The Effectiveness of Nasal Corticosteroids Versus Placebo in Nasal Obstruction in Patients With Nasal Septal Deviation

Summary

The purpose of this project is to determine if intranasal corticosteroids have an effect on nasal obstruction in patients with nasal septal deviation.

Timeline

Start

2016-08

Primary completion

2019-08-15

Completion

2019-08-15

Publications

• Background Sedaghat AR, Busaba NY, Cunningham MJ, Kieff DA. Clinical assessment is an accurate predictor of which patients will need septoplasty. Laryngoscope. 2013 Jan;123(1):48-52. doi: 10.1002/lary.23683. Epub 2012 Nov 20.
• Background Stewart MG, Witsell DL, Smith TL, Weaver EM, Yueh B, Hannley MT. Development and validation of the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Feb;130(2):157-63. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2003.09.016.
• Background Lipan MJ, Most SP. Development of a severity classification system for subjective nasal obstruction. JAMA Facial Plast Surg. 2013 Sep-Oct;15(5):358-61. doi: 10.1001/jamafacial.2013.344.
• Background Teti VP, Akdagli S, Most SP. Cost-effectiveness of Corticosteroid Nasal Spray vs Surgical Therapy in Patients With Severe to Extreme Anatomical Nasal Obstruction. JAMA Facial Plast Surg. 2016 May 1;18(3):165-70. doi: 10.1001/jamafacial.2015.2039.

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