NCT06319534Completed
Stellate Ganglion Block in Bulbar Palsy
A Randomized Controlled Study to Explore the Effect of Stellate Ganglion Block in Dysphagic Patients With Bulbar Palsy After Ischemic Stroke
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a randomized controlled study, including dysphagic patients with bulbar palsy after ischemic stroke who were received in the department of rehabilitation medicine in 3 hospitals in China. All patients are randomly allocated to the observation group or the control group. Both groups are provided with comprehensive rehabilitation. Besides, the observation group additionally undergoes the stellate ganglion block. At admission and after 10-day treatment, video fluoroscopic swallowing study, ultrasound diagnostic devices, and penetration-aspiration scale, Flexible laryngoscope are used to assess swallowing function.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 124 (actual)
- First submitted
- 10 Mar 2024
- Start date
- 23 Mar 2024
- Primary completion date
- 5 Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Zeng Xi
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT06319534
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 124
- From 23 Mar 2024 to the primary completion date, 5 Jun 2025
- 6 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Complicated with other neurological diseases.
- Simultaneously suffering from liver, kidney failure, tumors, or hematological diseases.
- Dysphagia caused by other possible diseases.
Other
- Contraindications for Stellate Ganglion Block..
- Structural abnormalities of the oropharynx.
- Tracheostomy tube inserted.
- Pregnant females.
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnosed with ischemic stroke according to the diagnostic criteria, with the stroke occurring in the medulla oblongata and diagnosed as bulbar palsy.
- Age \>18 years.
- First-time stroke.
- Steady vital signs,
- Transferred or admitted to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine within 15-30d after onset.
- No cognitive impairment or aphasia, with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment score ≥21 points.
- No history of severe mental illness or psychotropic drug dependence.
- Unsafe or insufficient oral intake, indicating the need for enteral feeding
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (6)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| zhongshan affiliated No.1 Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guandong | China | Unknown status |
| HLJ older people hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Heilongjiang | China | Unknown status |
| Lankao Renmen Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Henan | China | Unknown status |
| NY zhongxin Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naning | China | Unknown status |
| People's Hospital of SN tequ Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Suzhu | China | Unknown status |
| Department of rehabilitation medicine, the first ZU hospital north campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zhenzhou | China | Unknown status |
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