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Perf-Fix Study for Chronic Tympanic Membrane Repair

RECRUITING
5 years and over
Inclusion Criteria:
* Willing and able to provide informed consent, legally authorized representative (LAR) consent, or LAR consent and assent when age appropriate
* Females and males at least 5 years old
* Perforation involves \>25% of the tympanic membrane
* Perforation has not spontaneously closed after 4 weeks of watchful waiting
* Perforation is not actively healing
* Perforation can be visualized by an endoscope or microscope
* Ear wax does not occlude the perforation
Exclusion Criteria:
* Perforation is marginal (a perforation that has an area with no tympanic membrane between the perforation and the bony canal)
* Active otitis media, with or without effusion
* Otorrhea from the middle ear for more than 3 months
* History of cleft palate
* Receiving radiation therapy or taking corticosteroids, immunosuppressive agents, or chemotherapy
* Currently taking systemic antibiotics, antibiotic ear drops, and/or steroid ear drops
* Current bacterial or viral infection
* Fever (Temperature \>100°F) at time of index procedure
* Diagnosed with cholesteatoma mass in the tympanic cavity
* Known history of malignant ear canal tumors within 3 years of screening for eligibility
* Abrasions/lacerations to the external auditory canal
* Significant medical condition that could prevent full participation in the procedures required for the study
* Investigator feels the subject will be unable to cooperate with the application procedure
* Parent/LAR feels the subject will be unable to cooperate with the application procedure
* Allergy to shellfish
* Known to be or could be pregnant
* Adults lacking capacity to consentDEVICE: Perf-Fix Otologic Gel Patch
Tympanic Membrane Perforation
tympanic membrane, eardrum, pediatric, tympanoplasty, myringoplasty
Nicole Orth - north@namsa.com
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NCT06083181