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 |