| January 4, 2008 |
| September 15, 2009 |
| October 2006 |
| September 2009 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| House-Brackmann scale （Global Score） [ Time Frame: a week ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ] |
| House-Brackmann scale （Global Score，Regional Score） [ Time Frame: a week ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ] |
| Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00608660 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site |
- Classification Score Of Facial Paralysis Degree [ Time Frame: a week ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Facial Disability Index [ Time Frame: a week ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- WHOQOL—BREF scale [ Time Frame: two week ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- House-Brackmann scale （Regional Score） [ Time Frame: a week ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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- WHOQOL—BREF scale [ Time Frame: two week ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- facial paralysis degree score scale [ Time Frame: a week ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Facial Disability Index [ Time Frame: a week ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Electrophysiology inspection [ Time Frame: a month ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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| 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 |
The purpose of this trial will certify the efficacy of using staging acupuncture and moxibustion to treat Bell's Palsy |
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 |
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| Interventional |
| Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
| Bell's Palsy |
- Other: acupuncture
- Other: acupuncture and moxibustion
- Other: electroacupuncture
- Other: acupuncture along yangming tendons
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- Experimental: staging acupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy
- Experimental: staging acupuncture and moxibustion for treating Bell's Palsy
- Experimental: staging electroacupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy
- Experimental: staging acupuncture along Yangming musculature for treating Bell's Palsy
- Experimental: non-staging acupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy
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| Completed |
| 900 |
| September 2009 |
| September 2009 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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
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| Both |
| 15 Years to 70 Years |
| Yes |
| Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects |
| China |
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| NCT00608660 |
| LiYing, Acupuncture & Tuina college of chengdu univeristy of TCM |
| 2006BAI12B03 |
| Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
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| Principal Investigator: |
Ying Li, Dr. |
Acupuncture&Moxibustion college of chengdu TCM |
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| Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| September 2009 |
