Clinical trials: Reading
Visual Stress
The ARUTIS Study (Anglia Ruskin University Trial of the Intuitive System)
The goal of this double-masked randomised controlled trial (RCT) is to assess the symptoms of visual stress (VS), reading speed and changes in behaviour / academic performance, when wearing optimal Precision Tinted Lenses…
- Trial name
- ARUTIS (NCT06093516)
- Testing
- Tinted Lenses
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anglia Ruskin University
Language Development Disorders
Kindergarten Children Acquiring Words Through Storybook Reading
Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) are slower to learn new words than their peers, placing them at risk for academic failure.
- Trial name
- KAWStory (NCT03586479)
- Testing
- Interactive storybook reading
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
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
Vision Disparity
Are There Different Objective Fixation Disparity Values for Two Different Test Paradigms
In optometry, binocular coordination is measured subjectively. The result is subjective fixation disparity. In research different experiments have proven, that subjective and objective fixation disparity are different.
- Trial name
- NCT02735278
- Testing
- different test paradigms
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Learning Disorders
A Computerised Test for Assessing the Early Reading Skills
This study was to develop a computerised test with an adapted peripheral to assess the emerging literacy knowledge of children with mobility difficulties.
- Trial name
- NCT02797301
- Testing
- synthetic test, computerised test
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Mogi das Cruzes
Dyslexia, Developmental
Tackling Two of the Most Important Unresolved Tasks in Reading Intervention
An important question in education is how to help young children who struggle to learn to read despite being well-taught in their regular classrooms.
- Trial name
- NCT06403007
- Testing
- Phonics plus morphology, Phonics plus set-for-variability
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 964 people
- Sponsor
- York University
Cognitive Function 1, Social, Reading Problem
Cognitive Skills and Reading Speed
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between cognitive skills, reading speed and reading comprehension skills in children who will learn to read and who do not have any diagnosis.
- Trial name
- NCT06557382
- Testing
- Cognitive tests and reading-related evaluations
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Whole Exome Sequencing, Rare Diseases
PREcision Diagnostics in Rare genetIC Diseases and Tumors - Long Read Sequencing
Using long-read sequencing (LRS) technology to achieve molecular diagnosis in patients with rare genetic diseases who have already been tested by state-of-the-art genetic analysis with ambiguous or negative results.
- Trial name
- PREDICT-LRS (NCT06796751)
- Testing
- DNA/RNA sequencing and bioinformatic data analysis
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Developmental Language Disorder and Language Impairment, Specific Language Impairment
Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder During Book Reading II
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD; also referred to as specific language impairment) experience a significant deficit in language ability that is longstanding and harmful to the children's academic, social, and…
- Conditions
- Developmental Language Disorder and Language Impairment, Specific Language Impairment, Language Development
- Trial name
- NCT07048392
- Testing
- Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Spaced Retrieval condition, Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Study condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
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
Infant Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
The Effects of a Caregiver-initiated Reading Intervention to Their Infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of a caregiver-initiated reading intervention to their infant, in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), on the caregiver-infant dyad, both during hospitalization and…
- Trial name
- NCT07789145
- Testing
- Reading Intervention
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dyslexia, Learning Disorders
Comprehensive Program to Improve Reading and Writing Skills in At-Risk and Dyslexic Children
This project is evaluating programs to improve reading and writing skills in children who have or are at risk for having reading disabilities.
- Trial name
- NCT00061412
- Testing
- Comprehensive program to improve reading and writing skills
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Ophthalmological Disorder
Effect of Binocular Treatment Using a Dichoptic Reading Application in Children With Convergence Insufficiency.
Convergence insufficiency is a common disorder of binocular vision that can appear as early as childhood after visual effort, and is often associated with a variety of symptoms such as eyestrain, headaches, blurred vision and…
- Trial name
- ALEDICE (NCT06465615)
- Testing
- Self-education with dichoptic reading on tablet, Conventional orthoptic rehabilitation
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Health Knowledge, Intellectual Developmental Disorder
Easy-to-Read Content Effectiveness Evaluation
Individuals with intellectual disabilities face challenges in accessing medical services and health education due to communication barriers and limited support tools.
- Conditions
- Health Knowledge, Intellectual Developmental Disorder, Visual Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT07036575
- Testing
- Standard Visual Health Education, Easy-Read Instructor-Guided Education, Easy-Read Audio-Based Self-Learning
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Reading Disorder
A Multisensory Music Intervention for Children With Reading Disorders (RitMoZ)
With this study, we wish to test how effective/ beneficial music activities can be for children with dyslexia.
- Trial name
- NCT05137353
- Testing
- Music Training (RitMoZ Training), Spelling Training
- Where
- Hungary
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Research Centre for Natural Sciences
Literacy
Newborn Nursery Reach Out and Read
The purpose of this research study is to learn new things about how parents and others who care for babies think about sharing books with their baby and how they might respond to guidance from their doctors.
- Trial name
- NCT04147429
- Testing
- Early Literacy Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Dyslexia, Reading Disorder
Group-based Training for Parents of Children With Dyslexia
Children with dyslexia show a variety of comorbid disorders like behavior and adaptive disorders, hyperkinetic and anxiety disorders. Raising and educating a child with dyslexia is a challenging task for parents.
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Reading Disorder, Reading Disability, Developmental Reading Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT02107534
- Testing
- parent training (dyslexia)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- University of Heidelberg Medical Center
Learning Disorder, Specific, Learning Disabilities
Rhythm Training of a Serious Game on the Reading Skills of Children w/ a Specific Learning Disorder Impacting Reading
Mila-Learn-01 is a double-blind clinical study (meaning that neither the patient nor the doctor or his/her team will know which game the child has), which enables us to see the effect of a serious game on the child's reading…
- Conditions
- Learning Disorder, Specific, Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Specific Learning Disorder, With Impairment in Reading
- Trial name
- NCT05154721
- Testing
- experimental Group - Mila-Learn
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- Poppins
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Reading Disorder
Comparison of Atomoxetine and Placebo in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or Reading Disorder (RD)
To test the hypothesis that a 4 week treatment with atomoxetine is more effective than placebo in patients with combined type Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), patients with only Reading Disorder, and patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT00191906
- Testing
- Atomoxetine Hydrochloride
- Where
- 5 sites in Belgium, Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eli Lilly and Company
Social Media, Mental Health Disorder
The Impact of Shallow Reading in Social Media
Social media is pervasively used in our life. There is a research hypothesis that the information in social media is "shallow" and the long-term use of it will cause readers' addiction, insomnia, and inability to pay attention…
- Conditions
- Social Media, Mental Health Disorder, Brain Imaging
- Trial name
- NCT05097807
- Testing
- smartphone related behaviors
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tang-Du Hospital