Bell Palsy
Conditions
Brief summary
Bell's palsy, a peripheral facial nerve paresis, is the most common disorder of the facial nerve and one of the most common mononeuropathies. Many patients with Bell's palsy will develop some complications such as synkinesis, crocodile tears and 'sweating' of the ear while eating Commonly used medications to treat Bell's palsy is Corticosteroids Cerebrolysin stimulates the regeneration of the nervous tissue with protective action we aim to study the efficacy of cerebrolycin in Bell's palsy
Interventions
DRUGPrednisolone
prednisolone 60mg tablet once daily for 5 days then tapering dose
DRUGCerebrolysin
intramuscular Cerebrolysin 10 mg daily for 3 weeks
Sponsors
October 6 University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* unilateral acute facial palsy of no identifiable cause
Exclusion criteria
* Recurrent facial Bell's palsy * Pregnancy * Diabetes * Epilepsy * Severe hypertension, * Renal or hepatic disease, * Gastric or duodenal ulcer * presence of acute otitis media or ipsilateral chronic otitis * Recent head injury, * psychiatric disease * If there is any contraindications for corticosteroids
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| change in scores of the house Brackman grading system HB | at baseline, after 1 week, after 3 week |
| changes in scores of the Sunnybrook grading system. | at baseline, after 1 week, after 3 week |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactEngy Wahsh
Backup Contactmohamed rez
Outcome results
None listed