NCT00719940

Tinnitus Treatment by Structured Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Efficacy and Safety of Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Within the Setting of the Structured Therapy Program sTCP (Structured Tinnitus Care Program) in Patients With Tinnitus Aurium

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 286 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital Tuebingen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Test of hypothesis that in contrast to non-treatment tinnitus specific cognitive behavioral therapy intervention procedures that are manualized and structured within the disease management program TCP are effective.

Detailed description

Intervention: Individual application of structured and tinnitus specific cognitive behavioral therapy intervention procedures in the clinical setting of the structured therapy program "tinnitus care program (TCP)" Duration of intervention per patient: 1-15 treatment sessions plus self treatment up to 16 weeks Control intervention: Waiting group (16 weeks)

Conditions

• Tinnitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive behavioral therapy	1-15 individual sessions of 50-60 min. to apply 1-15 manualized tinnitus specific cognitive behavioral therapy interventions structured by the tinnitus care disease management program
OTHER	Waiting group	No intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2000-10-01
• Primary completion: 2004-10-01
• Completion: 2006-11-01
• First posted: 2008-07-22
• Last updated: 2008-07-22

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Germany