Clinical Trial: Treatment of Geotropic Horizontal Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Treatment of Geotropic Horizontal Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo; Randomized Controlled Trial of Barbeque Rotation and Gufoni Maneuver

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study was to compare the immediate efficacies of each treatment maneuvers in treatment of geotorpic horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (HC-BPPV).

Detailed Summary: A randomized prospective study of patients with HC-BPPV. Patients with geotropic type of HC-BPPV were randomized to one of each three treatment groups at their first clinic visit. These groups included the barbecue maneuver, Gufoni's maneuver, and sham group in geotropic HC-BPPV. Responsiveness of treatment maneuver was determined by positioning maneuver immediately after each treatment method based on resolves of vertigo and positional nystagmus.
Sponsor: Chonbuk National University

Current Primary Outcome: Immediate therapeutic effects for the treatment of geotropic HC-BPPV [ Time Frame: one hour ]

The immediate treatment response was determined by participating neurologists in each clinic without knowing the maneuver applied to each patient from 30 minutes to one hour after initial maneuver. The absence of both vertigo and nystagmus was required to determine a resolution. When the patient still showed positioning nystagmus or vertigo, the patient received the previously applied maneuver again.


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

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Information By: Chonbuk National University

Dates:
Date Received: May 31, 2011
Date Started: January 2009
Date Completion:
Last Updated: June 2, 2011
Last Verified: January 2009