I‐HEAR‐BETA.

Study name	I HEAR BETA (ACTRN12614000234617)
Methods	Multifactorial randomised controlled trial
Participants	Australian Aboriginal children (2 months of age and up to 17 years of age) with chronic suppurative otitis media
Interventions	All arms will receive standard recommended topical treatment (dry mopping with tissue spears and ciprofloxacin drops 5 drops twice a day) plus: Group 1: oral cotrimoxazole and topical povidone‐iodine ear washouts Group 2: oral cotrimoxazole and NO topical povidone‐iodine ear washouts Group 3: oral placebo and topical povidone‐iodine ear washouts Group 4: oral placebo and NO topical povidone‐iodine ear washouts
Outcomes	Presence of ear discharge in either ear, assessed by a trained research nurse using video‐otoscopy before cleaning the ear canal at the end of treatment (16 weeks) and at 1 year
Starting date	2015
Contact information	Prof Peter Morris (peter.morris@menzies.edu.au) and Prof Amanda Leach (amanda.leach@menzies.edu.au)
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