Could aspirin and folic acid help restore hearing after sudden loss?
NCT ID NCT07113158
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 3 trial tests whether adding aspirin and folic acid to standard treatment can improve recovery from sudden sensorineural hearing loss. The idea is that these drugs may improve blood flow to the inner ear. The study will enroll 142 adults with recent hearing loss and track their hearing recovery over 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Aspirin and folic acid
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost add-on treatment to improve hearing recovery after sudden hearing loss.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with only 142 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Aspirin also carries bleeding risks.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 142 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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18 to 80 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: * Unilateral SSNHL defined as a sudden hearing loss of 30dB or greater at least three contiguous audiometric frequencies (between 125hz and 8000Hz) occurring within a 72 hr period and for less than 15 days. * Individuals affiliated to a social security regimen * Individuals able to participate and to follow up during the study period Exclusion Criteria: * Contra-indications to Aspirin, contra-indications to oral corticosteroid therapy, contra-indications to dexamethasone, allergy to vitamin B9 * Evident cause of acute SSNHL including tumor of the ponto-cerebellous angle, infectious labyrinthitis, mechanical and acoustic trauma, malformation of the inner ear, neurological disorder. * Patient already including in another clinical trial * Person under legal protection (under guardianship or curatorship) * Patients taking serotonin reuptake inhibitors * Patients already taking aspirin or other anticoagulant or antiplatelet agent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lariboisière Hospital
Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75010, France
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