Intracochlear Application of VSF1.01 for the Reduction of Cochlear Implant Surgery Related Trauma

NCT06545175 | Active Not Recruiting Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: 2024-512498-29-00
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 10
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the safety of intracochlear application of VSF1.01 for the reduction of cochlear implant surgery related trauma in patients with profound hearing loss with or without non-functional residual hearing in low frequencies and cochlear implantation. The main questions it aims to answer are: Primary objective: Safety of intracochlear application of VSF1.01 in patients receiving cochlear implantation Secondary objectives: Effectiveness on

1. 1.neural responses of auditory nerve
2. 2.speech understanding
3. 3.hearing thresholds
4. 4.electrode impedances

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Rate and severity of (serious) adverse events

  Recording and documentation of number and severity of (serious) adverse events

  Continuously from start to end of study [Start: IMP treatment (day 0), end of the study (Follow-up 5)], assessed up to approximately 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Evaluation of eCAP growth function

  Continuously from start to end of study [Start: IMP treatment (day 0), end of the study (Follow-up 5)], assessed up to approximately 6 months

• Evaluation of speech perception

  From Day 1 (FU 1) to end of study (FU 5), assessed up to approximately 6 months

• Measurement of air and bone conduction

  At Screening/baseline and from Day 1 (FU 1) to end of study (FU 5), assessed up to approximately 6 months

• Measurement of impedance levels

  From Day 0 to end of study (FU 5), assessed up to approximately 6 months

Study Arms (1)

Intracochlear treatment with VSF1.01

EXPERIMENTAL

Drug: Intracochlear application of VSF1.01

Interventions

Intracochlear application of VSF1.01 DRUG

During cochlear implant operation, patients receive intracochlear VSF1.01 prior to insertion of the electrode array.

Intracochlear treatment with VSF1.01

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Men, women, inter/diverse aged ≥ 18 years
• Women without childbearing potential defined as follows:
• at least 6 weeks after surgical sterilization by bilateral tubal ligation or bilateral oophorectomy or
• hysterectomy or uterine agenesis or
• ≥ 50 years and in postmenopausal state \> 1 year or
• Women of childbearing potential:
• who are practicing sexual abstinence (periodic abstinence and withdrawal are not acceptable) or
• who have sexual relationships with female partners only and/or with sterile male partners or
• who are sexually active with fertile male partner, have a negative pregnancy test during screening and agree to use reliable methods of contraception from the time of screening until end of the clinical trial.
• Signed written informed consent from subjects capable of understanding all information and to give full informed consent
• Functional deaf patients (profound hearing loss with or without non-functional residual hearing in the low frequencies i.e. 125 Hz: 45 dB - 95 dB; 250 Hz: 50 dB - 105 dB; 500 Hz: 55 dB - 110 dB; 750 Hz and higher: 65 dB or below) that are candidates for cochlear implantation

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with prior ear surgery
• Patients with inner ear malformations
• Patients with acute or chronic otitis media
• Patients with keloid disorder
• Comorbidities concerning the central nervous system
• Malignancies of any type
• Kidney disease with elevated blood values: creatinine \>1.5x above upper limit of normal (ULN), eGFR or creatinine clearance 59 mL/min/1.73 m2 (grade ≥2, CTCAE v5.0)
• Liver disease with elevated blood values: bilirubin \>1.5x ULN, AST/ALT \>3.0x ULN, ALP and y-GT \>2.5x ULN, LDH \>ULN, international normalized ratio (INR) \>1.5-2.5x baseline if on anticoagulation, albumin \<3 g/dL (grade ≥2, CTCAE v5.0)
• Suspected or verified pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Hypersensitivity to any of the components of the medications used (such as Ringer's Lactate (excipient); any residuals from cell culture or raw materials used for pharmaceutical upstream and downstream processing to generate VSF1.01 (i.e. alpha-Modified Eagle Medium (αMEM), Dulbecco's MEM (DMEM), pooled human platelet lysate (pHPL), human serum albumin (HSA), Dipeptiven, phosphate buffered saline (PBS), animal origin free recombinant enzyme (TrypLETM Select))
• Participation in another clinical trial (other investigational drugs or devices at the time of enrolment or within 30 days prior to enrolment)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hannover Medical School: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hannover Medical School, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology

Hanover, 30625, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Hearing Disorders; Ear Diseases; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Sensation Disorders; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Nils K. Prenzler, PD DR.

  Hannover Medical School

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 16, 2024
• First Posted: August 9, 2024
• Study Start: November 18, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 28, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 28, 2026
• Last Updated: July 16, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-07

Locations

DE (1)