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Influence of Central Versus Peripheral Vestibular Stimulation on Recovery Outcomes in Patients With Peripheral Vestibular Disorders

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What is being tested

repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

+ Galvanic stimulation

Device
Who is being recruted

From 30 to 60 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Interventional
Study Start: February 2019
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Summary

Principal SponsorCairo University
Study ContactReham A.M. Ahmed, PhdMore contacts
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: February 1, 2019

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

A pilot study has been recruited to calculate sample size and determine rTMs protocol that will be utilized during the study were two protocols has been compared and according to pilot study results collaborated with literature review a established protocol has been utilized. The subjects of both genders with age 30 to 60 will be allocated randomly into three equal groups A, B and C. Group A Outcomes measure will include : VNG (videonystagmography), Dizziness handicapped inventory, Berg balance scale, Vestibular disorders activities of daily living scale(VADL). Assessment will be done before and after treatment sessions.

Official TitleInfluence of Central Versus Peripheral Vestibular Stimulation on Recovery Outcomes in Patients With Peripheral Vestibular Disorders
NCT04010435
Principal SponsorCairo University
Study ContactReham A.M. Ahmed, PhdMore contacts
Last updated: January 28, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

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Design Details

60 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

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Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 30 to 60 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

9 inclusion criteria required to participate
Definite diagnosis with unilateral peripheral vestibular disorders from audiologist or neurologist.
The patient's age will be ranged from thirty to sixty years old.
Patients will experience at least two symptoms of common symptoms of peripheral vestibular disorders.
Symptoms of vertigo and nystagmus lasting from seconds to one minute.
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12 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Benign positional vertigo.
Central vestibular disorders ( Ms, ataxia, migraine headache, posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome "PICA").
Vertigo that arises from changes in head position not related to gravity; as vertigo of cervical origin or vascular origin ( Vertebro- basilar insufficiency "VBI").
Previous surgery of the ear.
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Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Active Comparator
Twenty randomly assigned patients with unilateral peripheral vestibular disorders will undergo 10 Hz rTMS to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of their dominant hemisphere; in addition to designed vestibular rehabilitation exercises.

Group II

Active Comparator
Twenty randomly assigned patients with unilateral peripheral vestibular disorders will undergo galvanic vestibular stimulation; in addition to designed vestibular rehabilitation exercises.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

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Cairo university

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