Bell Palsy Clinical Trial
Official title:
Role of Oral Steroid Alone Versus Oral Steroid Plus Intratympanic Steroid Injection in Bell's Palsy
intratympanic steroid injection bell's palsy
| Status | Not yet recruiting |
| Enrollment | 42 |
| Est. completion date | November 2026 |
| Est. primary completion date | April 2025 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
| Gender | All |
| Age group | 18 Years and older |
| Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Mean Aged 18 years or more. - Acute unilateral facial palsy without skin lesions which developed within a 72-hour period and is present for 21 days or less. - Moderate to severe facial palsy [House-Brackmann grade IV or greater] Exclusion Criteria: - Another cause of facial nerve paralysis that is not idiopathic. - Otologic disease including otitis media, temporal bone fracture, a previous history of facial nerve palsy in either side, history of otologic surgery, and suspected Ramsay Hunt syndrome. - Systemic disease including history of tuberculosis, history of head and neck cancer, other neurological disorders, recent use of ototoxic medications, liver or renal dysfunction, and other illnesses that would contraindicate the use of high-dose steroid therapy. - Pregnancy |
| Country | Name | City | State |
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| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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| Assiut University |
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Hernandez-Trejo AF, Cuellar-Calderon KP, Trevino-Gonzalez JL, Yamamoto-Ramos M, Campos-Coy MA, Quiroga-Garza A, Guzman-Avilan K, Elizondo-Riojas G, Elizondo-Omana RE, Guzman-Lopez S. Prevalence of facial canal dehiscence and other bone defects by computed tomography. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Oct;277(10):2681-2686. doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06013-8. Epub 2020 May 7. — View Citation
Inagaki A, Minakata T, Katsumi S, Murakami S. Concurrent Treatment With Intratympanic Dexamethasone for Moderate-Severe Through Severe Bell's Palsy. Otol Neurotol. 2019 Dec;40(10):e1018-e1023. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002377. — View Citation
Volk GF, Schaede RA, Thielker J, Modersohn L, Mothes O, Nduka CC, Barth JM, Denzler J, Guntinas-Lichius O. Reliability of grading of facial palsy using a video tutorial with synchronous video recording. Laryngoscope. 2019 Oct;129(10):2274-2279. doi: 10.1002/lary.27739. Epub 2018 Dec 20. — View Citation
Walker NR, Mistry RK, Mazzoni T. Facial Nerve Palsy. 2023 Jul 4. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549815/ — View Citation
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Success or failure of procedure to treat Bell's palsy | Degree of regaining function to facial nerve Unit of measurement : nerve conduction study Measurement tool :endoscopic injection by ear microscope |
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