Gabapentin for the Treatment of Tinnitus

NCT00317850 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2012-03-02

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Summary

The specific aim of the Gabapentin for the Relief of Idiopathic Subjective Tinnitus Trial is to assess the therapeutic benefit of Gabapentin (Neurontin®) for subjective idiopathic troublesome tinnitus. We employed a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial design to assess the efficacy of Gabapentin. Adults, between the ages of 18 and 70 with idiopathic, subjective, troublesome, unilateral or bilateral, non-pulsatile tinnitus of 6 month's duration or greater and score of 38 or greater on the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory were enrolled.

Conditions

  • Tinnitus

Interventions

DRUG

Gabapentin (Neurontin)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

    collaborator NIH
  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jay F Piccirillo, MD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-04-30
Completion
2006-02-28

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