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Digital Otoscope Versus Education and Feedback for Otitis Media in Young Children

NCT06731660 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2026-05-22

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Summary

Randomized controlled trial involving 40 pediatric primary care clinicians with high rates of diagnosing and treating middle ear infections. Ten enrolled clinicians will be randomly assigned to each of 4 arms for a three-month trial: 1) personalized education and feedback about proper ear infection diagnosis; 2) use of a digital otoscope; 3) both education and feedback plus use of a digital otoscope; 4) control (no intervention).

Conditions

  • Otitis Media
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship

Interventions

OTHER

Education with personalized performance feedback

Education about proper otitis media diagnosis following criteria from the American Academy of Pediatrics with personalized performance feedback on otitis media diagnosis and treatment rates delivered via email

DEVICE

Use of digital otoscope

Use of the Wispr digital otoscope to diagnose otitis media in place of a traditional visual otoscope

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Louis Vernacchio, MD, MSc · Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-01
Primary Completion
2025-04-30
Completion
2025-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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