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Gas Supply, Demand and Middle Ear Gas Balance -- Preliminary Protocol

NCT01955486 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2

Last updated 2019-08-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to gather more information on Eustachian tube function and middle-ear pressures during flying. Ten subjects with tympanostomy tubes (plastic tubes inserted in the eardrums) in their ears or holes in their ear-drums will undergo flight simulation in a pressure chamber. Their middle-ear pressures and Eustachian tube function will be monitored at various chamber pressures.

Conditions

  • Middle-ear Function

Interventions

OTHER

flight simulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cuneyt M Alper, MD · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2018-04-03
Completion
2018-04-03

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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