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Medical Therapy Versus Balloon Sinus Dilation for Patients With Chronic Rhinosinusitis

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01685229

Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01685229. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.

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Official title

Medical Therapy Versus Balloon Sinus Dilation for Patients With Chronic Rhinosinusitis (MERLOT)

Brief summary

Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.

This post-market study aims to compare health outcomes for Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) patients treated with balloon sinus dilation (BSD) versus continued medical management.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01685229
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Enrollment
198 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Device · Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
19 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Aug 31, 2012
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2015
Completion
Jul 31, 2015
Last update posted
Jul 11, 2024

2012 – 2015

United States locations

U.S. sites
20
U.S. states
11
U.S. cities
20
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Not listed Denver Colorado
Not listed Miami Florida
Not listed Tampa Florida
Not listed Atlanta Georgia
Not listed Savannah Georgia
Not listed Vidalia Georgia
Not listed Chicago Illinois
Not listed Rockford Illinois
Not listed South Bend Indiana
Not listed Louisville Kentucky
Not listed Neptune City New Jersey
Not listed Dublin Ohio
Not listed Frisco Texas
Not listed McKinney Texas
Not listed Plano Texas
Not listed Charlottesville Virginia
Not listed Norfolk Virginia
Not listed Richmond Virginia
Not listed Beaver Dam Wisconsin
Not listed Wauwatosa Wisconsin

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What this page shows
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What this page does not do
No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
Where the data comes from
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