NCT02215681

Acupuncture Effect on Inflammatory Markers in Pediatric Otitis Media With Effusion: A Pilot Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ziv Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 8 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objective: to evaluate acupunctures effect on inflammatory markers in pediatric Otitis Media with Effusion Methods: 100 Children with otitis media with effusion (OME) diagnosis, who are in watchful waiting for 3 month, will be randomized in two groups: acupuncture and control. 50 Children in the acupuncture group will receive standard treatment combined with acupuncture for 3 months. 50 Children in the control group will receive standard treatment only, for the same time period. After 3 months, both groups will be reassessed for OME. Children with no improvement from both groups will be assigned for tympanostomy. Data collection: in children undergoing tympanostomy, middle ear effusion (MEE) will be collected, analyzed and evaluated for group differences.

Conditions

• Otitis Media With Effusion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	acupuncture

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2014-08-13
• Last updated: 2014-08-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel