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NCT ID: NCT01678053 Withdrawn - Granuloma Clinical Trials

Efficacy Study of Botulinum Toxin (BOTOX) Injections to Treat Vocal Fold Granulomas

Start date: September 2012
Phase: Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

Vocal process granulomas are inflammatory masses caused in part by vocal trauma that arise in the posterior aspect of the vocal folds and result in throat pain, difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, and globus sensation. Antireflux therapy treats most granulomas, but many are recalcitrant to this therapy or take months to years to resolve. Botulinum toxin injection into the thyroarytenoid muscle has been effectively employed for recalcitrant granuloma, but causes significant voice loss, occasional difficulty swallowing and, in our clinical experience, is associated with significant recurrence. The investigators propose injecting another muscle in the larynx called the interarytenoid muscle with botulinum toxin type A to maintain the benefit of injection with less loss of voice. The investigators have shown the effectiveness of this treatment in a small, retrospective analysis.