Zap your stuffy nose: electric pulses offer Drug-Free breathing relief
NCT ID NCT06438185
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new device that uses short electric pulses to shrink swollen tissue inside the nose, making it easier to breathe. 48 adults with long-term nasal blockage that didn't get better with medicine took part. The goal was to see if the treatment safely reduces symptoms and avoids the need for surgery.
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Study facts
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- 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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48 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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18 to 70 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 - 70 years. * Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) score of ≥ 60 at the Baseline. * Hypertrophy of the inferior turbinate is the primary cause of the patient's nasal obstruction based on vasoconstriction test. * Did not improve with medical treatment, including topical nasal steroids for nasal obstruction for at least three months. Exclusion Criteria: * Age below 18 years * Patients with a pacemaker or similar electro stimulator * Patients with caudal septal deviation that narrows the anterior nasal valve. * Patients with nasal polyps/tumors. * Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. * Patients with Eosinophilia * Patients for whom the anesthesia involves high risk. * Patients with Epilepsy or other condition involving convulsions. * Patients with an inability to give informed consent and to complete self-reported questionnaires. * Patients with an inability to cooperate for treatment and follow-up. * Patients with severe heart disease. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding. * Previous inferior turbinate surgery.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Diseases
Tashkent, Yashnabad District, Uzbekistan
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Saint Mary Hospital
Bucharest, 011172, Romania
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos
Vilnius, 08661, Lithuania
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