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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02179684
Date of registration: 30/06/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Karolinska Institutet
Public title: Surgery or Clincial Follow up, in Patients With Bell' s Palsy
Scientific title: Surgery or Clinical Follow-up in Patients With Bell's Palsy. A Prospective, Parallell, Single Center, Randomized , Open Surgery Clinical Study.
Date of first enrolment: November 2013
Target sample size: 150
Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02179684
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Malou Hultcrantz, M.D prof.
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Affiliation:  Karolinska Institutet
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with Bell´s Palsy

2. Men and women aged 18-55 y

3. Score < 70 according to Sunny Brook scale (SB)

4. Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. High bloodpressure

2. Diabetes

3. Pregnancy

4. Currently on immunodepressive treatment

5. Smoker

6. Psychiatric disorder

7. Cor incomp, according to NYHA grade: IV, kidney or liver disorder, that greatly
influence patienst ability to receive surgery



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 55 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bell Palsy
Intervention(s)
Other: Conventional treatment and follow-up
Procedure: Baby-sitter surgery N. fascialis
Primary Outcome(s)
Sunny Brook (SB) score > 70 [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Facial Disability Index [Time Frame: 15 month]
FaCe [Time Frame: 15 month]
Secondary ID(s)
Bell´sPalsy
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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