Clinical trials: Communication Disorders
Breast Cancer
Narrative Visualization for Breast Cancer Survivors' Physical Activity
This study tests the feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention that combines use of a wearable activity monitor with a scrapbook.
- Trial name
- NCT03612596
- Testing
- Narrative visualization, Standard self-regulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
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
Alzheimer Disease, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease
Amyloid Prediction in Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease From Acoustic and Linguistic Patterns of Speech - FUTURE Extension
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate whether a set of algorithms analysing acoustic and linguistic patterns of speech, can predict change in PACC5 between baseline and +12 month follow up across all four Arms, as…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease (Incl Subtypes)
- Trial name
- AMYPRED-FUTURE (NCT04846426)
- Where
- 4 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Novoic Limited
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer Screening Based on Predicted Risk
The primary objective is to study the effect of communicating individual CRC risk score and screening recommendations on appropriate screening uptake at six months in individuals at low, moderate and high risk of developing CRC.
- Trial name
- PRESENT (NCT05357508)
- Testing
- Intervention brochure, Control brochure
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 515 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Hearing Loss
Randomised Study of Web-Based Auditory Training With Varying Perceptual and Cognitive Demands on Training Gains and Generalised Speech, Cognitive, and Communication Outcomes
WP1: PLUS-Auditory Training The goal of this experimental study is to better understand how task difficulty affects on-task learning thresholds and generalised benefits in two PLUS auditory training tasks involving perceptual and…
- Trial name
- PLUS-Optimal (NCT07506408)
- Testing
- Practice Listening and Understand Speech (PLUS)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Tool for Evaluating the Effectiveness of the DENVER Protocol
Early remediation of the communicative and social difficulties of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is central. However, from the age of 6-8 months, children with ASD show a lack of attention to social stimuli such as…
- Trial name
- FACECOM (NCT06253793)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Deafness; Perception, Bilateral
Plasticity and Cross-modal Interactions in Profoundly Deaf Adults
The aim of this study is to evaluate cerebral asymmetry for face processing in a group of profoundly deaf participants and a group of hearing controls by the mean of fMRI measure.
- Trial name
- PLASMODY (NCT02632214)
- Testing
- fMRI measure
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Dyslexia
Reading and Stuttering
Dyslexia is a common neurodevelopmental condition, which manifests itself in the form of reading difficulties and occurs in 7-10% of the population (Peterson \& Pennington, 2012).
- Trial name
- NCT06836115
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wafaa Helmy Abdelhakeem
Alzheimer Disease, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease
Amyloid Prediction in Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease From Acoustic and Linguistic Patterns of Speech - PAST Extension
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate whether a set of algorithms analysing acoustic and linguistic patterns of speech can detect amyloid-specific cognitive impairment in early stage Alzheimer's disease, based on…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease (Incl Subtypes)
- Trial name
- AMYPRED-PAST (NCT04851496)
- Where
- 4 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Novoic Limited
Schizophenia Disorder
CRacking the HEterogeneity of Social Outcome Through Neuropsychophysiological Profiles
CRHESO aims at overcoming the considerable burden of mental disorders, which affects both psychosocial well-being and societal welfare, through a multidisciplinary and integrated approach to explore and remediate dimensions…
- Trial name
- CRHESO (NCT06869616)
- Testing
- Cognitive Remediation
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Intellectual Disability, Developmental Delay
Establishing the Clinical Utility of First StepDx PLUS and NextStepDx PLUS Study
The study uses a randomized controlled study design of pediatric neurologists and developmental pediatricians and front-line (primary care) pediatricians to determine if use of FirstStepDx PLUS and Next StepDx PLUS are associated…
- Trial name
- NCT02414438
- Testing
- FirstStepDX PLUS and NextStepDX PLUS Webinar, FirstStepDX PLUS and NextStepDX PLUS Test Results
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Qure Healthcare, LLC
Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar
Behavioural Development, Long-term Outcomes and Opportunities to Optimize Youth Mental Health Trajectories
Behavioural Development, Long-term Outcomes and Opportunities to Optimize Youth Mental Health (BLOOM) is a project that aims to overcome age and diagnostic boundaries to generate person-specific longitudinal profiles of mental…
- Conditions
- Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar, Psychosis, Eating Disorder NOS
- Trial name
- BLOOM (NCT06978452)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 560 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Healthy Ageing, Cognitive Decline
Fitness, Ageing, and Bilingualism (FAB): The Benefits of Regular Exercise and Bilingualism for Language Abilities in Healthy Ageing.
This project investigates the relative benefits of regular physical activity and bilingualism for ameliorating cognitive decline in healthy ageing, with a particular focus on language function.
- Conditions
- Healthy Ageing, Cognitive Decline, Cardiorespiratory Fitness
- Trial name
- FAB (NCT07443189)
- Testing
- Home-Based HIIT
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 233 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Agder
Overweight Adolescents, Obesity, Adolescent
The Use of Mobile Applications in Obese and Overweight Adolescents for Health Improvement
Overweight and obesity, understood as an accumulation of abnormal and excessive fat, are the second leading cause of preventable and avoidable mortality in developed countries, with more than 340 million children and adolescents…
- Conditions
- Overweight Adolescents, Obesity, Adolescent, Physical Inactivity, Mobile Phone Use
- Trial name
- NCT06089876
- Testing
- STRAVA mobile application
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Developmental Dyslexia
Prediction and Intervention in Developmental Dyslexia
The long-term goal of this study is to improve prediction of poor reading outcome at preschool age by using a combination of behavioural and neuroimaging measures and to evaluate a specific computerized training program to…
- Trial name
- LEXI (NCT02217696)
- Testing
- Computerized reading training
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Alzheimer Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia
Identification of Graphic Markers of Neurocognitive Disorders (MG)
The diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders such as early Alzheimer's disease (AD) or primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is particularly difficult and constantly evolving, often leading to diagnostic erraticity.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Neurocognitive Disorders
- Trial name
- MG (NCT05537688)
- Testing
- Identification of Graphic Markers
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre integre universitaire de sante et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal
Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer
Ensuring Communication in Hospice by Oncology Study (ECHO)
The goal of this study is to determine if scheduled communication with the oncology team through phone calls is helpful to caregivers with the transition to hospice care.
- Conditions
- Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Uterine Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT02069769
- Testing
- communication with oncology team
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Developmental Language Disorder, Language Impairment
Emergent Bilinguals: Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment
Of the 12 million children in the USA growing up bilingual, about 1 million experience Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), a disorder in language learning and use.
- Trial name
- NCT06866223
- Testing
- Sentence recast
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
Anxiety, Anxiety Depression (Mild or Not Persistent)
The Effect of Patient-Family Communication Via Audio Recording
The study was conducted as a randomized controlled blinded study. The sample consisted of 55 patient relatives (27 in the experimental group and 28 in the control group).
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Anxiety Depression (Mild or Not Persistent), Satisfaction With Care
- Trial name
- NCT06627725
- Testing
- Patient-Family Communication
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yasemin Kalkan Uğurlu
Influenza, Vaccination Coverage
Communication Intervention to Improve Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Elderly in Can Tho
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a multi-component community-based communication intervention to increase influenza vaccination rates among adults aged above 65 years in Can Tho City, Vietnam.
- Conditions
- Influenza, Vaccination Coverage, Health Communication
- Trial name
- CIVECT (NCT07508189)
- Testing
- Multi-component Health Communication Package
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 1,237 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy