Treating Tinnitus Using Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics (EMLA) 5% Cream

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators like to learn whether EMLA cream 5% helps tinnitus patients. so far it is known that lidocaine I.V do helps tinnitus but until now it is not clear if topical anaesthetics (e.g EMLA cream) helps tinnitus.

The investigators are going to compare 4 days of treatment of EMLA 5% cream Versus (VS.) cetomacrogol cream (water- based lotion cream) in treating tinnitus patients.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; EMLA; Lidocaine; Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; Prilocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• mature (above 18 years old) patients that suffer tinnitus (unilateral/bilateral) with sensorineural hearing loss

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients that are treated for tinnitus( psychological treatment, hearing aid)

• drugs that affect the CNS

• sensitivity to amide anaesthetic

• hepatic failure

• usage of antiarrhythmic drugs

• severe depression any patients that develops during the trial local/ systemic symptoms such as rash, pain, itching, fever, nervousness,palpitations will be omitted from the study