A dissolvable dressing that leaches steroid into healing sinuses
NCT ID NCT06642116
First seen Sep 17, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are testing a biodegradable nasal dressing called OCEAN that releases the steroid mometasone furoate. The dressing is placed in the nose after endoscopic sinus surgery in adults with chronic rhinosinusitis, with or without nasal polyps. The trial checks safety by counting serious side effects and checks healing by scoring the inside of the nose for swelling, crusting, and discharge. About 10 patients take part, and everyone receives the dressing.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A dissolvable nasal dressing that releases the steroid mometasone furoate
- What this could lead to
- If it works, surgeons could place this dressing during sinus surgery to calm inflammation and help the lining heal without a separate daily steroid routine.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study of 10 people with no comparison group, so it cannot prove the dressing works better than standard care. The dressing could cause irritation, bleeding, or infection, and results may not apply to all sinus surgery patients.
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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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10 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Aug 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 years and older
- 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: 1. Patient is 18 years or older 2. Patient is scheduled to undergo bilateral endoscopic sinus surgery for Chronic Rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) or Chronic Rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) 3. Patient is willing and able to comply with all study elements as indicated by their written informed consent 4. Patients with a pre-operative Lund-MacKay score of ≥ 6. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient is pregnant or nursing 2. Patients with a history of chronic epistaxis or experienced a significant epistaxis event (defined as epistaxis requiring medical intervention) in the past 3 months 3. Patients with a platelet disorder 4. Patients with a known or suspected allergy to device components 5. Patients with known hemophilia 6. Patients with insulin dependent diabetics 7. Patients with an oral steroid dependent condition 8. Patients with glaucoma, ocular hypertension, posterior subcapsular cataracts 9. Patients with a (previous) diagnosis of Samter's Triad (aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD)) 10. Patients that require nasal ointments or creams at time of device placement 11. Patients with a neurological, medical, psychiatric condition, or social circumstance that would potentially increase risk, interfere with study participation, or confound interpretation of study data 12. Patients with plans to (or otherwise anticipate the need to) undergo an ear, nose, throat (ENT) procedure within the 90 day study follow up 13. Patients participating in another clinical research study (within 30 days prior to screening up till 90 days post-operative). 14. Patients that used any form of corticosteroid or immunologics within 2 weeks prior to sinus surgery or during follow-up to day 30.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centers for Advanced ENT Care (CAdENT)
Baltimore, Maryland, 21204, United States
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Ear Nose and Throat Consultants
Detroit, Michigan, 48034, United States
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Ogden Clinic
Ogden, Utah, 84403, United States
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