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. 2012 Feb 3;2012:0506.
Ref (type) Population Outcome, Interventions Results and statistical analysis Effect size Favours
Overall symptoms of tinnitus

RCT
50 people with subjective tinnitus Proportion of people with improvement in tinnitus (measured on a tinnitus score [scale of 0–10; increasing score is associated with increasing disturbance from tinnitus]) 3 months
87% with acamprosate 333 mg three times daily
44% with placebo
Absolute numbers not reported

P = 0.0004
It is unclear whether the difference in scores reflects a clinically important improvement in tinnitus
People who withdrew from the RCT were not included in the data analysis, which would have affected the results
Effect size not calculated acamprosate