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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/11/077004 [Registered on: 19/11/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 02/04/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Medical Device
Other (Specify) [cochlear Implant ]  
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   Pivotal Clinical Trials of HCL SUNO Cochlear Implant system to evaluate hearing performance in Indian population (Adult & Children) with a condition of severe to profound hearing loss  
Scientific Title of Study   Implantation with the HCL Suno/MedTech Cochlear Implant System in Adults and Children  
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
HCL/Pivotal/I180074/2023, dated 11-OCT-2023, Version 1.0   Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Prahlada NB  
Designation  Professor Department of Otorhinolaryngology ENT Neck Surgery 
Affiliation  Basaveshwara Medical College and Hospital 
Address  Senior Professor room no 1 ENT Block Housing Board Colony SJM campus NH4 Bypass

Chitradurga
KARNATAKA
577501
India 
Phone  9342310854  
Fax    
Email  prahladnb@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Kalirajan Bose 
Designation  Operations Director – R&D ERS-MEDTECH Division 
Affiliation  HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 
Address  (AMB-6), ODC- 401, Seat No: 00-04-401-M-02, 8 MTH Road, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Ambattur, Chennai 600058, INDIA

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600058
India 
Phone  9840943236  
Fax    
Email  kalirajanb@hcltech.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Kalirajan Bose 
Designation  Program Manager Engineering R D 
Affiliation  HCL Technologies Limited 
Address  AMB 6 8 MTH Road Industrial Estate Ambattur

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600058
India 
Phone  9840943236  
Fax    
Email  kalirajanb@hcltech.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
NA 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED  
Address  (AMB-6), 8 MTH Road, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Ambattur, Chennai 600058, INDIA 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Indian Multinational Information Technology Services and Consulting Company ] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study
Modification(s)  
No of Sites = 10  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Alok Thakar  All India Institute of Medical Sciences  Old OT Block, Room No.102, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi - 110029
New Delhi
DELHI 
01126594862

drathakar@gmail.com 
Dr Amit Goyal  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),  Basni Phase – II, Jodhpur Rajasthan – 342005
Jodhpur
RAJASTHAN 
8003996881

goyala@aiimsjodhpur.edu.in 
Dr Sushil Kumar Aggarwal  Banaras Hindu University  Institute Of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University Aurobindo Colony Bhelupur 221005
Varanasi
UTTAR PRADESH 
7275721672

doc.sushil.pgi@gmail.com 
Dr Prahlada NB  Basaveshwara Medical College and Hospital   Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - ENT & Neck Surgery ENT Block Housing Board Colony SJM campus NH4 Bypass Chitradurga Karnataka - 577501 India
Chitradurga
KARNATAKA 
9342310854

prahladnb@gmail.com 
Dr Oshin Thomas  Brains Super Speciality Hospital  192, T Mariyappa Road, Lalbagh, Siddapura, Jayanagar 1st Block, Bengaluru - 560011, Karnataka India
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9496576276

droshinent@gmail.com 
Dr K R Meghanath  MAA ENT Hospital  Road No. 36, Jubilee Hills
Hyderabad
TELANGANA 
04023212166

drmegh@yahoo.com 
Dr Sanjeev Mohanty  MGM Healthcare Pvt Ltd  No 126, BNT Connections Building, 4th Floor, Nelson Manickam Road, Aminjikarai, 600029
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
9791074677

drsanjeevmohanty@gmail.com 
Dr Anand Raju  PSG institute of medical science and research  Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - 641 004
Coimbatore
TAMIL NADU 
9842996596

ranandent@gmail.com 
Dr Subba Rayadu  R.R. Specialty Hospital  13-3- 32, 3rd Line, Gunturuvarithota, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh – 522001
Guntur
ANDHRA PRADESH 
9603911777

ysrayudu@gmail.com 
Dr Amit Keshri  Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of M Sciences   Raibareli Rd, Haibat Mau Mawaiya, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226014
Lucknow
UTTAR PRADESH 
7275721669

amitkeshri2000@yahoo.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 10  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
IEC-ESH Endolife Speciality Hospitals Pvt.Ltd  Approved 
Institute Ethics Committee All India Institute of Medical Sciences  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee Basaveshwara Medical College  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee Institute of Medical Ssciences Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee - Brains Super Speciality Hospital  Approved 
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of M Sciences  Approved 
INSTITUTIONAL HUMAN ETHICS COMMITTEE All India Institute of Medical Sciences  Approved 
MAA Research Ethics Committee MAA Research Foundation  Approved 
MGM - IEC MGM HEALTHCARE PVT LTD  Approved 
The Chairman INSTITUTIONAL HUMAN ETHICS COMMITTEE PSG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: H903||Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  HCL Suno/MedTech Cochlear Implant System   Cochlear Implant is an electronic device implanted into the inner ear to improve hearing perception. The device consists of Implant Unit and External Speech processor. The Implant Unit is implanted and the patient is given audio verbal therapy for hearing and speech training. Duration of follow-up for trials Adults: 4 Months/Per Subject (1 Month for Activation and 3 months Follow up period) Children: 6 Months/Per Subject (1 Month for Activation and 5 month follow up period)  
Comparator Agent  NA  NA 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  1.00 Year(s)
Age To  80.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Adults

