NCT00608660

Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Treat Bell's Palsy According to Different Stages

Studying of Acupuncture for Bell's Palsy According to Different Stages

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 900 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this trial will certify the efficacy of using staging acupuncture and moxibustion to treat Bell's Palsy

Detailed description

The result of this trial (available in 2009) aims to testify the efficacy of using staging acupuncture and moxibustion to treat Bell's Palsy, and to approach a best acupuncture treatment among these five different methods for treating Bell's Palsy

Conditions

• Bell's Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	acupuncture	staging acupuncture
OTHER	acupuncture and moxibustion	staging acupuncture and moxibustion
OTHER	electroacupuncture	staging electroacupuncture
OTHER	acupuncture along yangming tendons	staging acupuncture along Yangming musculature
OTHER	acupuncture	non-staging acupuncture

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-10-01
• Primary completion: 2009-09-01
• Completion: 2009-09-01
• First posted: 2008-02-06
• Last updated: 2009-09-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China