Could a second surgical step clear Kids' stuffy noses better?
NCT ID NCT07745868
First seen Aug 04, 2026 · Last updated Aug 05, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether adding a procedure to shrink the inferior turbinates—small structures inside the nose—during adenoidectomy gives children aged 9 to 18 better relief from nasal blockage and sleep-disordered breathing than adenoidectomy alone. Participants have both adenoid and turbinate hypertrophy that hasn't improved with medication. The study measures operative time and changes in nasal obstruction scores before and after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- adenoidectomy with or without endoscopic bilateral partial inferior turbinectomy
- What this could lead to
- If combining turbinate reduction with adenoidectomy works better, it could offer a more effective surgical approach for children with persistent nasal blockage.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study, and the added procedure may not improve outcomes enough to justify extra surgery. Risks include bleeding, infection, and anesthesia-related complications.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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6 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age : children (9 - 18 years old ) only. * Patients with bilateral nasal obstruction or sleep-disordered breathing, and having adenoid hypertrophy diagnosed by nasal endoscopy, with bilateral inferior turbinate hypertrophy investigated by CT and confirmed by endoscopy despite 3 months of medical treatment with intranasal corticosteroid and oral antihistaminic. * Sex : both males and females. * Patients were selected from the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic of Al-Azhar University hospital in Assiut in a consecutive manner. * All patients were generally well and fit for surgery. Exclusion Criteria: * • Patients with recent upper respiratory tract infection. * Evidence of any bleeding disorders . * Patients with serous otitis media and chronic tonsillitis. * patients contraindicated to do adenoidectomy after phoniatric consultation. * patients with atrophic rhinitis * patients with nasal obstruction due to other causes such as : deviated nasal septum and antrochoanal polyp. * Patients with sinonasal pathology like a marked septal deviation or nasal polyposis, and those exhibiting symptoms that could indicate chronic or recurrent rhinosinusitis, such as fever, headaches, facial pain, rhinorrhea, antibiotic requirements, and purulence seen on nasal endoscopy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Alazhar university Hopital in Assiut
Asyut, Egypt
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