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Ear, Nose and Throat

NAIROS - Closed

NAIROS - Nasal Airway Obstruction Study

  • Study Stage: Closed
  • Sponsor: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Funder: NIHR HTA
  • Therapeutic area: Ear, Nose and Throat
  • Type of study: CTIMP

Aim: To establish, and inform guidance for, the best management strategy for patients with nasal obstruction associated with a deviated septum via a randomised controlled trial of surgery (within 8 weeks) versus defined medical management.

Primary outcome:  SNOT-22 questionnaire at 6 months follow up

  • Population: Adult
  • Clinical Phase: III
  • Design: RCT, Qualitative and Health Economics
  • Setting: Secondary Care

Websitehttp://nairos.co.uk/


NATTINA - Closed

NAIROS - Nasal Airway Obstruction Study

  • Study Stage: Closed
  • Sponsor: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Funder: NIHR HTA
  • Therapeutic area: Ear, Nose and Throat
  • Type of study: CTIMP

Aim: To establish, and inform guidance for, the best management strategy for patients with nasal obstruction associated with a deviated septum via a randomised controlled trial of surgery (within 8 weeks) versus defined medical management.

Primary outcome:  SNOT-22 questionnaire at 6 months follow up

  • Population: Adult
  • Clinical Phase: III
  • Design: RCT, Qualitative and Health Economics
  • Setting: Secondary Care

Websitehttp://nairos.co.uk/


TALGiTS - Recruiting

A pragmatic, multicentre, placebo controlled, double blind, parallel, randomised controlled trial of liquid alginate (Gaviscon Advance) for the treatment of persistent throat symptoms

  • Study Stage: Recruiting
  • Sponsor:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Funder:  IIT (Reckitt)
  • Therapeutic area: Ear, Nose and Throat
  • Type of study: CTIMP

Aim: To compare the symptomatic response in patients with persistent throat symptoms to a liquid alginate (Gaviscon Advance) compared to matched placebo.

Primary Outcome: Total Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) score at 8 weeks

  • Population: Adult
  • Design: RCT (double-blind)
  • Setting: Secondary Care
  • Phase:  III
  • Planned Sample Size: 250

TOPPITS - Closed

Trial of Proton Pump Inhibitors in Throat Symptoms

  • Study Stage: Closed
  • Sponsor: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Funder: NIHR HTA
  • Therapeutic area: Ear, Nose and Throat
  • Type of study: CTIMP

Aim: To compare the symptomatic response in patients with persistent throat symptoms at the end of four months (16 weeks) therapy of treatment with lansoprazole versus placebo

Primary Outcome:  The change in Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) at four months in the treatment and placebo groups in an intention to treat analysis.

  • Clinical Phase: III
  • Population: Adult
  • Design: RCT
  • Setting: Secondary Care
  • Planned Sample Size: 332