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Register: JPRN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2023
Main ID:  JPRN-UMIN000024313
Date of registration: 07/10/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Kurashiki Central Hospital
Public title: Intratympanic steroid for Bell's palsy. Single-centre randomized controlled trial.
Scientific title: Intratympanic steroid for Bell's palsy. Single-centre randomized controlled trial. - Intratympanic steroid for Bell's palsy
Date of first enrolment: 2016/11/01
Target sample size: 108
Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
URL:  https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000027879
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Parallel Randomized  
Phase:  Not selected
Countries of recruitment
Japan
Contacts
Name: Takashi    Fujiwara
Address:  1-1-1 Miwa, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture Japan
Telephone: 086-422-0210
Email: t.fujiwarabi@gmail.com
Affiliation:  Kurashiki Central Hospital Otolaryngology
Name: Yuki    Nyuko
Address:  1-1-1 Miwa, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture 710-8602 Japan
Telephone: 086-422-0210
Email: tf14817@kchnet.or.jp
Affiliation:  Clinical Research Center Kurashiki Central Hospital Clinical Research Center Kurashiki Central Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy, breast-Feeding. dementia and difficult to enroll trial.

Age minimum: 20years-old
Age maximum: 200years-old
Gender: Male and Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bell's palsy
Intervention(s)
Control group: Conventional treatment (60 mg/day for 5 days, then taper) and anti-viral drug (Valacyclovir 3000mg/day for 5days)
Intervention group: Intratympanic steroid (0.5 ml Dexamethasone once or twice per week for 2weeks) add to conventional treatment
Primary Outcome(s)
Non-recovery rate(House-Brackmann grade 3 or more) at 6 month after disease onset. We define recovery as House-Brackmann grade 1-2. Primary outcome will be measured by blinded assesser.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Non-recovery rate at last follow up (6 to 12 month after disease onset) Tympanic membrane perforation and any complications during intratympanic injection (e.g. vertigo, vomiting, and vasovagal syncope)
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
No funding
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: YES
Approval date: 19/10/2016
Contact:
tf14817@kchnet.or.jp
IRB of Kurashiki Central Hospital
+81-86-422-0210
tf14817@kchnet.or.jp
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 08/09/2018
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