Treatment of Posterior Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo With Mechanical Rotational Chair.

Aalborg University Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo; BPPV

Treatments: Procedure: The 360 Degree Maneuver; Procedure: The Epley Maneuver; Device: Mechanical rotational chair

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05834452

20220060

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of treatment efficacy of Epley maneuver and 360 maneuver in a mechanical rotational chair (TRV chair) in patient with posterior benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Full description

Open-label, randomized controlled trial comparing the Epley maneuver with the 360 maneuver using the TRV chair in both scenarios. Patients diagnosed with posterior BPPV will be randomized to receive treatment with either the Epley maneuver or the 360 maneuver.

Enrollment: 128 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age above 18 years
• Confirmed unilateral p-BPPV (canalithiasis and cupulolithiasis)
• Understand written and spoken Danish

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Weight ≥ 150 kg and or Height ≥ 2m
• Not possible to attend follow-up visits
• Insufficient cooperation during diagnostic testing or treatment in the mechanical rotational chair
• Have received treatment for BPPV in a mechanical rotational chair within the last 6 months
• Sedative antihistamines are taken within the past 7 days
• Comorbidities: Heart failure (EF<40), known cerebral aneurysm, cerebrovascular events (<3 months), and dissection disease
• Spontaneous or gaze evoked nystagmus.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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128 participants in 2 patient groups

the Epley Maneuver

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treatment of BPPV with the Epley Maneuver in the TRV chair. No kinetic energy will be used.

Treatment:

Device: Mechanical rotational chair

Procedure: The Epley Maneuver

the 360 Maneuver

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treatment of BPPV with the 360 Maneuver in the TRV chair.

Treatment:

Procedure: The 360 Degree Maneuver

Device: Mechanical rotational chair