Not yet recruiting NCT06213415
Role of Oral Steroid Alone Versus Oral Steroid Plus Intratympanic Steroid Injection in Bell's Palsy
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Corticosteroid.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Bell Palsy. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
intratympanic steroid injection bell's palsy
Detailed description
Role of oral steroid alone versus oral steroid plus intratympanic steroid injection in Bell's palsy
Interventions
- Drug Corticosteroid
Oral steroids plus intratympanic injection
Primary outcome measures
- Success or failure of procedure to treat Bell's palsy [Time frame: 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Mean Aged 18 years or more.
- Acute unilateral facial palsy without skin lesions which developed within a 72-hour period and is present for 21 days or less.
- Moderate to severe facial palsy \[House-Brackmann grade IV or greater\]
Exclusion criteria
- Another cause of facial nerve paralysis that is not idiopathic.
- Otologic disease including otitis media, temporal bone fracture, a previous history of facial nerve palsy in either side, history of otologic surgery, and suspected Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
- Systemic disease including history of tuberculosis, history of head and neck cancer, other neurological disorders, recent use of ototoxic medications, liver or renal dysfunction, and other illnesses that would contraindicate the use of high-dose steroid therapy.
- Pregnancy
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Publications
- Agostini F, Mangone M, Santilli V, Paoloni M, Bernetti A, Saggini R, Paolucci T. Idiopathic facial palsy: umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2020 Jul-Aug;34(4):1245-1255. doi: 10.23812/20-339-A. PMID 32935528
- Chang CWD, McCoul ED, Briggs SE, Guardiani EA, Durand ML, Hadlock TA, Hillel AT, Kattar N, Openshaw PJM, Osazuwa-Peters N, Poetker DM, Shin JJ, Chandrasekhar SS, Bradford CR, Brenner MJ. Corticosteroid Use in Otolaryngology: Current Considerations During the COVID-19 Era. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Nov;167(5):803-820. doi: 10.1177/01945998211064275. Epub 2021 Dec 7. PMID 34874793
- Hernandez-Trejo AF, Cuellar-Calderon KP, Trevino-Gonzalez JL, Yamamoto-Ramos M, Campos-Coy MA, Quiroga-Garza A, Guzman-Avilan K, Elizondo-Riojas G, Elizondo-Omana RE, Guzman-Lopez S. Prevalence of facial canal dehiscence and other bone defects by computed tomography. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Oct;277(10):2681-2686. doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06013-8. Epub 2020 May 7. PMID 32383094
- Inagaki A, Minakata T, Katsumi S, Murakami S. Concurrent Treatment With Intratympanic Dexamethasone for Moderate-Severe Through Severe Bell's Palsy. Otol Neurotol. 2019 Dec;40(10):e1018-e1023. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002377. PMID 31469789
- Volk GF, Schaede RA, Thielker J, Modersohn L, Mothes O, Nduka CC, Barth JM, Denzler J, Guntinas-Lichius O. Reliability of grading of facial palsy using a video tutorial with synchronous video recording. Laryngoscope. 2019 Oct;129(10):2274-2279. doi: 10.1002/lary.27739. Epub 2018 Dec 20. PMID 30570149
- Hohman MH, Mazzoni T. Facial Nerve Palsy. 2026 Apr 9. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan-. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549815/ PMID 31747222
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06213415 · Steroid injection bell's palsy