Assessment of the efficacy of a local steroid rescue treatment administered 2 days after a moderate noise-induced trauma in guinea pig.
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| Abstract | OBJECTIVES:
Intratympanic injection of corticosteroids membrane after noise-induced hearing loss is an accepted alternative to general administration. We investigated the effect on hearing of a hyaluronic acid gel with liposomes loaded with dexamethasone (DexP) administered into the middle ear. METHODS: An acute acoustic trauma was performed to 13 guinea pigs for a period of 1 h on Day -2. Two 2 days after the noise trauma, the animals were then assigned randomly to four experimental groups: control without gel, gel injection, gel-containing free DexP, gel-containing DexP loaded into liposomes. Auditory thresholds were measured with Auditory Brainstem Response before Day -2 and at Day 0, Day 7 and Day 30 after noise trauma. RESULTS: Seven days after, a complete hearing recovery was observed in the control group at all frequencies apart from 8 kHz, and no recovery was observed in the three groups receiving a gel injection. Thirty days after trauma, all of the animals had recovered normal hearing, apart from at the 8-kHz frequency, with similar auditory thresholds. CONCLUSIONS: Local DexP administration 48 h after a mild acoustic trauma did not improve hearing recovery, even with a sustained release in a specific gel formulation designed for inner ear therapy.
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| Authors | Elisabeth Mamelle, Naila El Kechai, Victor Adenis, Yann Nguyen, Olivier Sterkers, Florence Agnely, Amélie Bochot, Jean Marc Edeline, Evelyne Ferrary |
| Journal | Acta oto-laryngologica (Acta Otolaryngol) Vol. 138 Issue 7 Pg. 610-616 (Jul 2018) ISSN: 1651-2251 [Electronic] England |
| PMID | 29504828 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
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