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NCT Number: NCT03768635

Necrotizing External Otitis : Study in a Regional Bone and Joint Infection Reference Center

The malignant external otitis is a rare disease which arises more frequently at the elderly and the diabetics patients. To our knowledge, there are few data and it is not wellc known byclinicians. Nevertheless it exposes to neurological complications potentially serious and crippling.

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Key information

Conditions

Bone and Joint Infection Ear Diseases Otitis Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases

Age range

18 year–95 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Hospices Civils de Lyon

Lyon, 69004, France

Who can participate

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • patients having had necrotizing external otitis and managed at the Lyon Bone and joint infection refence Center

Exclusion criteria

  • none

Treatment and study plan

necrotizing external otitis

Other

description of necrotizing external otitis

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of necrotizing external otitis

    Time frame: Outcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption

    description of necrotizing external otitis: patients, profile of the bacterium, medical and chirurgical treatment, rate

Secondary outcomes

  1. Rate of Treatment Failure

    Time frame: Outcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption

    Treatment failure is defined by local clinical and/or microbiological relapse; and/or need for additional surgery; death of septic origin. Analyse of risk factor.

  2. Duration of antibiotics

    Time frame: Outcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption

    Description of the strategies of antibiotic treatments used (double-agent therapy, monotherapy, duration)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospices Civils de Lyon

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Necrotizing External Otitis : Study in a Regional Bone and Joint Infection

Important dates

Study start
2006
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Dec 7, 2018
Registry last updated
Dec 11, 2018

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