NCT03022084

Clinical Trial of Sound-Based Versus Behavioral Therapy for Tinnitus

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a novel sound-based therapy in comparison to standard of care (cognitive behavioral therapy) results in reducing tinnitus-related effects for people with bothersome tinnitus.

Detailed description

This study is a randomized controlled trial evaluating if a customized sound-therapy device is just as effective or more so, than the standard of care (cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT) for bothersome tinnitus. All eligible participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups. Depending on group assignment, participants will attend approximately 7-12 visits over a 7-month period.

Conditions

• Tinnitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Desyncra	This group will use the sound-therapy device, Desyncra™ for Tinnitus Therapy System.
OTHER	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy	Standard of Care

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-06-01
• Completion: 2019-06-01
• First posted: 2017-01-16
• Last updated: 2020-07-13
• Results posted: 2020-07-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States