Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: The Effects of Ventilation Tubes Versus no Ventilation Tubes for Recurrent Acute Otitis Media or Chronic Otitis Media With Effusion in 9 to 36 Month Old Greenlandic Children - a Randomised Clinical Trial
Brief Summary: The prevalence of otitis media among Greenlandic children is one of the highest in the world and twenty per cent of schoolchildren have impaired hearing in the frequencies for normal speech. Yet, there are no national guidelines to ensure prevention and treatment of recurrent acute otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion and impaired hearing in Greenlandic children. International studies from the developed part of the world have shown that otitis prone children may benefit from tubulation of the tympanic membrane. However, it is unknown if these results can be applied to Greenlandic children.

This PhD project will conduct a randomised controlled trial comparing tubulation of the tympanic membrane, in Greenlandic children aged 9-36 months with recurrent acute otitis media and/or chronic otitis media with effusion, to conservative treatment. The children will be followed for two years. Outcome measures will include number of visits to health clinics, number of tympanic membrane perforations, number of episodes with acute otitis media according to medical records, Quality of life, measured by the validated questionnaires OM6 and Caregiver Impact Questionnaire, number of episodes where per oral or intravenous antibiotics have been administered according to medical records and serious adverse events

The trial will be conducted in collaboration with the Greenlandic health authorities and Copenhagen Trial Unit.

With this trial the investigators hope to decrease the number of episodes with acute otitis media, the number of Greenlandic children with chronic perforations of the tympanic membrane and hearing impairment and increase quality of life.

The results will add important knowledge to the effect of ventilation tube treatment also in an international aspect. There are to date only less than a handful of high quality studies concerning this issue on an international basis. The study will be among the first addressing this problem among populations with high risk of otitis media and is also of interest to other indigenous populations and the developing part of the world.


Options:
A: Arm Label: Ventilation tube treatment; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: Ventilation tube treatment | Arm Label: Conservative treatment; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Ventilation tube treatment; Assigned to Arm(s): Ventilation tube treatment
B: Arm Label: Wait and watch (Group D); Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Arm Label: Mometasone spray (Group B); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Mometasone 50 Mcg/Inh Nasal Spray | Arm Label: antibiotic + histaminic + oxymetazoline drops (Group A); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Antibiotics + Antihistamine (levocetirizine) + Nasal decongestants (Oxymetazoline 0.025%) | Arm Label: Oral steroid (Group C); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Steroid Drug (prednisolone) | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Mometasone 50 Mcg/Inh Nasal Spray; Assigned to Arm(s): Mometasone spray (Group B) | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Antibiotics + Antihistamine (levocetirizine) + Nasal decongestants (Oxymetazoline 0.025%); Assigned to Arm(s): antibiotic + histaminic + oxymetazoline drops (Group A) | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Steroid Drug (prednisolone); Assigned to Arm(s): Oral steroid (Group C)
C: Intervention Type: PROCEDURE; Name: Insertion of tympanostomy tubes; Assigned to Arm(s): N/A
D: Arm Label: Triamcinolone acetonide; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Triamcinolone acetonide nasal spray | Arm Label: Placebo; Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Placebo nasal spray | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Triamcinolone acetonide nasal spray; Assigned to Arm(s): Triamcinolone acetonide | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Placebo nasal spray; Assigned to Arm(s): Placebo

Answer: A