Toward a global consensus on outcome measures for clinical trials in Tinnitus: report from the First International Meeting of the COMiT Initiative, November 14, 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

In Europe alone, over 70 million people experience tinnitus; for seven million people, it creates a debilitating condition. Despite its enormous socioeconomic relevance, progress in successfully treating the condition is somewhat limited. The European Union has approved funding to create a pan-European tinnitus research collaboration network (2014-2018). The goal of one working group is to establish an international standard for outcome measurements in clinical trials of tinnitus. Importantly, this would enhance tinnitus research by informing sample-size calculations, enabling meta-analyses, a... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Hall, Deborah A
Haider, Haúla
Kikidis, Dimitris
Mielczarek, Marzena
Mazurek, Birgit
Szczepek, Agnieszka J
Cederroth, Christopher R
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Schlagwörter: tinnitus / MANAGEMENT / outcome assessment / population characteristics / measurement / standardization / clinical trial
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29180386
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/10362/23230

In Europe alone, over 70 million people experience tinnitus; for seven million people, it creates a debilitating condition. Despite its enormous socioeconomic relevance, progress in successfully treating the condition is somewhat limited. The European Union has approved funding to create a pan-European tinnitus research collaboration network (2014-2018). The goal of one working group is to establish an international standard for outcome measurements in clinical trials of tinnitus. Importantly, this would enhance tinnitus research by informing sample-size calculations, enabling meta-analyses, and facilitating the identification of tinnitus subtypes, ultimately leading to improved treatments. The first meeting followed a workshop on ``Agreed Standards for Measurement: An International Perspective