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Clinical Study on the Treatment of Sudden Deafness with Acorus Calamus Essential Oil Combined with Conventional Therapy

Clinical Study on the Treatment of Sudden Deafness with Acorus Calamus Essential Oil Combined with Conventional Therapy

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2026000919
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2026-04-09
Start date
2026-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-04-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Interventions

experimental group:Adding Acorus calamus essential oil ear drops to conventional therapy
control group:Routine treatment for sudden deafness according to the guidelines

Sponsors

Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Meet the diagnostic criteria of the "Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sudden Deafness (2015)" formulated by the Otolaryngology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association. (2) Meet the traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic criteria in "Traditional Chinese Medicine Otolaryngology" (14th Five-Year Plan Textbook, edited by Liu Peng). (3) Aged 18-70 years, no gender restrictions. (4) Normal functioning of major organs such as liver and kidneys. (5) Informed consent provided, voluntary participants.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Pregnant and breastfeeding women. (2) Sudden deafness patients who cannot clearly state their medical history, have communication difficulties, or are unwilling to cooperate with examinations. (3) Patients who, aside from hearing loss, have no other concurrent syndromes or discernible tongue and pulse conditions, do not meet the TCM syndrome differentiation criteria, or have mixed symptoms not typical of TCM syndromes. (4) Patients with clearly identifiable causes of sensorineural hearing loss such as Hunt syndrome, noise-induced hearing loss, traumatic hearing loss, toxic hearing loss, or central lesions causing sudden hearing decrease. (5) Patients with organic ear diseases or pseudo-deafness indicated by bilateral mastoid CT, internal auditory canal and cerebellopontine angle MRI, auditory brainstem response (ABR), acoustic immittance tests, or pure-tone audiometry, such as middle ear disease or acoustic neuroma. (6) Sudden deafness patients for whom tympanic injection, glucocorticoid, or batroxobin therapy is contraindicated.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pure Tone Audiometry;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Tinnitus VAS;Traditional Chinese Medicine Symptom Scale;PSQI;SDS;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactHe Xiao

Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

roro2991@qq.com15868842240

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ITMCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026