Efficacy of Buteyko Breathing in Seniors With Chronic Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
ConditionEustachian Tube Dysfunction
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65-75
SponsorCairo University
About this trial
Eustachian tube dysfunction is distressing probelm. drugs usually are not effective. compelemtary tehrapies like Buteyko breathing may be effective
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction (chronic obstructive form)
unilateral ear affetion
senior patients
chronci affection more than 3 months
Disqualifiers
obesity
cardiac probelms repsiratory problems
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Buteyko breathing
Other interventiontwenty seniors with Eustachian tube dysfunction (chronic obstructive form) will be ranomized to group I and this group will take usual care (budesonide spray in nose in 64 microgram concentration one time per day plus the intake of a tablet two times daily containing containing 20-mg contration of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and 5-mg concentration of loratadine) for 2 weeks. Also, group I will aslo receive 30-min Buteyko breathing two times daily for 14 weeks.
usual care
Other interventiontwenty seniors with Eustachian tube dysfunction (chronic obstructive form) will be ranomized to group II and this group will take usual care (budesonide spray in nose in 64 microgram concentration one time per day plus the intake of a tablet two times daily containing containing 20-mg contration of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and 5-mg concentration of loratadine) for 2 weeks.
Treatment groups
40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: group number 1Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: group number 2Active comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Questionnaire
it will be used to asses symptoms of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
Time frame
it will be measured after 2 weeksSecondary outcomes
1
systolic blood pressure
it will be measured manually by manual sphygmomanometer
Time frame
it will be measured after 2 weeks2
diastolic blood pressure
it will be measured manually by manual sphygmomanometer
Time frame
it will be measured after 2 weeks3
respiratory rate
it will assess breath number per minute
Time frame
it will be measured after 2 weeks4
pulse rate
it will assess pulse number per minute from radial artery
Time frame
it will be measured after 2 weeksSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov