Facial Palsy Treatment

NCT06976814 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: MRC-01-20-1167
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Primary objective of the study is to investigate the most effective treatment modalities available to speech language pathologist as well as movement difference by comparing them.

Conditions

Facial Palsy; Stroke Rehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Sunnybrook Facial Grading System

  Upon enrollment Sunnybrook is given as baseline. The minimum score a patient may score is 20 out of 100. The higher the score the better (means patient has minor facial asymmetry). Each participant/patient was planned for 30sessions. Baseline score was recorded and beginning of each week Sunnybrook was given and new score was recorded by the same clinician.

  Patients were enrolled for 30sessions as per the protocol. Participants were given 5 sessions in a week. Patients were assessed as baseline upon enrollment into the study and re-assessed beginning of each week.

Study Arms (3)

Neuro muscular electrical stimulation arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Neuro muscular electrical stimulation

Beckmann Oral Motor Exercise Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Beckmann's oral motor exercises

Neuro Muscular Electrical Stimulation Arm + Beckmann Oral Motor Exercise Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Neuro muscular electrical stimulation; Other: Beckmann's oral motor exercises

Interventions

Neuro muscular electrical stimulation OTHER

electrical stimulation to facial nerve to improve facial palsy

Neuro Muscular Electrical Stimulation Arm + Beckmann Oral Motor Exercise Arm; Neuro muscular electrical stimulation arm

Beckmann's oral motor exercises OTHER

Oral motor exercises to improve facial palsy.

Beckmann Oral Motor Exercise Arm; Neuro Muscular Electrical Stimulation Arm + Beckmann Oral Motor Exercise Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients with 1st stroke
• Hemorrhagic stroke
• Ischemic stroke
• Right hemispheric stroke
• Left hemispheric stroke
• Normal cognitive skills (Based on Montreal cognitive assessment MOCA)
• Normal Language (Not Aphasic)
• Normal swallowing

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with Bell's palsy
• Facial trauma
• Post otitis media surgeries
• Neoplasm, malignant or tumor cell invasion of facial nerve
• Cognitive impairment
• Patients with aphasia
• Patients on defibrillator cardiac devices
• Patients with pacemakers or any other type of cardiac devices
• Multiple strokes

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hamad Medical Corporation: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hamad Medical Corporation

Doha, Qatar, 3050, Qatar

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Facial Paralysis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mouth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases; Paralysis; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of Rehabilitation

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 15, 2025
• First Posted: May 16, 2025
• Study Start: April 19, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 29, 2022
• Study Completion: June 29, 2022
• Last Updated: May 16, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

QA (1)