A Study to Understand How the Inner Ear Balance Works and Develop a Tool to help Identify Inner Ear Balance Disorders
Overview
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Study type
ObservationalDescribes the nature of a clinical study. Types include:
- Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results.
- Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new tests, treatments, drugs, surgical procedures or devices.
- Medical records research — uses historical information collected from medical records of large groups of people to study how diseases progress and which treatments and surgeries work best.
Study IDs
Site IRB
- Rochester, Minnesota: 17-007258
Sponsor Protocol Number: 17-007258
About this study
The purpose of this study is to help us better understand how the inner ear balance works as well as develop a new tool to help better identify inner ear of balance disorders.
Participation eligibility
Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. There is no guarantee that every individual who qualifies and wants to participate in a trial will be enrolled. Contact the study team to discuss study eligibility and potential participation.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects must be between 22 to 69 years of age and capable of providing informed consent
- Subjects must be willing to tolerate the placement of a set of goggles on their face
- Patients will include persons who have undergone a thorough vestibular evaluation including histories, physical examination, vestibular laboratory testing, and, as appropriate, imaging
- Vestibular testing will include ocular motor, positional, caloric, sinusoidal earth-vertical axis rotational and cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential testing
- The patients will be selected based on the presence of a peripheral vestibulopathy
Control subjects:
- Must have no history of complaints of dizziness or imbalance and normal responses on ocular motor, positional, caloric and sinusoidal earth vertical axis rotational testing
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with neurologic disorders that would confound our results such as dementia, e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, and movement disorders, e.g., Parkinson’s disease will be excluded.
Participating Mayo Clinic locations
Study statuses change often. Please contact the study team for the most up-to-date information regarding possible participation.
| Mayo Clinic Location |
Status |
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Rochester, Minn.
Mayo Clinic principal investigator Devin McCaslin, Ph.D. |
Closed for enrollment |
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