Clinical trials: Communication Research
Communication
Spreading Teen-Recorded Inspirational Videos to Engage Schoolmates
While few students may consider a career in research at baseline, receiving information from peers via online social networks represents a potential way of reaching underserved minority students.
- Trial name
- STRIVES (NCT02065206)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 554 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Reading Disability
University of Washington Reading & Dyslexia Research Program
Subjects are recruited for a pre-kindergarten education program focusing on early literacy skills. Primary outcomes are improvement in letter knowledge and changes in brain response to text.
- Trial name
- NCT03945097
- Testing
- preK
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Developmental Disability, Development Delay
Electronic Patient-reported Outcomes (e-PROs) in Early Intervention
A major goal of early intervention (EI) is to employ a family-centered approach to helping children to optimally function at home and in the community. However, the effects of EI are poorly understood.
- Trial name
- NCT03904797
- Testing
- Young Children's Participation and Environment Measure (YC-PEM) electronic patient-reported outcome (e-PRO)
- Volunteers
- 149 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Autism, Social Emotional Development Delays
Testing a Blended Social-Communication and Social-Emotional Intervention for Autistic Toddlers
Autistic toddlers often need support to develop both social-communication and social-emotional skills. Social communication (such as making requests or sharing attention) is usually addressed in early intervention, but…
- Trial name
- BALANCED (NCT07748780)
- Testing
- Blended Intervention (Project ImPACT + Pyramid Model), Project ImPACT, Pyramid Model Universal Practices
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor University
Food Security, Poverty
Sustainability of Impacts of Cash Transfers, Food Transfers, and Behavior Change Communication in Bangladesh
This study assesses the sustainability of impacts, 4 years post-program, from a pilot safety net program that was implemented from May 2012-April 2014.
- Conditions
- Food Security, Poverty, Child Nutrition, Child Development
- Trial name
- TMRI (NCT03810300)
- Testing
- Cash transfer, Food transfer, Food and cash transfer
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Vaping, Adolescent Behavior
Social Media Anti-Vaping Messages to Reduce ENDS Use Among Sexual and Gender Minority Teens
The investigators long-term goal is to reduce tobacco use and tobacco-related health disparities among SGM populations. The objective of Project SMART (Social Media Anti-Vaping Messages to Reduce ENDS Use Among Sexual and Gender…
- Conditions
- Vaping, Adolescent Behavior, Communication Research
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT06308081)
- Testing
- Tailored
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Developmental Delays
Empower EI: Comparing Early Intervention Approaches to Improve Communication in Toddlers With Developmental Delays
This study is testing three ways to deliver Early Intervention (EI) services for toddlers with developmental disabilities (DD). Children enrolled in EI speech therapy will receive one of three approaches: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT07227974
- Testing
- Therapist-Delivered Early Intervention Approach, Caregiver Coaching Early Intervention Approach, Parents Taking Action
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,269 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
ASD, GDD
Developmental Regression-related Disease Research and Achievement Transformation Innovation Team
The incidence rate of developmental regression is gradually increasing. In the early stages of children's development, both ASD and DD patients can experience developmental regression, which in turn aggravates cognitive function…
- Trial name
- NCT06155214
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chen Li
Family Research
Addressing Mental Health Disparities in Refugee Children
The proposed study will employ a cross-cultural Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach to build from prior needs assessments and mixed-methods research to evaluate the effectiveness of the Family Strengthening…
- Trial name
- NCT03796065
- Testing
- FSI-R Treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 354 people
- Sponsor
- Boston College
DDX3X, Mental Retardation, X-linked 102
DDX3X Syndrome -The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment is Characterizing DDX3X-related Neurodevelopmental Disorders Using Genetic, Medical, and Neuropsychological Measures.
DDX3X syndrome is a genetic cause of intellectual disability and other neurologic features including, in some cases, autism. Variants in the DDX3X gene are thought to account for 1-3% of unexplained intellectual disability in…
- Conditions
- DDX3X, Mental Retardation, X-linked 102, Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03718910
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Family Health, Happiness and Harmony, Physical Health
Happy Family Kitchen Movement Project
In recent years, Hong Kong is undergoing rapid changes together with macro social and economic trends. The increasingly complex and diverse family structure is leading to a major concern in the well-being of families, including…
- Conditions
- Family Health, Happiness and Harmony, Physical Health, Psychosocial Health, Family Communication
- Trial name
- HFKM (NCT02563613)
- Testing
- Physical Exercise (PE), Healthy Diet (HD), Wait-list Control (C)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,419 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Participant Database for Autism Research Studies
The purpose of this study is to create a subject database to recruit for current and future studies in research on autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities.
- Trial name
- NCT00549731
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Absenteeism
Reopening Schools Safely and Educating Youth Research- Early Learning Ancillary Study
This is a single arm, pre/post intervention study to a larger trial that will examine the effect of health education with comic books and videos on COVID-19 preventive behaviors (masking, social distancing, testing and vaccine…
- Trial name
- NCT05965323
- Testing
- Health Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Cleft Lip and Palate, Speech Disorders in Children
High and Low Intensity Speech Intervention in Children With a Cleft Palate: Perceptions of Children, Their Caregivers and Speech-language Pathologists
A cleft (lip and) palate (CP±L) is the most common congenital abnormality of the face and skull with a significant social impact, affecting speech, hearing, feeding, oral behavior, dentition and satisfaction with appearance.
- Trial name
- NCT06895395
- Testing
- High intensive combined phonetic-phonological intervention, Low intensive combined phonetic-phonological intervention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Communication Research
Project Resurgence Communication Trial
Randomized, double-blind, of standard of care vs additional communication and factorial design of intervention letter vs. control letter and EHR vs mail delivery mechanism in patients who canceled visits and did not reschedule…
- Trial name
- NCT04418947
- Testing
- Communication type
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11,120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Autistic Disorder
Research in Autism: Parent Intervention
The purpose of this research project was to systematically compare two widely used types of intervention programs for children with autism within a parent training model.
- Trial name
- NCT01258465
- Testing
- Pivotal Response Training, Picture Exchange Communication System
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Substance Use Disorders
Enhancing Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment
The ultimate goal of this research is to facilitate rapid enhancement of youth substance abuse treatments by determining the key mechanisms of change (i.e., what to target more intensely to generate better outcomes).
- Trial name
- NCT03249350
- Testing
- Standard Contingency Management (CM), Enhanced Contingency Management (CM+)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Social Learning Center
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia
Communication Bridge Speech Therapy Research Study
This is a study on Internet-based video-practice speech and language therapy for persons with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), or related conditions.
- Trial name
- CB (NCT02439853)
- Testing
- Monthly Check-in Session
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Language Development
Single Case Research Design: Deaf Children's Language Outcomes
Eight deaf children in kindergarten to 3rd grade classes will be randomly selected for single case research. Their language skills will be monitored and assessed daily.
- Trial name
- NCT06722261
- Testing
- Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Head and Neck Carcinoma
Collection of Clinical Data and Specimens for Research on Head and Neck and Communication Disorders
Study Description: It may be in the interest of the NIDCD Clinical Research Program (CRP) to collect clinical data or specimens generated in the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck or communication disorders and to evaluate…
- Trial name
- NCT04618432
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)