Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Treat Bell's Palsy According to Different Stages (NCT00608660) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Treat Bell's Palsy According to Different Stages
China900 participantsStarted 2006-10
Plain-language summary
The purpose of this trial will certify the efficacy of using staging acupuncture and moxibustion to treat Bell's Palsy
Who can participate
Age range15 Years – 70 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* 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 Criteria:
* 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
What they're measuring
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House-Brackmann scale (Global Score)
Timeframe: a week
Trial details
NCT IDNCT00608660
SponsorChengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine