Status:
COMPLETED
Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Treat Bell's Palsy According to Different Stages
Lead Sponsor:
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Conditions:
Bell's Palsy
Eligibility:
All Genders
15-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this trial will certify the efficacy of using staging acupuncture and moxibustion to treat Bell's Palsy
Detailed Description
The result of this trial (available in 2009) aims to testify the efficacy of using staging acupuncture and moxibustion to treat Bell's Palsy, and to approach a best acupuncture treatment among these f...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patients who meet the diagnosis, stages, location criteria
- the first time to onset the disease
- between 1 and 70 days with the onset time of facial palsy
- on one side of the face paralysis
- between 15 and 70 years old with the onset age of facial palsy
- willing to finish the whole observation period
- with written consent form signed by themselves.
Exclusion
- facial palsy caused by other disease, such as infectivity multiple radiculitis, tumor which offend temporal bone, cerebral trauma
- facial palsy combine diabetes, the severe disease of heart vessel, cerebral vessel, liver, kidney, lung, and psychosis
- patient with Hunt's syndrome
- patient with facial spasm
- pregnant women or women in lactation
- patients are participating other clinical research
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
900 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00608660
Start Date
October 1 2006
End Date
September 1 2009
Last Update
September 17 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Chengdu university of TCM
Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 610075