Clinical trials: Communications Disorders
Brain Cancer, Glioblastoma
Coping With Glioblastoma: A Study of Communication Between Physicians, Patients, and Caregivers
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the way physicians communicate with brain tumor patients. This study will look at how oncologists provide information about brain tumors, brain scan results, and treatment options.
- Trial name
- NCT02375841
- Testing
- psychometric tests, questionnaires and neurocognitive assessments
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 309 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
COVID-19, Vaccine Hesitancy
Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy With Muliti-Level Interventions in Appalachia
The purpose of this community-engaged study is to test the ability of county-level strategies to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccination.
- Trial name
- K-VAC (NCT06505993)
- Testing
- Health Communication, Health Communication + Structural
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marc Kiviniemi
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
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Milieu Teaching-AV: Adaptation of Milieu Teaching That Encourages Looking to the Mouth
This project will look at Milieu Teaching (i.e., a language intervention) that encourages looking to audiovisual speech cues (Milieu Teaching-AV) for infants with autistic older siblings (Baby Sibs), who are highly likely be…
- Conditions
- Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Susceptibility to, 6
- Trial name
- MilieuTeach-AV (NCT07494513)
- Testing
- Milieu Teaching-AV, Milieu Teaching-NoAV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Sickle Cell Disease
Development and Evaluation of an Information Management System and Communication System for Population-wide Point-of-care Infant Sickle Cell Disease Screening
Although over 75% of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are born in sub-Sahara where the disease highly contributes to under-5 mortality and causes life-long debilitation, evidence-based strategies to control SCD are not…
- Trial name
- SIMCS SCD (NCT06563440)
- Testing
- Digital app and information system
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 24,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Focus Group Study of UK Nursing and Midwifery Council Registrant Nursing Associates Working in Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Services
MHLDA Nursing Associates Focus Group
Focus group study of UK Nursing and Midwifery Council registrant nursing associates working in mental health, learning disability and autism services
- Trial name
- NCT07009431
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
Measles, Mumps
Making Decisions About the Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
The goal of this study is to determine whether a computer-based intervention that delivers individually-tailored educational messages about the MMR vaccine increases MMR vaccine-hesitant parents' intentions to have their children…
- Conditions
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella, MMR Vaccination
- Trial name
- NCT01369394
- Testing
- Behavioral: Computer-based tailoring system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Safety and Feasibility of the EyeControl Device
The EyeControl device is an eye movement-based communication device in the form of wearable glasses with connected infrared cam-era that tracks the pupil and translates blinks and movements into commands.This study is aimed to…
- Trial name
- NCT02891629
- Testing
- EyeControl device
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eyefree Assisting Communication Ltd
Morals, Covid19
Medical Triage in a Time of Scarce Resources.
The XPHI-COVID-2 randomized study aims to investigate the moral choices in a context of scarce resources. The participants are asked to complete the questionnaire of the Oxford Utilitarianism Scale and are exposed to medical…
- Conditions
- Morals, Covid19, Ethics, Narrative
- Trial name
- XPHI-COVID-2 (NCT04982770)
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
Primary Snore, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Mild and Moderate).
Effects of Oropharyngeal Exercises on Patients With Primary Snore, Mild and Moderate Obstructive
Randomized study of patients with primary snore, mild and moderate obstructive sleep apnea. Protocol include 40 patients randomized to oropharyngeal exercise or use of nasal dilator, breathing exercise and nasal lavage.
- Trial name
- EOE (NCT01636856)
- Testing
- Oropharyngeal exercises, Respiratory exercises, nasal dilator, nasal lavage
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Measurement, Psychological Stress, Speech Disorders
The Mere-measurement Effect of Patient-reported Outcomes
The use of patient-reported outcome (PROs) have become increasingly commonplace across many healthcare settings over the past two decades. The value of PROs is now acknowledged by healthcare providers and patients alike.
- Conditions
- Measurement, Psychological Stress, Speech Disorders, Assessment, Self
- Trial name
- NCT06443073
- Testing
- Patient-reported outcomes for speech disorders: positive
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
Risk Education and Assessment for Cancer Heredity
Individuals living in geographically underserved areas encounter considerable barriers to access of quality cancer genetic services.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Genetic Predisposition
- Trial name
- REACH (NCT01346761)
- Testing
- Telephone Genetic Counseling, In-Person Genetic Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,012 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Central Auditory Disease, Auditory Processing Disorder, Central
taVNS Effect on Central Auditory Processing
The behavioral effects of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and observed activation in the auditory cortex with transcutaneous auricular VNS (taVNS) raise questions about their potential impact on auditory processing.
- Conditions
- Central Auditory Disease, Auditory Processing Disorder, Central, Auditory Processing Disorders, Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT06970444
- Testing
- transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medipol University
Cerebral Palsy
The Follow Study of Speech Functions in Preschool Children With Cerebral Palsy: Clinical Measures and Acoustic Analysis
The aims of this study: 1. to investigate the difference in motor speech functions among children with cerebral palsy (CP) of different motor severities. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT02378987
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Stuttering, Adult
Dopamine and Sensorimotor Function in Stuttering
This study is being done to understand the effect of aripiprazole on adults who stutter. Stuttering is a disorder that affects speech fluency.
- Trial name
- NCT07215884
- Testing
- Aripiprazole 10 MG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Stuttering, Childhood, Executive Dysfunction
Executive Function Performance in Children Who Stutter
The study aims to asses the executive function in children who stutter for better management of those children
- Trial name
- NCT05640440
- Testing
- Executive function testing
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
Mother-Child Relations, Preterm Birth
The 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study
This is the fourth birth cohort to be carried out in the city of Pelotas (Brazil) including more than 4 thousand children followed-up since the pre-natal period to study maternal-child health.
- Conditions
- Mother-Child Relations, Preterm Birth, Infant Development, Breast Feeding
- Trial name
- NCT03271723
- Testing
- Observational study
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 4,275 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Pelotas
Developmental Language Disorder and Language Impairment
Efficacy of Let's Know! First Grade
Oral language skills are vital for reading comprehension. Some children, however, are at increased risk for reading comprehension difficulties due to underlying oral language deficits.
- Trial name
- NCT06945289
- Testing
- Let's Know!
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Family Conflict, Marital Conflict
Families of Youth with Developmental Disabilities: a Theory-Based Intervention
This study is designed to evaluate a preventive intervention program designed to support families (parents and typically developing adolescent siblings) that include a child with an intellectual and/or developmental disability.
- Conditions
- Family Conflict, Marital Conflict, Communication
- Trial name
- NCT03495440
- Testing
- Center Sessions, At-home
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Notre Dame
Infantile Colic, Microbial Colonization
The Effect of Probiotic Added to Maternal Diet on Infantile Colic and Intestinal Microbiota Content
This study aims to investigate the effect of probiotic added to the diet of mothers on infantile colic in the postpartum period and the content of the neonatal intestinal microbiota.
- Conditions
- Infantile Colic, Microbial Colonization, Crying
- Trial name
- NCT04374955
- Testing
- Activia Probiotics Shot, Routine care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Halic University