Active clinical trials for "Otitis"

We hypothesize that intranasal steroid application will have a beneficial therapeutic effect in adults with regard to resolution of serous otitis media and/or negative middle ear pressure, as compared to placebo. We further hypothesize that the rate of spontaneous short-term resolution of otitis media wit effusion in adults treated with placebo will be relatively low (minority of patients).

We intend to study the cost of treatment, efficacy and adverse effects for Otitis media with effusion.

The prevalence of Eustachian tube (ET) dysfunction in adults reaches 1%. It causes a feeling of fullness in the ear, otalgia and hearing loss and can lead to recurrent acute otitis media, development of chronic otitis media with effusion and cholesteatoma. Endoscopic transnasal balloon ET dilatation is a novel surgical technique for ET dysfunction. The main goal is to restore ET function by dilation its cartilaginous part leading to better ventilation and drainage of the middle ear. However, its real effect in the treatment of particular subgroups of patients with ET dysfunction remains unknown. Patients are mostly evaluated as one group. Adults with chronic ET dysfunction will be strictly divided into particular subgroups and included in the study. Subgroups will be compared in order to identify treatment effect in particular subgroups.

The purpose of this study is to determine if the Hummingbird ear tube delivery system is a safe and effective way to put ear tubes in place.

The purpose of this study is to compare the difference in effect of three clinically common methods of providing pain medication during surgery for ventilating tubes placed for recurring ear infections.The methods are fentanyl dripped in the nose, morphine injected in a muscle, and morphine injected in a vein.

The purpose of this study is to confirm the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of OTO-201 in the treatment of pediatric subjects with bilateral middle ear effusion who require tympanostomy tube placement.

The purpose of this study is to determine if a combination of an antibiotic plus a corticosteroid is safe and effective in treating middle ear infections in children with ear tubes.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of FST-201 compared to Ciprodex in the treatment of acute otitis externa. This study will be conducted at one site, the Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Tropical Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology, in Pago Pago, American Samoa.

This was a pilot study to determine the safety and effectiveness of a twice daily, seven-day dosing regimen in acute, pediatric, otitis media in children with tympanostomy tubes. The currently approved regimen is twice daily for 10 days.

To compare the safety and efficacy of cefdinir oral suspension, 7 mg/kg every 12 hours for 5 days, to azithromycin oral suspension 10 mg/kg/day (Day 1) then 5 mg/kg/day (Days 2-5) for a total of 5 days, in children between 6 months and 6 years of age, with AOM.