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CompletedNCT07233226Updated Nov 20, 2025

Role of Hyaluronic Acid Gel as an Adjunct to Temporalis Facia Graft in Tympanoplasty for Total Tympanic Membrane Perforation

An interventional study of Tympanoplasty using hyaluronic acid gel as an adjunct to temporalis fascia and Tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia in Tympanoplasty, sponsored by Mansoura University. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-11-20.

Sponsored by Mansoura University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 2 years 9 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2023, registered Nov 2025).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Aim: the aim of the study is to compare the results of tympanoplasty using hyaluronic acid gel as an adjunct to temporalis fascia graft with tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia graft.

Study Design: A prospective single blinded randomized controlled trial that will be carried out on 60 cases with total tympanic membrane perforation who will undergo tympanoplasty at our tertiary referral center. All involved cases will have grade IV tympanic membrane perforation based on Saliba classification for tympanic membrane perforation.

The patients will be randomly divided into 2 groups A and B. Patients in group A will undergo underlay tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia graft with the utilization of hyaluronic acid gel was used as an adjunct to temporalis fascia graft. Patients in group B will undergo classic underlay tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia graft.

The two group will be compared as regards:

  1. Graft success rate.
  2. Hearing outcome
  3. Surgical complications
Read the detailed description

Aim: the aim of the study is to compare the results of tympanoplasty using hyaluronic acid gel as an adjunct to temporalis fascia graft with tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia graft.

Study Design: A prospective single blinded randomized controlled trial that will be carried out on 60 cases with total tympanic membrane perforation who will undergo tympanoplasty at our tertiary referral center. Prior to study conduction, institutional ethics committee approval was obtained (code: MS.19.04.576). Informed written consents well be obtained from all cases before surgeries.

All involved cases will have grade IV tympanic membrane perforation based on Saliba classification for tympanic membrane perforation where the perforation was total perforation involving the entire four quadrants of the tympanic membrane. All the cases will have inactive dry ear for at least 2 months prior to surgeries. All involved cases will be ≥18 years old. Excluded cases include revision cases, cases with active (discharging ear), cases \< 18 years old, immunocompromised cases and cases who missed to follow up.

The patients will be randomly divided into 2 groups A and B using computer generated block randomization. Patients in group A will undergo underlay tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia graft through postauricular approach with the utilization of hyaluronic acid gel was used as an adjunct to temporalis fascia graft. Patients in group B will undergo classic underlay tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia graft through postauricular approach.

The two group will be compared as regards:

  1. Graft success rate.
  2. Hearing outcome
  3. Surgical complications
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Conditions studied

  • Tympanoplasty

Keywords

  • hyaluronic acid gel
  • tympanoplasty
  • total tympanic membrane perforation
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In context

Lead sponsor

Mansoura University is the lead sponsor of 1,077 studies on the registry; 183 are open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) 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

  • Grade IV tympanic membrane perforation based on Saliba classification for tympanic membrane perforation.
  • Inactive dry ear for at least 2 months prior to surgeries.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Revision cases.
  • Cases who missed to follow up.
  • Cases with active (discharging) ear.
  • Immunocompromised cases.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Tympanoplasty using hyaluronic acid gel as an adjunct to temporalis fascia

    Procedure: Tympanoplasty using hyaluronic acid gel as an adjunct to temporalis fascia

  • Experimental
    Tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia

    Procedure: Tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia

Interventions

  • ProcedureTympanoplasty using hyaluronic acid gel as an adjunct to temporalis fascia

    Underlay tympanoplasty through postauricular approach using hyaluronic acid gel that will be added to the temporalis fascia graft as well as the perforation edges

  • ProcedureTympanoplasty using temporalis fascia

    Underlay tympanoplasty through postauricular approach using temporalis fascia

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Graft success

    Prescence of an intact non-retracted tympanic membrane

    Time frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Hearing improvement

    Reduction of postoperative mean air conduction threshold and air bone gap in comparison to the preoperative results

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University
    Al Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate 35511, Egypt
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 20, 2025, 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
NCT07233226
Lead sponsor
Mansoura University
Responsible party
Ahmed Hemdan (Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Mansoura University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 18, 2025
Start date
Jan 25, 2023
Primary completion
Aug 20, 2025
Completion
Sep 25, 2025
Last update
Nov 20, 2025

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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