Clinical trials: Communications Disorders
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
Communication Disorder, Childhood, Autism
Evaluating Georgia Part C Implementation Outcomes
This study aims to answer the question: What is the best way to help Early Intervention (EI) providers deliver high-quality services to children with communication delays for autism? The primary goal of this project is to examine…
- Trial name
- NCT07148258
- Testing
- Project ImPACT Training As Usual, Project ImPACT Training Plus Co-Production, Routine Project ImPACT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Advanced Care Planning, Shared Decision Making
Advance Care Planning: Communicating With Outpatients for Vital Informed Decision
This Pre-Post, open-cohort design, pragmatic trial with 150 clinicians and will evaluate the effectiveness of the use of telehealth Advanced Care Planning (ACP) Program by comparing ACP documentation among 13,000 patients over 65
- Conditions
- Advanced Care Planning, Shared Decision Making, Video Decision Aids, Communication Skills
- Trial name
- ACP-COVID (NCT04660422)
- Testing
- VitalTalk communication skills training, ACP Decisions Video Program, Intervention training:
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42,019 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Parkinson Disease
Supplementary Motor Area is a Potential Target for Speech Disturbance in Parkinson Disease
Speech disturbance is common in patients with Parkinson disease. Pharmacotherapy improves motor symptoms but has inconsistent effects on speech disturbance in PD patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05478057
- Testing
- "MAGSTIM" Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulator (rTMS) system
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Urinary Incontinence
Toilet Training and Adults With Learning Disabilities
Incontinence is common in adults with learning disabilities (LDs). Behavioural toilet training in conjunction with toilet alarms is recommended for people with LDs, but there is a paucity of research, thus evidence-based…
- Trial name
- NCT05626062
- Testing
- Toilet alarm
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Glasgow Caledonian University
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pediatric Sleep Apnea
Ambulatory Polysomnography in Neurodiverse Children: Feasibility, Quality, and Satisfaction
Laboratory polysomnography is the gold standard for objective sleep measurement. With hospital waiting times becoming increasingly long, outpatient polysomnography seems a good solution.
- Conditions
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pediatric Sleep Apnea, Periodic Leg Movements, Excessive, Sleep-Related, Polysomnography
- Trial name
- NCT06966973
- Testing
- Polysomnograpy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 563 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UPNOS
Voice and Resonance Disorders, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Voice
The goal of this clinical trial is to verify the effect on the voice of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in vocally healthy non-singers.
- Conditions
- Voice and Resonance Disorders, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Voice Disturbance
- Trial name
- NCT06544122
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Infant Nutrition Disorders, Health Behavior
Sharing Histories: Test of a Teaching Method for Community Health Workers
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an innovative methodology for training Community Health Workers that will improve their effectiveness in educating mothers to adopt best practice health behaviors in…
- Trial name
- NCT02903602
- Testing
- Sharing Histories training method for CHW, Standard training method for CHW
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Future Generations Graduate School
Sugar Sweetened Beverage Consumption, Nutrition
Testing Message Modality of Culturally Appropriate Nutrition Communication for Mexican American Women
A randomized controlled trial to test the effects of culturally appropriate nutrition communication delivered via different modalities for Mexican American women.
- Conditions
- Sugar Sweetened Beverage Consumption, Nutrition, Lifestyle-related Condition, Lifestyle Risk Reduction
- Trial name
- NCT04710108
- Testing
- Health Communication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Merced
Health Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
DIMINI - Diabetes Mellitus? - Not me!
The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is a worldwide problem. In preventing risk factors and unhealthy lifestyle through improved health literacy, chances are seen to delay or even avoid type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Literacy, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Trial name
- Dimini (NCT03482674)
- Testing
- DIMINI lifestyle intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 530 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dimini Konsortium
Coronary Artery Disease, Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Implementing Individualized Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Routine Care of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Investigators recently developed the APPROACH electronic patient reported outcome (ePROM) Survey and Clinician Report tools to collect individual results from online quality of life and health status surveys for patients with…
- Conditions
- Coronary Artery Disease, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Physician-Patient Relations
- Trial name
- NCT06164457
- Testing
- ePROM Survey
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Pain
Evaluating the Manage My Pain App in Pain Clinics
Chronic Pain is one of the most common reasons adults seek medical care, and has been linked to restrictions in mobility and daily activities, dependence on opioids, anxiety and depression, and poor perceived health or reduced…
- Trial name
- NCT05946239
- Testing
- Manage My Pain App
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 196 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
PreDiabetes, Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Risk Education and Communication Trial
A large body of research has demonstrated that intensive lifestyle interventions and metformin are effective treatments to prevent or delay diabetes among high-risk adults, yet neither treatment is routinely used in practice.
- Conditions
- PreDiabetes, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Body Weight
- Trial name
- DiRECT (NCT03283657)
- Testing
- DiRECT, Usual care (UC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia of Speech
Video Assisted Speech Technology to Enhance Motor Planning for Speech
Nearly 3.5 million Americans are diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a communication disorder that causes skill limitations in the areas of language acquisition, sensory integration, and behavior.
- Trial name
- VAST (NCT04764539)
- Testing
- Video Assisted Speech Therapy (VAST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- iTherapy, LLC
Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Mobile Phone Use
Impact of Mobile Phone Application Use on Adult BLS
The aim of the study is to investigate whether a serious smartphone game (called MOBI-CPR game) used in the home environment has an impact on the retention of adult basic life support knowledge and skills.
- Conditions
- Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Mobile Phone Use, Stress, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Trial name
- MOBI-CPR (NCT05784675)
- Testing
- MOBI-CPR game
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nino Fijačko
Non-Verbal Communication, Degenerative Neurologic Disease
Brain-computer Interface Commercial Readiness
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the commercial readiness of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Brain-Computer Interface (AAC-BCI) device for people with minimal movement who benefit from expressive…
- Trial name
- NCT06521736
- Testing
- AAC-BCI device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kendrea Garand
Communication Disabilities
Improving Communication and Healthcare Outcomes for Patients With Communication Disabilities
In the United States, 14% of all adults report a speech, language, voice, and/or hearing disability (collectively known as communication disabilities, CD).
- Trial name
- NCT04697212
- Testing
- Healthcare team- + patient-directed intervention, Healthcare team-directed intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 687 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Speech Disorders, Speech Dysfunction
Gender Disparities in Voice Outcomes After Tracheoesophageal Puncture in Total Laryngectomy Patients (UC Davis)
To perform a multi-site prospective study assessing, both subjectively and objectively, the gender disparities in speech outcomes of patients using TEP after total laryngectomy.
- Conditions
- Speech Disorders, Speech Dysfunction, Laryngectomy; Status, Tracheoesophageal Prosthesis
- Trial name
- NCT05489965
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Anxiety, Depression
Improving Patient and Family Centered Care in Advanced Critical Illness
One in five deaths in the U.S. occurs in or shortly after discharge from an intensive care unit (ICU), typically following decisions made by surrogate decision makers to forego life prolonging treatment.
- Trial name
- PARTNER (NCT01844492)
- Testing
- The PARTNER Intervention, ICU Usual Care Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
COVID-19, Cell Phone Use
Mindfulness-based Mobile Applications Program
The goal of this type of study: quasi-experimental clinical trial . The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of applying mindfulness-based mobile applications program to maintaining mental health of emergency nurses…
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Cell Phone Use, Nurse, Mental Health
- Trial name
- NCT06267534
- Testing
- mindfulness-based mobile applications program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yu-Chien Huang