Hope for Meniere's sufferers: new drug enters final testing phase
NCT ID NCT06859788
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a drug called SPI-1005 in 200 adults with Meniere's disease, a condition that causes hearing loss, ringing in the ears, and dizziness. Participants will take the drug twice a day for 6 or 12 months to see if it is safe and tolerable. The goal is to find a treatment that can help control the disease over the long term.
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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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- 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 to 75 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: * Adult males/females, 18-75 years of age at the time of enrollment. * Diagnosis of probable or definite Meniere's Disease by AAO-HNS Amended 2015 Criteria. * At least two of three active symptoms (fluctuating hearing; tinnitus; aural fullness; vertigo or dizziness) of Meniere's disease, within 3 months of study enrollment. * Type A tympanogram at screening. * Air conduction thresholds ≤ 90 dB at all tested frequencies (250-8000 Hz) in both ears. * Subject is willing and able to provide informed consent and perform study procedures and assessments per protocol. * Reproductive requirements Exclusion Criteria: * Current, or within 60 days prior to study enrollment, use of IV or intratympanic ototoxic medications such as chemotherapy including cisplatin, carboplatin, or oxaliplatin; aminoglycoside antibiotics including gentamicin, amikacin, tobramycin, kanamycin, or streptomycin; or loop diuretics including furosemide. * History of otosclerosis or vestibular schwannoma. * History of significant middle ear or inner ear surgery in the affected ear. * Conductive hearing loss with air-bone gap ≥15 dB, otitis media, or mixed hearing loss. * Significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, hematologic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, immunologic, neurological, or psychiatric disease. * Current use or within 30 days prior to study enrollment systemic steroids. * Current use or within 7 days prior to study enrollment intratympanic steroids. * Hypersensitivity or idiosyncratic reaction to compounds related to ebselen or excipients. * Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding. * Participation in another investigational drug or device study within 30 days prior to study consent. * Participant resides more than 100 miles from the study site.
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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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ENT and Allergy Associates of Florida
Boynton Beach, Florida, 33471, United States
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ENT and Allergy Associates of Florida
Delray Beach, Florida, 33484, United States
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ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP
New York, New York, 10017, United States
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Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, New York, 11042, United States
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The House Institute
Los Angeles, California, 90057, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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