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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00015028
Date of registration: 15/11/2018
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH
Public title: Bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP): epidemiology and available treatments
Scientific title: Bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP): epidemiology and available treatments - 2015REG001
Date of first enrolment: 13/01/2016
Target sample size: 800
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00015028
Study type:  observational
Study design:  Allocation: ; Masking: ; Control: ; Assignment: ; Study design purpose: other  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Austria Germany Spain Ukraine United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: Martin    Eisendle
Address:  Fürstenweg 77a 6020 Innsbruck Austria
Telephone: 0043577885541
Email: martin.eisendle@medel.com
Affiliation:  MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH
Name: Orlando    Guntinas-Lichius
Address:  Am Klinikum 1 07747 Jena Germany
Telephone: 004936419329301
Email: Orlando.Guntinas@med.uni-jena.de
Affiliation:  Universitätsklinikum Jena / Klinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Documented BVFP diagnosis
• Signed and dated informed consent before the start of any registry-specific procedures for subjects recruited prospectively

Exclusion criteria: • Lack of compliance with any inclusion criteria
• BVF Immobility (BVFI) not related to peripheral injuries of the RLN or to CNS diseases (e.g. ankyloses or stenosis)
• Parallel participation in a device/drug clinical investigation in the period of data collection, which could confound the results of the registry


Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: None
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bilateral vocal fold paralysis
J38.03
J38.03
Intervention(s)
Group 1: Since this is an observatory study, diagnosis, treatment and follow-ups follow the satndard procedures of the respective clinic. With voluntary permission of the patients, additional questionaires and/or diaries may be used. It is also possible that a physical activity monitor may be used that monitores the kind of physical activity patients engage in for several days, given that patients are interested and agree to the test. None of the additional testing is obligatory for patients.
Primary Outcome(s)
Due to the nature of this study, several aspects of the management of BVFP are evaluated equally. All data related to the diagnosis and management of BVFP is collected for either a 25 month periode after inclusion of a subject or earlier if the subject recovers from BVFP or has to be withdrawn for other reasons or drops out of the study.
The following information is collected at the beginning of the inclusion of a subject:
• BVFP Etiology and history
• Age
• Gender
• BVFP history
The following information /test results are collected for the entire duration of the registry, whenever they are available:
• Demographic information
• Medical history
• Medication history
• BVFP Progression
• BVFP treatment record (e.g. surgery report, patient’s discharge letter)
• Videolaryngoscopy
• Videolaryngostroboscopy
• Voice Range Profile, VRP
• Jitter
• Shimmer
• ‚Glottal to noise excitation rate‘ (GNE)
• Maximum Phonation Time, MPT
• s/z ratio
• Roughness, Breathiness, Hoarseness (RBH)
• Spirometry
• Body plethysmography
• Polysomnography (PSG)
• Standard text reading
• electrical Laryngeal Stimulation (eLS)
• Laryngeal Electromyography (LEMG)
• Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES)
• 6-Minuten Walk Test (6MWT)
• Questionnaires
• Voice Handicap Index (VHI)
• Short Form 36 (SF-36)
• Glasgow Benefit Index (GBI)
• St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)
• Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
• M. D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI)
• Clinic Choice and Travel (Non-validated questionnaire)
• Diary (e.g. PEF-meter use monitoring)
• PEF-Meter
• „Physical activity monitor“
Secondary Outcome(s)
not applicable
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 24/08/2015
Contact:
ethikkommission@med.uni-jena.de
Ethik-Kommission der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena an der Medizinischen Fakultät
+49-3641-9391191
ethikkommission@med.uni-jena.de
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00015028#studyResults
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