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Antibiotics Versus Therapeutic Ultrasound for Sinusitis

NCT00934830 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2013-10-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Question: Is the effect of therapeutic ultrasound equally effective to antibiotic for treatment of sinusitis? Design: A randomized clinical trial with concealed allocation, self-assessment by the subjects and intention-to-treat analysis.

Conditions

  • Sinusitis

Interventions

DRUG

Antibiotic (Amoxicillin)

500 mg, 3 times per day for 10 days

OTHER

Therapeutic ultrasound

1.0 W/cm2 in continuous mode for 10 minutes once a day for 4 consecutive days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sør-Trøndelag chapter of the Norwegian Physiotherapist Association

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ottar Vasseljen, PhD · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-10-31
Completion
2008-10-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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