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Trial reportNoise & health

Increased vitamin plasma levels in Swedish military personnel treated with nutrients prior to automatic weapon training.

C G Le Prell, A C Johnson, A C Lindblad, A Skjönsberg, M Ulfendahl, K Guire, G E Green, K C M Campbell, J M Miller

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Noise & health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00808470 (Micronutrient Intervention to Reduce Noise-Induced Hearing Loss), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00808470 phase2completednot on this map

Micronutrient Intervention to Reduce Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Prevention of Temporary Threshold Changes Induced by Use of a Digital Music Player

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MichiganRan2008 to 2013Enrolled72ConditionsNoise-Induced Hearing LossArmsbeta-carotene, vitamins C and E, magnesium, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Limited Link of Common Blood Parameters with Tinnitus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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  6. Noise-induced hearing disorders: Clinical and investigational tools.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2023
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  8. Disease Prevention and Treatment Using β-Carotene: the Ultimate Provitamin A.Revista brasileira de farmacognosia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia · 2022
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  16. Early investigational drugs for hearing loss.Expert opinion on investigational drugs · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

C G Le PrellDepartment of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
A C Johnson
A C Lindblad
A Skjönsberg
M Ulfendahl
K Guire
G E Green
K C M Campbell
J M Miller
Karolinska Institutet · SEUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USKarolinska University Hospital · SESouthern Illinois University School of Medicine · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

Scientific Synergy CoreP30DC005188 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ALTSCHULER, RICHARD A · 2002 to 2016
$10.3M
Micronutrient intervention to reduce noise-induced hearing lossU01DC008423 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MILLER, JOSEF MAYER · 2008 to 2011
$3.0M
NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC005188NIDCD NIH HHS U01 DC008423
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a significant clinical, social, and economic issue. The development of novel therapeutic agents to reduce NIHL will potentially benefit multiple very large noise-exposed populations. Oxidative stress has been identified as a significant contributor to noise-induced sensory cell death and NIHL, and several antioxidant strategies have now been suggested for potential translation to human subjects. One such strategy is a combination of beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, and magnesium, which has shown promise for protection against NIHL in rodent models, and is being evaluated in a series of international human clinical trials using temporary (military gunfire, audio player use) and permanent (stamping factory, military airbase) threshold shift models (NCT00808470). The noise exposures used in the recently completed Swedish military gunfire study described in this report did not, on average, result in measurable changes in auditory function using conventional pure-tone thresholds and distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) amplitudes as metrics. However, analysis of the plasma samples confirmed significant elevations in the bloodstream 2 hours after oral consumption of active clinical supplies, indicating the dose is realistic. The plasma outcomes are encouraging, but clinical acceptance of any novel therapeutic critically depends on demonstration that the agent reduces noise-induced threshold shift in randomized, placebo-controlled, prospective human clinical trials. Although this noise insult did not induce hearing loss, the trial design and study protocol can be applied to other populations exposed to different noise insults.

Indexed as

Military PersonnelAdultAscorbic AcidAudiometry, Pure-Tonebeta CaroteneCross-Over StudiesFemaleHearing Loss, Noise-InducedHumansMagnesiumMaleMicronutrientsOtoacoustic Emissions, SpontaneousOxidative StressSwedenVitamin EAscorbic Acidbeta CaroteneMagnesiumMicronutrientsVitamin E

Identifiers

PMID22122960
PMCPMC3783265
OpenAlexW2134023625

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