1.18 years of age or older

2.Severe to profound, sensorineural hearing loss great then 70 dB, determined by pure tune at 500Hz, 1000Hz and 2000Hz

3.Postlingual candidates with severe or profound bilateral hearing loss

4.Limited benefit from appropriate binaural hearing aids (verified by standard clinical practice), as defined by aided test scores of 50% correct or less in the ear to be implanted (60% or less in the best-aided listening condition) on tests of open set sentence recognition

i. Consistent with the Minimum Speech Test Battery (2011), it is required that all subjects be evaluated at 60 dBA presentation level

5.Moderate to profound hearing loss in the low frequencies and profound (≥ 90 dB HL) hearing loss in the mid to high speech frequencies

Children

1.Profound bilateral hearing loss in prelingual Children 1years to 06 years. Profound, sensorineural hearing loss greater then 90 dB, determined by pure tune at 500Hz, 1000Hz and 2000Hz

2.Severe to profound bilateral hearing loss in Postlingual children 7years to 17 Years. Severe to profound, sensorineural hearing loss greater then 70 dB, determined by pure tune at 500Hz, 1000Hz and 2000Hz

3.Little or no benefit from appropriately fitted hearing aids, which is defined as

In younger children less then 4 years of age) A failure to reach developmentally appropriate auditory milestones (such as spontaneous response to name in quiet or to environmental sounds) measured using the Infant Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale or Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale or less then 20% correct on a simple open-set word recognition test (Multisyllabic Lexical Neighborhood Test) administered using monitored live voice (70 dB SPL)

In older children (Post Lingual) greater then 7 years of age) Scoring less then 12% on a difficult open-set word recognition test (Phonetically Balanced Kindergarten Test) or less then 30% on an open set sentence test (Hearing in Noise Test for Children) administered using recorded materials in the sound field (70 dB SPL)
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Medical or psychological conditions that contraindicate undergoing general anaesthesia or surgery.

2.Ossification, malformation or any other cochlear anomaly, such as common cavity, that might prevent complete insertion of the electrode array, as confirmed by medical examination.

3.Hearing impairment due to lesion or neuropathy of the acoustic nerve, VIII nerve or central auditory pathway (audio Neuropathy Spectrum disorder).

4.Active middle-ear infection.

5.Tympanic membrane perforation.

6.Unwillingness or inability of the candidate to comply with all investigational requirements.

7.Patients with existing CSF shunts or drains, existing perilymph fistula, skull fracture or CSF leak.

8.Patients with recurrent episodes of bacterial meningitis

9.Any other Cochlear Implant

10.Pregnant women applicable only for adults
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Performance To evaluate preoperative to (3 month’s and 5 month’s) post activation performance outcomes in the best unilateral and or bilateral listening condition (based on Unilateral or Bilateral implantation) for the commonly expected outcome (Hearing and Speech Improvement) at the end of third month and fifth month

Effectiveness Is defined as clinical benefits of greater than 20 % points in terms of improvement at the end of study period when compared with preoperative performance

Safety Report of medical or surgical and device related adverse events with regard to type, frequency and seriousness at 3 months and 5 months post activation
 
Adults 4 months per subject
Children 6 months per subject 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
NA  NA 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="32"
Sample Size from India="32" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   25/11/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="11"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary  

This study is a Pivotal Study, Prospective, Multicenter, Non-Randomized, Non-Blinded, single arm study across INDIA including Government & Private sector health care center for safety, performance and effectiveness associated with HCL Suno/ MedTech Cochlear Implant System

Adults:

Performance – To evaluate preoperative to 3 month’s post activation performance outcomes in the best unilateral and/or bilateral listening condition (based on Unilateral or Bilateral implantation) for the commonly expected outcome (Hearing and Speech Improvement) at the end of third month

Safety – Report of medical/surgical and device related adverse events with regard to type, frequency and seriousness at 3 months and 5 months post activation

Effectiveness: Is defined as clinical benefits of greater than 20 % points in terms of improvement at the end of study period when compared with preoperative performance.

Children:

Performance – To evaluate preoperative to 5 month’s post activation performance outcomes in the best unilateral and/or bilateral listening condition (based on Unilateral or Bilateral implantation) for the commonly expected outcome (Hearing and Speech Improvement) at the end of third month and fifth months.

Safety – Report of medical/surgical and device related adverse events with regard to type, frequency and seriousness at 3 months and 5 months post activation.

Effectiveness: Is defined as clinical benefits of greater than 20 % points in terms of improvement at the end of study period when compared with preoperative performance. 
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