NCT05591144

Short-term Oral Prednisone for Acute Subjective Tinnitus

Investigating the Efficacy of Short-term Oral Prednisone Therapy on Acute Subjective Tinnitus

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 146 (actual)
• Sponsor: Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the efficacy of oral steroids in the acute tinnitus population. Participants will receive appropriate dosages of short-term prednisone and/or oral Ginkgo Biloba tablets.

Detailed description

Researchers will compare the intervention group and placebo-control group to see whether short-term systemic steroid therapy is effective for acute tinnitus.

Conditions

• Tinnitus, Subjective

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Prednisone tablet	The dose selection of oral prednisone is the maximum daily dose based on weight for 4 days, followed by a taper every 2 days, with the maximum duration to 14 days.
DRUG	Ginkgo Biloba Extract	Ginkgo biloba extracts are traditional Chinese medicine, which can improve microcirculation and provide good ameliorating effects for the treatment of tinnitus

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-30
• Primary completion: 2023-01-22
• Completion: 2024-02-03
• First posted: 2022-10-24
• Last updated: 2025-02-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China