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Auditory Functions in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Electrophysiological Studies of Auditory Functions and CSF Analyses in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The study will analyze the auditory functions of patients with Multiple Sclerosis using auditory tests like pure tone auditory test, speech perception test, Auditory Brain Response (ABR) and Distortion Product Otoacustic Emission (DPOAE). CSF will be collected by lumbar puncture and analyzed looking for inflammatory markers. The results of DPOAE and CSF will be correlated to identify statistically significant correlation.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
30 (estimated)
First submitted
1 Dec 2023
Start date
11 May 2026
Primary completion date
30 Dec 2027
Lead sponsor
University of Catania
NCT number
NCT06164483

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 30
  • From 11 May 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Dec 2027
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • recreational drug consumption

Other illness

  • cardiovascular disease non under control
  • diabetes
  • hypotensive disorders
  • epilepsy

Age

  • stroke \< 2 years

Other

  • Conductive hearing loss
  • alcohol abuse

Who the study is looking for

  • age \>18 and \<50,
  • no history of hearing loss,
  • no psychiatric condition
  • no familial history of otosclerosis/deafness/genetic hearing loss
  • patients with PD and/or MS.

Age in the registry: 20 years to 40 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Arianna Di Stadio
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CataniaItalyRecruiting

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