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Tinnitus symptom alleviation by vagus nerve stimulation and random noise stimulation and comparison of brain activity

An investigator's clinical trial for comparing alleviation of tinnitus symptoms and brain activity changes after the transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation and transcranial random noise stimulation for chronic intractable tinnitus

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0007520
Enrollment
50
Registered
2022-07-19
Start date
2019-06-12
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-09-20

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

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : 1. Group assignment for the clinical trial A total of 50 tinnitus patients participate in the clinical trial, randomized and assigned into one group of tVNS and tRNS. Experiment group

Sponsors

Eulji University Medical Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ? Subjects who are included in this study should meet the four following criteria ? Adult over 18 ? Who has continuous subjective tinnitus over 3 months ? Who has an uncomfortable feeling of tinnitus ? Who did not respond to medications and tinnitus rehabilitation therapy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ? Subjects who are excluded from this study are meet at least one of the following criteria ? Who has diagnosed other otologic diseases, such as otitis media, acoustic tumor, and Meniere disease ? Whose tinnitus is accompanied by sudden hearing loss ? Who has a medication history of ototoxicity drug use ? In the case of suspected somatic tinnitus and complaining temporomandibular joint and cervical pain ? Objective tinnitus, such as pulsatile tinnitus ? Who has suffered from arrhythmia and asthma, and implanted heart pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator ? During pregnant

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Questionnaires (Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, Tinnitus intensity, Tinnitus distress, Beck's Depression Inventory)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
resting-state EEG

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactEun Bit Bae

Korea University Anam Hospital

argent.bae@gmail.com+82-2-7156-8807

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026