Designing Clinical Trials for Assessing the Effectiveness of Interventions for Tinnitus.
Deborah A Hall
PMID 29076393WHAT IT FOUND
Tinnitus trials use many different outcome measures, and many did not clearly state what was measured.
This review proposes standard outcome reporting so trials can be compared; it does not test a treatment.
Key findings
01Clinical trials in tinnitus have used 133 different outcome instruments and at least 29 patient questionnaires.
02In a review of reported outcome domains, investigators did not clearly report the outcome domain in 50% of cases.
03The authors recommend that trialists specify primary outcomes before the trial, describe what/how/when, and report harms.
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How it was doneWhat they found
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What it does not show
It is not a randomized trial. The consensus process was not finished. It does not evaluate any intervention.
Declared interests
The supplied text says the TINNET/COMiT work was supported by EU COST Action funding; it does not state author conflicts.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that any tinnitus treatment works. It reviews how trials should choose and report outcomes; it does not test an intervention or measure patient benefit.