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Open-Label, Long-Term Treatment Study, to Assess the Long-Term Safety and Tolerability and Efficacy of Neramexane in Patients With Subjective Tinnitus (OLLTT)

This study has been terminated.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00827008
First received: January 21, 2009
Last updated: November 27, 2012
Last verified: November 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to investigate the long-term safety and tolerability and efficacy of neramexane mesylate in the long-term treatment of subjective tinnitus after a completed double-blind randomized placebo controlled study


Condition Intervention Phase
Subjective Tinnitus
 Drug: Neramexane mesylate
 Phase 3

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: An Open-Label, Long-Term Treatment Study to Assess the Long-Term Safety and Tolerability and Efficacy of Neramexane With Subjective Tinnitus

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Tinnitus
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Descriptive analyses of TBF-12 (Tinnitus-Beeinträchtigungs-Fragebogen 12 "Tinnitus Handicap Inventory 12")total score and its subscores, of the Tinnitus Rating Scale and its single items as well as of SF-36 and safety/tolerability parameters [ Time Frame: 54 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Enrollment: 821
Study Start Date: January 2009
Study Completion Date: December 2011
Primary Completion Date: December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1, verum Drug: Neramexane mesylate
Up-titration treatment period of 5 weeks up to 75mg Neramexane mesylate oral per day followed by 49 weeks treatment maintenance

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 75 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Main Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female patients who have successfully completed one of the double-blind Phase 3 tinnitus studies of Merz with Neramexane mesylate
  • patients aged equal or older 18 but not older than 75 years with clinical diagnosis of first onset, persistent (i.e. tinnitus should never be absent for more than 24 hours in a row), subjective, uni-or bilateral subacute tinnitus at the timepoint of the lead-in study

Main 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.)
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00827008

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH
Investigators
Study Director: Medical Expert MERZ Pharmaceuticals
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00827008     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: MRZ 92579/TI/3004, 2008-001432-13
Study First Received: January 21, 2009
Last Updated: November 27, 2012
Health Authority: Austria: Ethikkommission
United States: Food and Drug Administration

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tinnitus
Hearing Disorders
Ear Diseases
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
 Sensation Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms

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