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CompletedNCT03688113Updated Jan 2, 2020

Tinnitus Treatment Using a Smartphone Application

An interventional study of Tinnitus application in Tinnitus, Subjective, sponsored by Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in Israel. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-01-02.

Sponsored by Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
31
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

People with tinnitus will use a smartpphone app in which they are instructed to reject maladaptive thoughts by throwing them away from themselves (upwards) and embrace supportive thoughts by pulling them towards themselves (downwards). The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory will be used to measure the effect of the application.

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Conditions studied

  • Tinnitus, Subjective

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In context

Tinnitus

412 studies on the registry are indexed under Tinnitus; 87 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 31 is below the median of 60 across 339 interventional studies indexed under Tinnitus.

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Lead sponsor

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 541 studies on the registry; 49 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Tinnitus lasting more than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Brain space occupying lesion
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
31 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment

    Behavioral: Tinnitus application

  • Other
    Wait list

    Behavioral: Tinnitus application

Interventions

  • BehavioralTinnitus application

    Use of tinnitus application

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Tinnitus Handicap Inventory score

    The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory measures the degree of disturbance the tinnitus causes the patients, on a a total scale of 0-100. 0 is the lowest possible score (no disturbance caused by the tinnitus, 100- the most severe form of intrusiveness)

    Time frame: 34 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Sourasky Medical Center
    Tel-Aviv, Israel
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 2, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03688113
Lead sponsor
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Responsible party
michal roll (Director, Research and Development, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 28, 2018
Start date
Dec 1, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2019
Completion
Dec 1, 2019
Last update
Jan 2, 2020

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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