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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02671032




Registration number
NCT02671032
Ethics application status
Date submitted
27/01/2016
Date registered
2/02/2016
Date last updated
9/06/2021

Titles & IDs
Public title
CHANGE Feasibility Study
Scientific title
Characterisation of Audiological Outcomes With the Nucleus CI532 Cochlear Implant in Adult Subjects.
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
CLTD5626
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
CLTD5626
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Hearing Loss 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Ear 0 0 0 0
Deafness

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Experimental: Implantation with Nucleus CI532 cochlear implant - All participants will receive the same treatment - Implantation with Nucleus CI532 cochlear implant.
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Report on Degree of Hearing as Measured by Pure Tone Audiogram
Timepoint [1] 0 0
6 months and 12 months post activation
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Report on Clinical Performance in Quiet and Noise
Timepoint [2] 0 0
3 months, 6 months and 12 months post activation
Primary outcome [3] 0 0
Report of Medical/Surgical and Device Related Adverse Events.
Timepoint [3] 0 0
12 months post activation.
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Report on Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Preoperative and 6 months post activation
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI).
Timepoint [2] 0 0
6 months post activation

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Meet current cochlear implant indications at the implanting centre
2. In addition to meeting current cochlear implant indications, subjects must also possess preoperative unaided hearing thresholds between 40 to 65 dB HL at 250 & 500Hz in the ear to be implanted.
3. Fluent speaker in the local language used to assess clinical performance
4. Eighteen years of age or older at the time of implantation with no upper age limit
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
1. Evidence of hearing loss prior to 5 years of age.
2. Sensorineural severe-to-profound hearing loss greater than 20 years at 2 kHz and above.
3. Simultaneous bilateral cochlear implantation or prior cochlear implantation in the ear to be implanted.
4. Additional disabilities that may affect the subject's participation or safety during the clinical investigation.
5. Medical or psychological conditions that contraindicate undergoing general anaesthesia or surgery.
6. Ossification, malformation or any other cochlear anomaly, such as common cavity, that might prevent complete insertion of the electrode array, as confirmed by medical examination.
7. Hearing impairment due to lesion or neuropathy of the acoustic nerve, VIII nerve or central auditory pathway.
8. Active middle-ear infection,
9. Tympanic membrane perforation
10. Unrealistic expectations on the part of the subject, regarding the possible benefits, risks, and limitations that are inherent to the surgical procedure(s) and prosthetic devices
11. Unwillingness or inability of the candidate to comply with all investigational requirements.
12. Patients with existing CSF shunts or drains, existing perilymph fistula, skull fracture or CSF leak.
13. Patients with recurrent episodes of bacterial meningitis.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Not applicable
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Not applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
5/01/2016
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
15/07/2019
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
12
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
The Hearing Cooperative Research Centre - Carlton
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital - East Melbourne
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
3053 - Carlton
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
30002 - East Melbourne

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Cochlear
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Other
Name [1] 0 0
The Hearing Cooperative Research Centre
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0
Other collaborator category [2] 0 0
Government body
Name [2] 0 0
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital
Address [2] 0 0
Country [2] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of the feasibility study is to examine audiological outcomes (audiometry and speech perception) and safety (adverse events and adverse device effects) with the Nucleus CI532 cochlear implant in group of adult subjects (n=12) who meet current criteria for cochlear implantation.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02671032
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Robert Cowan, DipAud PhD
Address 0 0
HEARing CRC
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02671032