Active clinical trials for "Otitis Media"

Mastoidotympanoplasty is a recognised surgery that is performed for chronic otitis media. But whether mastoidectomy in addition to tympanoplasty is really necessary in each and every case of quiescent chronic otitis media still remains controversial. Hence this study has been undertaken to study the differences in the outcomes of the 2 surgical procedures performed for chronic otitis media in a randomized control design.

The study objective is to compare the CBCT images generated by the CS 9300 to those generated by conventional CT.

Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common childhood disease, which becomes recurrent in 15-20% of the cases. Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the leading causative agents, and a small reduction in the number of AOM episodes has been noted in unselected child cohorts after vaccination with conjugate heptavalent pneumococcal vaccine. This study was performed in order to investigate whether vaccination could reduce the number of AOM episodes in very young, otitis-prone children.

Detection of extraesophageal reflux (EER) in children with chronic otitis media with effusion (OME) using three different diagnostic methods and selection of the group of patients with severe EER who could potentially benefit from antireflux therapy.

This is a multi-centre, single arm study to evaluate the placement of tympanostomy tubes with the AventaMed Solo Tympanostomy Tube Device (TTD)

This is a one-center clinical study carried out in Turku, Finland. The study patients will be randomly allocated to one of the two parallel study groups (teaching group and control group). The hypothesis is that the diagnostic quality of tympanic membrane imagines is better when parents have been taught to conduct middle ear examination with a cellphone otoscope (CellScopeOTO) as compared to no teaching. Furthermore, this study aims at evaluating the diagnostic feasibility of cellphone otoscopy.

There are different kinds of ear tubes that may be inserted into the tympanic membrane to relieve recurrent acute otitis and hearing impairment due to otitis media with effusion. The tubes differ in size, shape and material. No-one knows if there are differences between the different kinds of tubes regarding complications. The investigators' hypothesis is that there is differences between the different kinds of tubes regarding complications. To test the investigators' hypothesis, the investigators are about to conduct a randomized controlled study of four kinds of tubes having two different material and two different shapes.

Importance: Ear pain is a frequent reason for pediatric visits. Objective: To determine if a program of anticipatory guidance counseling for ear pain at the 12-15 month routine preventive care visit in a predominantly low income population can reduce medical visits to clinic, emergency department (ED), and urgent care (UC). Design: Single blind randomized control trial of an ear pain counseling program. Setting: The Child Health Clinic (CHC), a primary care clinic at Children's Hospital Colorado, which serves a predominantly low income population with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Participants: 310 mothers were enrolled at their child's 12-15 month well child visit. Intervention: Structured 10-minute education intervention, given by a research assistant, used a slide presentation that reviewed ear pain Main Outcome and Measures: Number of ED, UC, and clinic visits for otitis media for the 12 month period after entry into the study and whether the visit included a prescription for antibiotics.

The aim of this study is to investigate whether the microbiota in the upper respiratory tract (nasopharynx, adenoids and middle ear fluid) of otitis media with effusion (OME) patients is changed after 4 weeks of probiotic product intake. Therefore, bacterial DNA from swabs, fluid and tissue will be isolated via commercially available DNA extraction kits, followed by Illumina MiSeq sequencing in order to identify the bacterial species present in these samples. Furthermore, the concentration of specific pathogens will be monitored via qPCR.

The purpose of this study is to describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) of EXE844 Sterile Otic Suspension, 0.3% following a single bilateral ototopical dose in pediatric subjects, immediately after bilateral tympanostomy tube surgery.