Manual Acupuncture for Acute Primary Tinnitus
ConditionTinnitus
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorDan Bing
About this trial
This clinical trial aims to assess the efficacy of manual acupuncture for patients with acute primary tinnitus.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Aged 18-65 years, male or female;
Primary complaint is persistent tinnitus (unilateral or bilateral);
Meet the diagnostic criteria for primary tinnitus according to the 2014 Clinical Practice Guideline developed by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF);
Had continuous tinnitus ≥2 weeks and <6 months;
Disqualifiers
Objective tinnitus;
Pulsatile tinnitus;
Diagnosed as secondary tinnitus as evaluated by audiologists and clinicians(Menière's disease, temporomandibular joint disorder or other diseases);
Had evidence of conductive hearing loss (confirmed by abnormal otoscopy or tympanogram);
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Manual acupuncture
- Sham acupuncture
- Usaual care
Treatment groups
180 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsLocations
1Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,430030, WuhanHubei, China
Sponsors and collaborators
Dan Bing
Lead sponsor
Tongji Hospital
Sponsor institution
Hubei Xinhua Hospital
Collaborator
Wuhan No.1 Hospital
Collaborator
The Third People's Hospital of Hubei Province
Collaborator
Taihe Hospital
Collaborator
Qianjiang Central Hospital
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov