Clinical trials: Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Effect of Velopharyngeal Gap Size on Laryngeal Morphology and Vocal Function in Children With VPI
Speech production relies on the precise coordination of the respiratory, phonatory, resonatory, and articulatory systems . The velopharyngeal mechanism is essential in separating the oral and nasal cavities during speech and…
- Trial name
- NCT07832812
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal Incompetence Due to Cleft Palate
Expiratory Muscle Strength Training for Hypernasal Speech in Children
When the soft palate does not move enough because of a cleft palate or for unknown reasons, this can lead to a speech difference called velopharyngeal insufficiency.
- Conditions
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal Incompetence Due to Cleft Palate, Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure, Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
- Trial name
- NCT05492266
- Testing
- Expiratory Muscle Strength Training, Maintenance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Noel Jabbour
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Real Time MRI
Etiological Study of Persistent Velopharyngeal Insufficiency in Children With Operated Velopalatine Cleft by Analysis of Velopharyngeal Motor Skills in Static and Dynamic MRI
Velopharyngeal insufficiency is defined as the inability of the soft palate to isolate the nasopharynx from the oropharynx. It is a frequent sequela in patients with a velopalatine cleft despite anatomical restoration of the soft…
- Conditions
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Real Time MRI, Cleft Palate
- Trial name
- FENTIRM (NCT06072495)
- Testing
- real time MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Cleft Palate, Cleft Palate, Unilateral, Complete
MRI Assessment of Velopharyngeal Anatomy After Modified Furlow-Buccinator Flap in Late Primary Palate Repair
The goal of this case series study is to learn if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can show how well the palate and throat muscles work at rest and during speech after late cleft palate repair.
- Conditions
- Cleft Palate, Cleft Palate, Unilateral, Complete, Cleft Lip, Cleft Alveolus and Cleft Palate, Cleft Palate Repair
- Trial name
- NCT07514091
- Testing
- Modified Furlow Palatoplasty combined with buccinator myomucosal flap
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency in Children With Isolated or Combined Cleft Palate
Prospective Evaluation of Speech Function Through Patient- and Parent-response Outcome Measurements in Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) is the most common congenital malformation, with about one in 500 children born with CL/P in Sweden, corresponding to approximately 175 births annually.
- Trial name
- NCT05838261
- Testing
- Pharyngeal flap
- Where
- 6 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Superiorly Based Pharyngeal Flap Versus Myomucosal Resection and Direct Closure
Patients were classified into two groups. Group (A) patients included fifty patients had velopharyngeal insufficiency and were surgically corrected by the superiorly based pharyngeal flap.
- Trial name
- NCT06343623
- Testing
- myomucosal resection and direct closure, superiorly based flap
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Minia University
Cleft Palate, Tube Disorders Eustachian
Exercises for Improving Soft Palate and Eustachian Tube Function in Children With Ear Tubes With or Without Cleft Palate
Elevation of the soft palate (the soft part of the roof of the mouth) during swallowing helps the Eustachian tube to open and keep the ear healthy.
- Conditions
- Cleft Palate, Tube Disorders Eustachian, Velopharyngeal Incompetence Due to Cleft Palate, Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
- Trial name
- NCT03868891
- Testing
- EMST150
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Noel Jabbour
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Effect of Adenotonsillectomy on Velopharyngeal Valve Mechanism
1. To assess safety of tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy result toVelopharyngeal Valve Mechanism. 2. To predict and prevent post adenotonsillectomy velopharyngeal dysfunction.
- Trial name
- NCT05820529
- Testing
- adenotonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Buccinator Myomucosal Flap With Furlow Palatoplasty and VPI
Nasopharyngoscopic examination of the 20 patients with secondary VPI following 2 flap palatoplasty will be done for visualization of the velopharyngeal port, allowing assessment of the pattern and grade of velopharyngeal closure…
- Trial name
- NCT05626933
- Testing
- Buccinator myomucosal flap with Furlow palatoplasty
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Fayoum University
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Influence of Medical Clowning in Videofluoroscopic Examination of Pediatric Speech Disorder
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a participation of a medical clown in videofluoroscopic examination of pediatric speech disorder such as velopharyngeal inadequacy, improves the collaboration of the pediatric…
- Trial name
- NCT02701322
- Testing
- Medical clown
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Articulation Disorders
Efficacy of an Arabic Articulatory Error Remediation Software Program in Patients With Velopharyngeal Valve Dysfunction:
To develop a remediation software program that is specific for correcting speech errors in patients with velopharyngeal dysfunction in the Arabic language and test its efficacy, on one group comparing pre and post results
- Conditions
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Articulation Disorders, Hypernasality Syndrome Due to Velopharyngeal Weakness
- Trial name
- NCT04392817
- Testing
- Arabic Articulatory Error Remediation software program
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Alaa Mamdouh
Cleft Palate
Semi-occluded Vocal Tract Exercise in Velopharyngeal Dysfunction in Patients With Cleft Palate
Analyze the effect of SOVTE (Semi-occluded Vocal Tract Exercise), with high resistance tube, on the velopharyngeal mechanism, for speech rehabilitation of twelve patients with cleft palate with vocal alterations, after four…
- Trial name
- NCT03966482
- Testing
- Group before-after
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal Incompetence Due to Cleft Palate
Partial Adenoidectomy in Cases of Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
The velopharyngeal valve is a tridimensional muscular valve that is located between the oral and nasal cavities. It consists of the lateral and posterior pharyngeal walls as well as the soft palate.
- Trial name
- NCT03469973
- Testing
- Partial adenoidectomy
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Submucosa/Mucosal Pharyngeal Flap Trial
The investigators want to compare two different surgical techniques for the treatment of a condition called velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD).
- Trial name
- NCT03187600
- Testing
- Mucosa/submucosa Pharyngeal Flap, Standard of Care Pharyngeal Flap
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
A Study of Border Line Cases of Velopharyngeal Incompetence Using Cephalometry and Nasofibroscopy
The aim of this work is to evaluate the role of cephalometry \&nasofibroscopy as objective tools in order to confirm the diagnosis based upon the clinical judgment of border line cases suspected to have velopharyngeal…
- Trial name
- NCT03259061
- Testing
- Flexible fiberoptic nasopharyngoscopy
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University