NCT06022367: ACTIVE

Activation Technique in cVEMPs

Completed NA Last updated 1 September 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Head Turn Activation Technique in Activation Technique in cVEMP Testing in 24 participants. Completed in 24 February 2023.

Timeline

15 December 2022

Primary endpoint
24 February 2023

24 February 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	none
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	24
Start date	15 December 2022
Primary completion	24 February 2023
Estimated completion	24 February 2023
Sites	1 location across United Kingdom

Drugs / interventions tested

• Head Turn Activation Technique
• Head Raise Activation Technique

Conditions studied

• Activation Technique in cVEMP Testing — all drugs for Activation Technique in cVEMP Testing →

Sponsor

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Who can join

Adults 18 to 60, any sex, with Activation Technique in cVEMP Testing. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study will investigate two different techniques used for eliciting sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscle contraction. Sustained contraction of the SCM muscle is necessary for accurate recording of cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMPs). These responses are used clinically to assess the function of structures within the vestibular system.

The British Society of Audiology (BSA) guidelines recommend the head turn and head raise techniques as effective methods for eliciting SCM contraction. However, they do not recommend which technique to employ, leaving that to the discretion of the clinician. The purpose of this study is to determine which activation technique to recommend in the local standard operating procedure on cVEMP testing developed by the Audiology and Vestibular Function Testing service based at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

Healthy volunteers will be recruited to the study. The study will be conducted at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

The participants will each be invited to attend one appointment in which they will undergo cVEMP testing, performed using each activation technique in turn. After testing the participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire in which they will comment on their experience of performing each technique and assign each a tolerability rating.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.