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Aim of present study is to determine whether corticosteroids and vestibular exercises are equal effective in the recovery of balance in patients with acute vestibular neuritis.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Corticosteroids | Active Comparator | Patients receive for 7 days intravenous corticosteroids, dexamethasone, and they continue receiving for 7 days corticosteroids per os |
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| Vestibular exercises | Placebo Comparator | Patients perform for 15 days certain vestibular exercises under suspicion of an expert physiotherapist |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Corticosteroids | Drug | Intravenous Dexamethasone, 8mg three times per day tapering down for 7 days Per os dexamethasone, 2mg per day tapering down for 7 days |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| clinical recovery of vestibular function | clinical examination (nystagmus, Romberg test, head-thrust test, head-shaking test) and questionnaires (Greek edition of Dizziness Handicap Inventory and European Evaluation of Vertigo Scale) | 1 year |
| Laboratory recovery of vestibular | caloric test and vestibular evoked myogenic potentials | 1 year |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| John Goudakos, MD, MSc | Contact | 00306944183682 | jgoudakos@gmail.com |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| 1st ENT Department, AHEPA University Hospital | Recruiting | Thessaloniki | 54636 | Greece |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 24604142 | Derived | Goudakos JK, Markou KD, Psillas G, Vital V, Tsaligopoulos M. Corticosteroids and vestibular exercises in vestibular neuritis. Single-blind randomized clinical trial. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 May;140(5):434-40. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.48. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D020338 | Vestibular Neuronitis |
| ID | Term |
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| D000160 | Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases |
| D012181 | Retrocochlear Diseases |
| D004427 | Ear Diseases |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000305 | Adrenal Cortex Hormones |
| ID | Term |
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| D006728 | Hormones |
| D006730 | Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists |
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| Vestibular exercises | Other | Vestibular exercises in order to enhance vestibulo-ocular reflex for 15 days under the suspicion of physiotherapist |
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| D003389 | Cranial Nerve Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |