SPI-1005 for Prevention and Treatment of Chemotherapy Induced Hearing Loss

Summary

Chemotherapy treatment with platinum based agents is well noted to cause ototoxicity. It is the objective of this study to determine the safety and efficacy of SPI-1005 at three dose levels when delivered orally twice daily for 3 days, surrounding each cycle of platinum chemotherapy in head and neck or non-small cell lung cancer patients to prevent and treat chemotherapy induced hearing loss and tinnitus.

Timeline

Start

2026-06

Primary completion

2026-06

Completion

2026-06

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “Study did not start”

Publications

• Background Rybak LP, Whitworth C, Somani S. Application of antioxidants and other agents to prevent cisplatin ototoxicity. Laryngoscope. 1999 Nov;109(11):1740-4. doi: 10.1097/00005537-199911000-00003.
• Background Rybak LP, Somani S. Ototoxicity. Amelioration by protective agents. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999 Nov 28;884:143-51.
• Background Lynch ED, Gu R, Pierce C, Kil J. Reduction of acute cisplatin ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity in rats by oral administration of allopurinol and ebselen. Hear Res. 2005 Mar;201(1-2):81-9. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.08.002.
• Background Lynch ED, Gu R, Pierce C, Kil J. Combined oral delivery of ebselen and allopurinol reduces multiple cisplatin toxicities in rat breast and ovarian cancer models while enhancing anti-tumor activity. Anticancer Drugs. 2005 Jun;16(5):569-79. doi: 10.1097/00001813-200506000-00013.
• Background Knight KR, Kraemer DF, Winter C, Neuwelt EA. Early changes in auditory function as a result of platinum chemotherapy: use of extended high-frequency audiometry and evoked distortion product otoacoustic emissions. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Apr 1;25(10):1190-5. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.07.9723.
• Background Reavis KM, Phillips DS, Fausti SA, Gordon JS, Helt WJ, Wilmington D, Bratt GW, Konrad-Martin D. Factors affecting sensitivity of distortion-product otoacoustic emissions to ototoxic hearing loss. Ear Hear. 2008 Dec;29(6):875-93. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318181ad99.
• Background Kim SJ, Park C, Han AL, Youn MJ, Lee JH, Kim Y, Kim ES, Kim HJ, Kim JK, Lee HK, Chung SY, So H, Park R. Ebselen attenuates cisplatin-induced ROS generation through Nrf2 activation in auditory cells. Hear Res. 2009 May;251(1-2):70-82. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.03.003. Epub 2009 Mar 13.
• Background Lynch E, Kil J. Development of Ebselen, a Glutathione Peroxidase Mimic, for the Prevention and Treatment of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Semin Hear 2009; 30(1): 047-055

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