Bed Rest for Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2008-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

sudden sensorineural hearing loss:

• idiopathic in most cases

• 5-20/100,000 new cases annually in the U.S

• no establishes pathogenesis

• treated with oral steroids in most cases

• ~50% improvement in hearing levels

• bed rest - acceptable treatment, not well investigated

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sheba Medical Center
• Treatments: Prednisone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Exclusion Criteria:

• age less than 16 years

• contraindication for oral steroid treatment

• prior steroid treatment for hearing loss

• pregnent women