attention re-direction or somatosensory mechanisms such as o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adults, between the ages of 18 and 80 years.
- Idiopathic, subjective, troublesome, unilateral or bilateral, non-pulsatile tinnitus of 6 month's duration or greater.
- Patient has some voluntary control over their tinnitus, whether through attention redirection or somatosensory control, such as orofacial movements or head turn.
- Able to give informed consent.
- English-speaking.
Exclusion
- Patients with tinnitus related to cochlear implantation, retrocochlear lesion, or other known anatomic/structural lesions of the ear and temporal bone.
- Patients with hyperacusis or misophonia (hyper-sensitivity to loud noises).
- Patients with cardiac pacemakers, intracardiac lines, implanted medication pumps, implanted electrodes in the brain, or other intracranial metal objects with the exception of dental fillings or any other contraindication for MRI scan.
- Patients with an acute or unstable medical condition including all individuals with any significant heart disease, history of seizures, pneumonia, recent hip fracture (within 3 months), acute GI bleed, uncontrolled hypertension, or other disorders which would require stabilization prior to initiation of imaging.
- Patients with a history of a brain-related injury or brain-related illness such as increased intracranial pressure, brain mass, Huntington's chorea).
- Patients currently taking psychoactive drugs that cannot be suspended for several days prior to imaging.
- Weight over 350 pounds.
- Patients with a history of claustrophobia.
- Patients who have an inability to lay flat for 1 hour.
- Patients with tinnitus related to Workman's Compensation claim or litigation-related event.
- Patients whose ability to give informed consent is in question.
- Any exclusions from radiology screening.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
17 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00973648
Start Date
August 1 2009
End Date
February 1 2012
Last Update
June 11 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110