Efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture combined with external application of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of Bell 's palsy: a randomized controlled study
- Conditions
- This study aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture combined with external application of traditional Chinese medicine (EATCM) in the treatment of Bell 's palsy (BP), and to explore the ideal treatment for idiopathic facial paralysis and provide a basis for clinical rehabilitation.electroacupunctureexternal application of traditional Chinese medicineBell 's paralysisrandomized controlled study
- Registration Number
- TCTR20230405002
- Lead Sponsor
- Hongmei Ma
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending (Not yet recruiting)
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 164
(1) Patients with diagnosis of idiopathic facial neuritis (Bell 's palsy), and the diagnostic criteria referring to the Chinese Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic facial paralysis
(2) Patients aged be equal or greater than 18 years and less than or equal to 70 years
(3) First attack, unilateral facial paralysis
(4) Onset time within 1 month, the grading of House-Brackmann scale be equal or greater than grade 3
(5) Patients voluntarily joined this study and signed an informed consent form.
(1)Central facial paralysis, or facial paralysis caused by Lyme disease, encephalitis, tumor and other reasons;
(2)Patients with severe mental illness or unconsciousness that could not cooperate with the treatment;
(3)There were wounds and scars at the treatment site affecting the treatment;
(4)Allergic to the study drug;
(5) Patients participated in or were participating in other experimental studies in the past 1 month.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sunnybrook Facial Grading System (SFGS) 3 weeks On a scale of 0 to 100
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method House-Brackmann Grading Scale (HBGS) 3 weeks HBGS was classified into six grades