A Clinical Study on the Combined Magnetic and Oxygen Treatment for Bell's Palsy

Sponsor
Wenzhou Medical University
Study ID
NCT01686464
Status
Completed

Conditions

  • Bell's Palsy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
10 Years - 74 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • prednisone and valacyclovir treatments — DRUG
    patients were administered prednisone as a single dose of 40 mg daily for 5 days; the dose will then be reduced by 10 mg per 5 day, with a total treatment time of 20 days.while taking valacyclovir 400 mg in three doses daily for 10 days.
  • Magnetic and Oxygen Treatment — DEVICE
    MOMC treatment was given as daily 20 min section for 10 days with 2\~3 days of intermission between. Oxygen therapy was given simultaneously at a flow rate of 2\~3.0 L / min for the same duration during all acupuncture sections.

Study Details

The aim of this clinic trial is to testify the efficacy of using new and noninvasive therapy, called simultaneous "Magnetic and Oxygen Treatment along Meridians and Collaterals" (MOMC), to treat Bell's Palsy.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 30, 1998
Status verified
Sep 2012
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2005
Completion
Jan 31, 2005

Study Design

Enrollment
882 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Magnetic - Oxygen
    Magnetic and Oxygen Treatment for Bell's Palsy
  • Active Comparator: prednisone - valacyclovir
    prednisone and valacyclovir treatments for bell palsy

Primary Outcome Measure

House-Brackmann scale [ Time Frame: the 20th day of completion of the treatment ]

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