Clinical trials: Communication
Adolescent Behavior, Violence in Adolescence
A Feasibility Trial of Sisterhood 2.0
This pilot quasi-experimental community based trial examines the feasibility of a sexual violence and adolescent relationship abuse prevention program for girls aged 14-19.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Violence in Adolescence, Group, Peer, Violence, Non-accidental
- Trial name
- NCT04388696
- Testing
- Sisterhood 2.0
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Selective Mutism
Randomised Controlled Treatment Study of Selective Mutism
Selective mutism (SM) describes inhibited and withdrawn children who are persistently mute in central situations despite ability to talk. SM may cause great suffering and create problems, both socially and related to learning.
- Trial name
- NCT01002196
- Testing
- Stimulus fading procedures, Guidance on defocused communication
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse
Stress
Impact of Serial Bedside Video Calls on Stress Level in Parents of Infants Admitted to NICU
The goal of this randomized prospective interventional study is to determine if serial bedside video calls w/audio feature to NICU parents in addition to the routine phone and/or bedside updates can reduce parental stress level.
- Trial name
- NCT06252883
- Testing
- Serial bedside video call communication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Cook County Health
Pain, Anxiety
Vibrating, Cold Device for Pediatric Intravenous (IV) Cannulation Pain Relief
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of Buzzy®, a battery-powered reusable device that provides cold and vibration, in reducing the pain associated with intravenous (IV) cannulation.
- Trial name
- NCT01394250
- Testing
- Buzzy, Topical Lidocaine 4% Cream
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Stuttering
Development and Pilot Testing of Virtually Simulated Intervention for Patients Having Stuttering
This study aims to develop and pilot test a culturally appropriate virtual reality (VR)-based speech restructuring intervention for individuals with stuttering in Pakistan.
- Trial name
- NCT07833969
- Testing
- Virtually Simulated Intervention
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Language Development Disorders
Using Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) With Children Who Have Language Delays.
The study aims to explore whether the intervention Video Interactive Guidance (VIG) has an impact on the development of the language and sociocognitive skills of children aged between 2 and 5 with identified language delays.
- Trial name
- NCT06250218
- Testing
- Video Interactive Guidance (VIG)
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sheffield
Dyslexia
Evaluation of the Performance and Safety of a Medical Device Developed to Improve the Reading of Dyslexic Patients
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new medical device on the improvement of reading skills of dyslexic patients.
- Trial name
- DysLight (NCT04157829)
- Testing
- Scintilling lamp, Classic lamp
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- SATT Ouest Valorisation
Education
Effectiveness of an Early Reading Intervention for Young Children With Intellectual Disabilities Who Need or Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
The goal of this 2x2 factorial randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of two literacy interventions delivered at different time points, in kindergarten and in first grade, on the development of literacy…
- Trial name
- NCT07116200
- Testing
- Early Literacy Intervention in Kindergarten, Literacy Intervention in First Grade
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Ostfold University College
Child Acute Malnutrition
The Effect of Integrated Prevention and Treatment on Child Malnutrition and Health in Burkina Faso: a Cluster Randomized Intervention Study
Globally, child undernutrition is the underlying cause for 3.1 million deaths of children younger than 5 years. 18.7 million children under five years of age suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and an additional 33…
- Trial name
- PROMIS-BF (NCT02245152)
- Testing
- LNS, Child's health and nutrition topics, National policy well-baby visits
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Literacy
Reach Home and Read
This will be a time series prospective cohort and comparison group design to evaluate the effect on home literacy environments of the Reach Home and Read intervention as compared to standard programming provided by home visiting…
- Trial name
- NCT03699592
- Testing
- Reach Home and Read Toolkit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
End of Life, Communication
Informational Meetings for Planning and Coordinating Treatment
This prospective cluster-randomized trial examines the efficacy of a novel communication intervention delivered by trained physician and nurse dyads to parents of children with cancer within the clinicians' practice, to foster…
- Conditions
- End of Life, Communication, Cancer Metastatic
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT04330833)
- Testing
- Novel Communication Intervention, Enhanced Usual Care Parent Education
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Psychological
The Effect of Therapeutic Communication Program on the Psychological State of Children
Earthquake is a disaster that causes physical, psychological, social, economic and cultural losses for individuals and affects/interrupts all age groups and normal life.
- Trial name
- NCT06275711
- Testing
- Therapeutic communication methods
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Selective Mutism
Web-Based CBT Protocol for Treatment of Selective Mutism
The main aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a web-based CBT protocol (entitled Meeky Mouse) in the treatment of children with Selective Mutism in Singapore.
- Trial name
- NCT02009839
- Testing
- Meeky Mouse program, Computer Games
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- National Healthcare Group, Singapore
Anxiety Disorder, Depression
Educational Counseling in Improving Communication and Quality of Life in Spouses and Breast Cancer Patients
This randomized clinical trial studies educational counseling in improving communication and quality of life in spouses and breast cancer patients.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Ductal Breast Carcinoma in Situ, Lobular Breast Carcinoma in Situ
- Trial name
- NCT01723943
- Testing
- educational intervention, counseling intervention, psychosocial support for caregiver
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Autistic Disorder
Clinical and Neurophysiological Evolutions Through a Functional Rehabilitation of Social Communication in ASD
This study aims to identify clinical and biological markers which would allow to evaluate precisely the evolution of children with autism spectrum disorders throughout intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT02444117
- Testing
- functional rehabilitation of social communication
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Tours
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Language Disorders
Early Treatment of Language Impairment in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder With Leucovorin Calcium
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the cognitive and behavioral effects of liquid leucovorin calcium on young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and determine whether it improves language as well as the…
- Trial name
- NCT04060017
- Testing
- Levoleucovorin Calcium
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center
Developmental Language Disorders
Treating Passive Structure Knowledge Deficits in School-Age Children With Developmental Language Disorder
The goal of this project is to compare the relative effectiveness of two novel treatments to improve the knowledge of the passive sentence structure of school-age (8-11-year-old) children with developmental language disorder…
- Trial name
- DLDTreatment (NCT06932016)
- Testing
- Grammar Treatment
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio University
Dyslexia, Aging Problems
Neuroplasticity of Multisensory Cortical Areas Induced by Musical Training: a Translational Approach (MusicPlast)
Exploiting recent methodological advancements, several neuroimaging studies suggested that multisensory integration emerges from a dynamic interplay of distributed regions operating in large-scale networks.
- Trial name
- MusicPlast (NCT03786185)
- Testing
- MusicPlast, MusicPlast Control
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Refractive Error, Visual Impairment
The Baltimore Reading and Eye Disease Study
The Baltimore Reading and Eye Disease Study (BREDS) is a two year study to determine the prevalence of vision problems in an early school age population with reading difficulty.
- Conditions
- Refractive Error, Visual Impairment, Convergence Insufficiency, Reading Disabilities
- Trial name
- BREDS (NCT02607384)
- Testing
- Eyeglass wearing, Orthoptic exercises, Specialist referral
- Volunteers
- 328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Child Developmental Delay, Child Development
CASITA Intervention for Children at Risk of Delay in Carabayllo, Peru
Building on an intervention for early child development from the SPARK Center in Boston, Socios En Salud (SES) pilot tested "CASITA" a community-based package to screen and treat young children (ages 1-3 years of age) diagnosed…
- Conditions
- Child Developmental Delay, Child Development, Community Health Workers, Low Income Population
- Trial name
- NCT03010306
- Testing
- CASITA
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital