Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Treat Bell's Palsy According to Different Stages
NCT ID: NCT00608660
Last Updated: 2009-09-17
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
900 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2006-10-31
2009-09-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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A
staging acupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy
acupuncture
staging acupuncture
B
staging acupuncture and moxibustion for treating Bell's Palsy
acupuncture and moxibustion
staging acupuncture and moxibustion
C
staging electroacupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy
electroacupuncture
staging electroacupuncture
D
staging acupuncture along Yangming musculature for treating Bell's Palsy
acupuncture along yangming tendons
staging acupuncture along Yangming musculature
E
non-staging acupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy
acupuncture
non-staging acupuncture
Interventions
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acupuncture
staging acupuncture
acupuncture and moxibustion
staging acupuncture and moxibustion
electroacupuncture
staging electroacupuncture
acupuncture along yangming tendons
staging acupuncture along Yangming musculature
acupuncture
non-staging acupuncture
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion 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 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
15 Years
70 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Acupuncture & Tuina college of chengdu univeristy of TCM
Principal Investigators
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Ying Li, Dr.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Acupuncture&Moxibustion college of chengdu TCM
Locations
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Chengdu university of TCM
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Countries
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References
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Zhao L, Zhang FW, Li Y, Wu X, Zheng H, Cheng LH, Liang FR. Adverse events associated with acupuncture: three multicentre randomized controlled trials of 1968 cases in China. Trials. 2011 Mar 24;12:87. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-87.
Other Identifiers
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2006BAI12B03
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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