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Efficacy of Platelet Enriched Plasma in Preventing Surgery for Patients With Chronic Tympanic Membrane Perforation

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Platelet Rich Plasma in Tympanic Membrane Perforation, sponsored by University of Kansas Medical Center. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-07-16.

Sponsored by University of Kansas Medical Center · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Recruitment barriers

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 9 months after the study started (first participant enrolled May 2018, registered Feb 2019).
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

By doing this study, researchers hope to find out if platelet rich plasma (PRP) can heal holes in the eardrum as an alternative to surgery.

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Conditions studied

  • Tympanic Membrane Perforation

Keywords

  • Platelet Rich Plasma
  • TM perforations
  • Hearing loss
  • Hole in the eardrum
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In context

Tympanic Membrane Perforation

45 studies on the registry are indexed under Tympanic Membrane Perforation; 10 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1 is below the median of 57 across 31 interventional studies indexed under Tympanic Membrane Perforation.

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Lead sponsor

University of Kansas Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 483 studies on the registry; 113 are open to participants now.

Of its 38 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 24 (63%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients who meet criteria for tympanoplasty procedure
  • Willing to comply with the protocol and attend all study visits
  • Able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who have previously undergone middle ear or lateral skull base surgery
  • Patients who would not qualify for a tympanoplasty
  • Any type of platelet disorder, cancer, or ongoing systemic infection
  • Any type of hemodynamic instability, septicemia, infection, tobacco use, any use of steroids to the ear drums
  • Type I diabetes or other autoimmune pathology
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1 participant (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    PRP Treatment

    Participants receive platelet rich plasma treatment. Participants will be asked to make up to 5 trips to the clinic (one for eligibility, one for the PRP, three follow-up visits). Participation is expected to last up to about 6 weeks. After the second visit and application of PRP, patients will be monitored closely for any complications or concerns. This will include a follow up phone call 3-5 days after the initial application of PRP. Patients will also be followed closely in 2 week intervals or sooner should any problems or concerns arise.

    Biological: Platelet Rich Plasma

Interventions

  • BiologicalPlatelet Rich Plasma

    Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is blood plasma that has been enriched with platelets.

    Also known as: PRP

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Prevention of Patients Requiring Surgery

    Number of participants that are able to avoid surgery for their perforation.

    Time frame: 6 Weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time to Healing

    Size of perforation

    Time frame: 6 Weeks

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Results

Posted Jul 16, 2024

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestonePRP Treatment
Started1
Completed1
Not completed0

Outcome measures

PrimaryPrevention of Patients Requiring Surgery

Number of participants that are able to avoid surgery for their perforation.

Time frame:
6 Weeks

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryTime to Healing

Size of perforation

Time frame:
6 Weeks

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

Adverse events

Collected over 6 weeks. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
PRP Treatment0/1 (0%)0/1 (0%)0/1 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

0 participants reported because only 1 participant was enrolled and therefore confidentiality is an issue.

Age, Categorical
Age, CategoricalPRP Treatment
<=18 years—
Between 18 and 65 years—
>=65 years—
Age, Continuous
Age, ContinuousPRP Treatment
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, MalePRP Treatment
Female—
Male—
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)PRP Treatment
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Asian—
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander—
Black or African American—
White—
More than one race—
Unknown or Not Reported—
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)PRP Treatment
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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Kansas Medical Center
    Kansas City, Kansas 66160, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Feb 7, 2018

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 16, 2024, 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
NCT03837665
Lead sponsor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Responsible party
Hinrich Staecker, MD, PhD (Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 12, 2019
Start date
May 2, 2018
Primary completion
Oct 29, 2019
Completion
Oct 29, 2019
Results posted
Jul 16, 2024
Last update
Jul 16, 2024

Study contacts

Hinrich Staecker, MD
principal investigator · University of Kansas Medical Center

Oversight

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