An interventional study of Corticosteroid in Bell Palsy, sponsored by Assiut University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-19.
Sponsored by Assiut University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
intratympanic steroid injection bell's palsy
Role of oral steroid alone versus oral steroid plus intratympanic steroid injection in Bell's palsy
85 studies on the registry are indexed under Bell Palsy; 30 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 42 is close to the median of 42 across 70 interventional studies indexed under Bell Palsy.
Browse Bell Palsy studies →Assiut University is the lead sponsor of 5,078 studies on the registry; 2,178 are open to participants now.
Of its 14 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.
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Mean Aged 18 years or more.
Exclusion Criteria:
Another cause of facial nerve paralysis that is not idiopathic.
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Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
Corticosteroids (steroids)
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Oral steroids only
Drug: Corticosteroid
Oral steroids plus intratympanic injections
Drug: Corticosteroid
Oral steroids plus intratympanic injection
Success or failure of procedure to treat Bell's palsy
Degree of regaining function to facial nerve Unit of measurement : nerve conduction study Measurement tool :endoscopic injection by ear microscope
Time frame: 6 months
No study locations are listed for this record.
Start is estimated for Feb 2024; primary completion for Apr 2025, 14 months later.
Of 38 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Bell Palsy, half reached primary completion within 9 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 25. This study's planned 14 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 40 studies reached it within 10 months; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 21.
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