Countering Stimulus-Induced Alpha-Desynchronization to Treat Tinnitus

Tinnitus Clinical Trial

Official title:

Countering Stimulus-Induced Alpha-Desynchronization to Treat Tinnitus

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00748475
• Other study ID #: TE0602-1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 5, 2008
• Last updated: February 19, 2013
• Start date: September 2008

Study information

• Verified date: February 2013
• Source: University of Konstanz
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Ethics Commission
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of alpha-neurofeedback while subjects listen to a noise on tinnitus.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 12
• Est. primary completion date: May 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Duration of Tinnitus >= 6 months and <= 20 years

• Subjective Tinnitus

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of neurological or more than mild psychiatric diseases

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Tinnitus

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Neurofeedback

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Konstanz

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Reduction of tinnitus distress using the Tinnitus Questionaire		Before the first and after the last session.	No
Primary	Cortical Alpha Power		Before the first and after the last session	No