Podoshin 1995.
Methods | 4‐arm, randomised controlled trial No detail on randomisation method is given |
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Participants | 225 adults (in total) with idiopathic subjective tinnitus (83 in the amitriptyline group, 40 in control (placebo) group) | |
Interventions | Administration of amitriptyline (10 mg 3 times daily) or placebo (1 tablet 3 times daily) for 10 weeks | |
Outcomes | Improvement in degree of tinnitus at rest and during activity (by questionnaire and audiometry) at 10 weeks | |
Notes | Only 2 of the 4 treatment arms (amitriptyline and placebo) were relevant to this review. The 2 other treatment arms were biofeedback (62 participants) versus control (40 participants) Results were mainly presented graphically Overall methodological quality: C |