NCT02098330

The Efficacy of Steroid Therapy in Vestibular Neuritis

The Efficacy of Steroid Therapy in Vestibular Neuritis Confirmed by Head Impulse Test: Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Asan Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to compare the treatment effectiveness of steroid therapy for vestibular neuritis by using video head impulse test.

Detailed description

This study was a prospective, randomized controlled study. The enrolled vestibular neuritis patients were randomized to conservative treatment or steroid treatment when they are diagnosed with caloric test. After initial vestibular work-up including caloric, video head impulse tests, and a questinnaire (DHI), the patient was examined with the same tests again at 6 months later. The efficacy of steroid for the patients with vestibular neuritis would be determined by the comparison of the data of each group.

Conditions

• Vestibular Neuritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Ginkgo biloba & Methylprednisolone	Ginkgo biloba 160 mg/day (per oral, 80 mg twice a day) for 1 month. Methylprednisolone 48 mg/day(per oral, once a day for first 9 days. And then methylprednisolone tapering was started every 2 days. The entire duration of methylprednisolone treatment was 14 days.
DRUG	Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo biloba 160 mg/day (per oral, 80 mg twice a day) for 1 month.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2014-03-28
• Last updated: 2019-01-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea