Trial Outcomes & Findings for Cognitive Speed as an Objective Measure of Tinnitus (NCT NCT01395368)

NCT ID: NCT01395368

Last Updated: 2012-08-23

Results Overview

Standardized Z-scores of the Brain Speed Test (BST-Z scores) calculated based on age group-matched normal population data were used for analysis in order to control for the impact of age on test scores. Age-standardized Z-scores, which reflect the distance from the mean in standard deviation values, allow for the comparison of scores across age groups. A z-score of 0 indicates a value of the average, while absolute z-score values above 2 indicate observations significantly different from normal populations.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Target enrollment

108 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Participants completed brain speed test on the same day as enrollment. No follow-up required.

Results posted on

2012-08-23

Participant Flow

Participants were recruited from Washington University's Volunteer for Health office, the audiology division and the otolaryngology faculty clinical practices at Washington University Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, including the PI's population of tinnitus patients.

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Tinnitus
Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 80. Participants must have subjective, unilateral or bilateral, non-pulsatile tinnitus of 6 month's duration or longer.
Overall Study
STARTED
108
Overall Study
COMPLETED
92
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
16

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
Tinnitus
Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 80. Participants must have subjective, unilateral or bilateral, non-pulsatile tinnitus of 6 month's duration or longer.
Overall Study
Physician Decision
14
Overall Study
Withdrawal by Subject
2

Baseline Characteristics

Cognitive Speed as an Objective Measure of Tinnitus

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Tinnitus
n=92 Participants
Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 80. Participants must have subjective, unilateral or bilateral, non-pulsatile tinnitus of 6 month's duration or longer.
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
83 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
9 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age Continuous
53 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
29 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
63 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
92 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Participants completed brain speed test on the same day as enrollment. No follow-up required.

Population: Number of participants who completed the study with the exception of 4 subjects whose data was excluded due to the fact that they were younger than the the normative age-specific data available and BST Z-scores were not able to be calculated.

Standardized Z-scores of the Brain Speed Test (BST-Z scores) calculated based on age group-matched normal population data were used for analysis in order to control for the impact of age on test scores. Age-standardized Z-scores, which reflect the distance from the mean in standard deviation values, allow for the comparison of scores across age groups. A z-score of 0 indicates a value of the average, while absolute z-score values above 2 indicate observations significantly different from normal populations.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Tinnitus
n=92 Participants
Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 80. Participants must have subjective, unilateral or bilateral, non-pulsatile tinnitus of 6 month's duration or longer.
Brain Speed Test
-0.09 z-score
Interval -0.23 to 0.05

Adverse Events

Tinnitus

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Jay F. Piccirillo, Professor

Washington University in St. Louis

Phone: 314 362-8641

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place