Can a pill save your hearing after a cochlear implant?
NCT ID NCT06340633
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether the drug SPI-1005 can prevent hearing loss and reduce side effects like tinnitus and vertigo in adults receiving a cochlear implant. Forty participants will take either the drug or a placebo for 6 months, starting 2 days before surgery. The study will compare safety and hearing outcomes between the two groups.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ebselen (SPI-1005)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a treatment to protect hearing and reduce side effects like tinnitus and vertigo after cochlear implant surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 40 participants. The drug may not show benefit over placebo, and side effects are still being studied.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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: * Adults who are ≥18 years of age at time of consent. * Post-lingual, bilateral, moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss scheduled to receive a long electrode array (FLEX26 or greater) from MED-EL Cochlear Implant Systems into one ear. * Air conduction thresholds (decibel hearing loss, dB HL) at baseline in the ear scheduled to receive the cochlear implant: * ≤70 dB HL at 125, 250, and 500 Hz; AND * ≥70 dB HL at 2000, 4000, and 8000 Hz. * Type A (including As and Ad) tympanogram at baseline in the ear scheduled to receive the cochlear implant. * Willing and able to provide informed consent and to perform all behavioral tests as specified per-protocol, including pre-specified reproductive requirements. Exclusion Criteria: * Current, or within 60 days prior to study consent, use of IV ototoxic medications such as chemotherapy including cisplatin, carboplatin, or oxaliplatin; aminoglycoside antibiotics including gentamicin, amikacin, tobramycin, kanamycin, or streptomycin; or loop diuretics including furosemide. * Participation in another investigational drug or device study within 90 days prior to study consent. * Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding. * Moderate or severe hepatic impairment using Child-Pugh Score (\>6 points). * No measurable air conduction response at three or more consecutive test frequencies (e.g., 2000, 4000 and 8000 Hz) at baseline in the ear scheduled to receive the cochlear implant. * No middle ear mobility (Type B tympanogram) or abnormal middle ear pressure (exceeds -150 to +50 range).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Study contacts
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Contact
Email: •••••@•••••
Locations
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Medical College of Wisconsin
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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Medical University of South Carolina
RECRUITINGCharleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Ohio State University
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43212, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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University of Iowa
RECRUITINGIowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States
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University of Texas Southwestern
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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