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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03496025
Date of registration: 19/03/2018
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Tampere University Hospital
Public title: Facial Function Reanimation by Electrical Pacing in Unilateral Facial Paralysis.
Scientific title: Mimetic Interfaces - Toispuoleisen Kasvohermohalvauksen Kojeellinen Kuntoutus Terveen Puolen Lihasaktiviteettiohjauksella. Stimulaattorin Prototyypin Testaus terveillä koehenkilöillä ja Kasvohermohalvauspotilailla.
Date of first enrolment: August 1, 2015
Target sample size: 77
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03496025
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Contacts
Name:     Markus Rautiainen, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  professor, head physician
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- a unilateral peripheral facial nerve palsy (patients)

- willingness to participate (patients, healthy volunteers)

Exclusion Criteria:

- malignant diseases (a previously treated cancer is not an exclusion criterion)

- unstable cardiovascular disease

- severe immune deficiency

- other severe neurological diseases (causing cognitive or physical impairment)

- diabetic neuropathy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Facial Nerve Palsy
Intervention(s)
Device: Electrical muscle stimulation
Primary Outcome(s)
Amplitudee of the movement elicited by electrical stimulation [Time Frame: Immediate]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Subjective ratings related to the tolerability of stimulations [Time Frame: Immediate]
Subjective ratings related to acceptability of the stimulated movement [Time Frame: Immediate]
Changes in lacrimal fluid [Time Frame: Immediate]
Visual acuity [Time Frame: Immediate]
Secondary ID(s)
R15067
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Tampere University of Technology
Helsinki University Central Hospital
Tampere University
Ethics review
Results
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