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

Studying of Acupuncture for Bell's Palsy According to Different Stages

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00608660

Enrollment

900

Registered

2008-02-06

Start date

2006-10-31

Completion date

2009-09-30

Last updated

2009-09-17

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Conditions

Bell's Palsy

Keywords

Peripheral Facial Paralysis, Acupuncture, RCT

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

Interventions

OTHERacupuncture

staging acupuncture

OTHERacupuncture and moxibustion

staging acupuncture and moxibustion

OTHERelectroacupuncture

staging electroacupuncture

OTHERacupuncture along yangming tendons

staging acupuncture along Yangming musculature

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

15 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
House-Brackmann scale （Global Score）	a week

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
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

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 29, 2026