Prednisone and Acupuncture for the Treatment of Facial Neuritis: a Multiple Center, CER in China

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2015-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of prednisolone and staging acupuncture in the recovery of the affected facial nerve, and to verify that whether in combination with staging acupuncture is more effective than prednisolone alone for Bell's palsy in a large number of patients.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Xijing Hospital
• Treatments: Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate; Prednisone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• involvement of unilateralfacial nerve paralysis only

• aged between 18 and 75 years old

• period of onset of facial paralysis within 72h

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy

• breastfeeding

• being a woman of child bearing age who is unwilling to use contraceptives during the medication period

• other neurological diseases

• diabetes

• badly controlled hypertension

• current or a history of serious heart disease

• history of renal or hepatic disease

• gastric or duodenal ulcer

• history of glaucoma

• acute otitis or history of ipsilateral chronic otitis

• history of tuberculosis, history of immunodeficiency syndromes

• recent head injury, psychiatric disease, or any other condition that is at risk of being influenced by the study medication or that might have affected completion of the study.