Middle Ear Pressure Disregulation After Tympanostomy Tube Insertion

Completed

Conditions studied: Otitis Media With Effusion

In brief

This study will determine if the investigators can use certain tests (eustachian tube function tests and gas exchange tests) to predict whether or not a child who had tubes surgically placed in their eardrum because of middle-ear disease will redevelop the disease again after the tubes quit working.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00393900

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

84

Starts

2006-08-01

Expected to finish

2012-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-19

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 6. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 3-6 years old
• History of chronic otitis media with effusion(OME)
• Scheduled or within 6 weeks of tube insertion
• OME at entry or surgery
• Generally good health

You may not qualify if…

• Cleft palate or other syndromes predisposing to OM
• History of recurrent acute otitis media only
• History of complications of OM or its treatment
• Unable to cooperate for testing

Where it is running

• ENT Department, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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