RecruitingPhase 1Phase 2NCT05821075

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

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


Sponsor

October 6 University

Enrollment

90 participants

Start Date

Aug 24, 2023

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

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


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 60 Years

Inclusion Criteria1

  • unilateral acute facial palsy of no identifiable cause

Exclusion Criteria11

  • Recurrent facial Bell's palsy
  • Pregnancy
  • Diabetes
  • Epilepsy
  • Severe hypertension,
  • Renal or hepatic disease,
  • Gastric or duodenal ulcer
  • presence of acute otitis media or ipsilateral chronic otitis
  • Recent head injury,
  • psychiatric disease
  • If there is any contraindications for corticosteroids

Interested in this trial?

Get notified about updates and connect with the research team.

Interventions

DRUGPrednisolone

prednisolone 60mg tablet once daily for 5 days then tapering dose

DRUGCerebrolysin

intramuscular Cerebrolysin 10 mg daily for 3 weeks


Locations(1)

October 6 university hospital

Giza, Egypt

View Full Details on ClinicalTrials.gov

For the most up-to-date information, visit the official listing.

Visit

NCT05821075


Related Trials