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Randomized Multicenter Study of Treatment of Horizontal Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
In Brief
A Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating Gufoni maneuver, Head-shaking maneuver, and 1 other intervention for HC-BPPV. Completed, enrolled 157 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study was to compare the immediate efficacies of each treatment maneuvers in treatment of apogeotropic horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (HC-BPPV).
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
For Gufoni maneuver,16,18 the patient was quickly brought down to the side-lying position on the affected ear from the sitting position. After one minute in this position, the head of the patient was quickly turned 45O upward, so that the nose directed upward. Approximately 2 minutes later, the patient was returned to the upright position (Figure 2A).
For head-shaking maneuver,15 patients were brought into a sitting position. After pitching the head forward by approximately 30O, we moved the head sideways in a sinusoidal fashion at an approximate rate of 3 Hz for 15 seconds.
For the sham maneuver, patients quickly lied on the unaffected side, and returned to the sitting position after one minute.