Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Treat Bell's Palsy According to Different Stages

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Bell's Palsy
• Interventions: Other: acupuncture; Other: acupuncture and moxibustion; Other: electroacupuncture; Other: acupuncture along yangming tendons

• Registration Number: NCT00608660
• Lead Sponsor: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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 five different methods for treating Bell's Palsy

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-10
• Study First Submitted: 2008-01-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-01-24
• Study First Posted: 2008-02-06
• Status Verified: 2009-09
• Primary Completion: 2009-09
• Study Completion: 2009-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-09-15
• Last Update Posted: 2009-09-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 900

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
A	acupuncture	staging acupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy
B	acupuncture and moxibustion	staging acupuncture and moxibustion for treating Bell's Palsy
C	electroacupuncture	staging electroacupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy
D	acupuncture along yangming tendons	staging acupuncture along Yangming musculature for treating Bell's Palsy
E	acupuncture	non-staging acupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
House-Brackmann scale （Global Score）	a week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Classification Score Of Facial Paralysis Degree	a week
Facial Disability Index	a week
WHOQOL-BREF scale	two week
House-Brackmann scale （Regional Score）	a week

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chengdu university of TCM; 🇨🇳 Chengdu, Sichuan, China