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Can a pill save your hearing after a cochlear implant?

NCT ID NCT06340633

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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

Phase 2

Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.

Participants

About 40 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Expected to start

Dec 2026

An estimate. Start dates often move.

Expected to finish

Dec 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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

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  2. The places running it

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

    Email: •••••@•••••

Locations

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Ohio State University

    RECRUITING

    Columbus, Ohio, 43212, United States

  • Thomas Jefferson University

    RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • University of Iowa

    RECRUITING

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Texas Southwestern

    RECRUITING

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

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