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Research type: |
Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
A randomised controlled trial of the use of aciclovir and/or prednisolone for the early treatment of Bell's palsy: the BELLS study (Sullivan) 154 pages, Volume 13, number 47 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta13470 |
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Headline: |
Study supports the early use of oral prednisolone in Bell's palsy as an effective and cost-effective treatment, and shows no effect for aciclovir, either alone or in combination with steroids |
This report should be referenced as follows: |
Sullivan F M, Swan I R C, Donnan P T, Morrison J M, Smith B H, McKinstry B, et al. A randomised controlled trial of the use of aciclovir and/or prednisolone for the early treatment of Bell's palsy: the BELLS study. Health Technol Assess 2009;13(47). |
Project ref: |
02/09/04 |
Original project title: |
BELL'S trial: bell's palsy: early acyclovir or prednisolone in Scotland |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Frank Michael Sullivan, Director, SSPC, Division of Clinical and Population Sciences and Education, University of Dundee |
Project Website |
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/bells/ |
Project Email |
bells@tcgp.dundee.ac.uk |
Start Date: |
November 2003 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
October 2009 |
Cost: |
£658,347 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
BELL-PALSY Q-drug-therapy; ACYCLOVIR Q-therapeutic-use; ANTIVIRAL-AGENTS Q-therapeutic-use; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY-AGENTS Q-therapeutic-use; PREDNISOLONE Q-therapeutic-use (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMAN; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL; SCOTLAND; MULTICENTER-STUDY; FOLLOW-UP-STUDIES (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
ISRCTN* number: | ISRCTN 71548196 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN71548196 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484131805 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
117 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
Downloads/Views of electronic version from website: |
16627 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 27th July 2010. |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1375 |
Outputs from this project
- Sullivan, F; Daly, F. The Scottish Bell's Palsy Study. Scottish Primary Care, 47, Feb 2006, p. 10.
- Sulliavn, F; Daly, F. The Scottish Bell's Palsy Study. Scottish Primary Care.
- Sullivan, FM; Swan, IRC; Donnan, PT; Morrison, JM; Smith, BH; McKinstry, B; Davenport, RJ; Vale, L; Clarkson, JE; Daly, F. Early treatment with Prednisolone or Aciclovir and recovery in Bell's palsy. NEJM, Volume 357:1598-1607 October 18, 2007 Number 16.
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