NCT05821075

Efficacy of Prednisolone Versus Cerebrolysin in the Treatment of Bell's Palsy

Comparative Study Between Prednisolone, Cerebrolysin in the Treatment of Bell's Palsy

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: October 6 University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Bell's palsy, a peripheral facial nerve paresis, is the most common disorder of the facial nerve and one of the most common mononeuropathies. Many patients with Bell's palsy will develop some complications such as synkinesis, crocodile tears and 'sweating' of the ear while eating Commonly used medications to treat Bell's palsy is Corticosteroids Cerebrolysin stimulates the regeneration of the nervous tissue with protective action we aim to study the efficacy of cerebrolycin in Bell's palsy

Conditions

• Bell Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Prednisolone	prednisolone 60mg tablet once daily for 5 days then tapering dose
DRUG	Cerebrolysin	intramuscular Cerebrolysin 10 mg daily for 3 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-24
• Primary completion: 2026-01-01
• Completion: 2026-02-01
• First posted: 2023-04-20
• Last updated: 2025-07-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt