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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00772980
Date of registration: 13/10/2008
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH
Public title: Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Neramexane in Comparison to Placebo in Patients With Subjective Tinnitus
Scientific title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Evaluation of the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Neramexane in Patients With Subjective Tinnitus
Date of first enrolment: November 2008
Target sample size: 400
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00772980
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Belgium Czech Republic France Netherlands Poland South Africa
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patients aged 18 to 75 years with a clinical diagnosis of first onset, persistent
(i.e. tinnitus sghould never be absent for >24 hours in a row), subjective, uni-or
bilateral tinntius present for at least 3 months but not more than 12 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Clinical diagnosis of intermittent or pulsatile tinnitus

- Patients who have tinnitus as a concomitant symptom of an otological/neurological
disease(such as otitis media, Meniére´s disease, otosclerosis, etc.)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Subjective Tinnitus
Intervention(s)
Drug: Neramexane mesylate
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
TBF-12 (Tinnitus-Beeinträchtigungs-Fragebogen-12 "Tinnitus Handycap Inventory-12") total score change from baseline to end of treatment [Time Frame: Screening, Baseline, week 5, 13, 17]
Secondary Outcome(s)
TBF-12 factorial scores, individual respond rate, Tinnitus Rating Scale, Sleep Questionnaire, Qualitiy Of Life, population pharmacokinetics, optional pharmacogenetics [Time Frame: 29 weeks]
safety parameters [Time Frame: 29 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
EudraCT Number 2008-000639-16
MRZ 92579/TI/3002
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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