A double-blind randomised placebo controlled trial of topical intranasal corticosteroids in 4- to11-year-old children with persistent bilateral otitis media with effusion in primary care
Williamson I, Benge S, Barton S, Petrou S, Letley L, Fasey N, Abangma G, Dakin H, Little P
Record ID 32005000997
English
Authors' objectives:
To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of topical mometasone in children with bilateral otitis media with effusion (OME).
Authors' recommendations:
Study found that the use of topical intranasal corticosteroids is very unlikely to be a clinically effective treatment for otitis media with effusion in children in the primary care setting
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/fullmono/mon1337.pdf
Year Published:
2009
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Administration, Intranasal
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Male
- Primary Health Care
- State Medicine
- Treatment Outcome
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones
- Otitis Media with Effusion
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2009 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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