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Biomodulator Patch for Subjective Tinnitus
Sponsor: Murat Erinç
Summary
This study tested whether a skin patch, worn behind the ear, could help reduce tinnitus (ringing or buzzing in the ears) in adults. Eighty participants took part. Half wore an active patch, and half wore a patch that looked the same but had no active effect (a placebo). Neither the participants nor the researchers knew who received which patch until the study ended. All participants also received an educational counseling session about tinnitus and how to manage it. Participants were assessed before treatment, three weeks later, about seven weeks later, and again about one year later. The researchers measured how much tinnitus affected their daily life, their sensitivity to sound, and their anxiety or mood.
Official title: Effect of a Dermal Biomodulator Patch on Subjective Tinnitus: a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial With 1-year Follow-up
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
91
Start Date
2018-06-12
Completion Date
2021-02-27
Last Updated
2026-07-30
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Steady-State Coherent Biomodulator Patch (Antinitus)
A passive, light photon-driven biomodulator patch applied behind the ear and replaced daily for three weeks, intended to influence auditory neural activity through effects on tissue water coherency.
Placebo Patch
A patch visually indistinguishable from the active biomodulator patch but without active photon-driven effect, applied behind the ear and replaced daily for three weeks
Locations (1)
İstanbul Göztepe Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yalçın City Hospital
Istanbul, Kadikoy, Turkey (Türkiye)