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

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Otitis Media, Antimicrobial Stewardship

In brief

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).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06731660

Run by

Boston Children's Hospital

People needed

40

Starts

2025-01-01

Expected to finish

2025-10-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-22

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pediatric primary care clinicians from the Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's with an Otitis Media Treatment Index for the previous 12 months in the top quartile of all Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's clinicians with at least 100 qualifying encounters in the year

You may not qualify if…

• Currently using any digital otoscope
• More than one other clinician from the same practice participating in the trial

Where it is running

• Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's — Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States

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