Clinical trials: Communications Disorders
Dyslexia, Dysphasia
Developmental Language Difficulties: Behavioural and Electrophysiological Studies
This study will help to better characterize oral and written language disorders and determine if these disorders are continuous or not.
- Trial name
- LANGAGE (NCT02872870)
- Testing
- auditory lexical decision task, electroencephalogram
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium, France
- Volunteers
- 196 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lille Catholic University
Voice, Speech
Virtual Reality as a Tool for Training Public Speaking Skills in Higher Education Students
According to the scientific literature, public speaking (PS) is an important skill for students to master. However, a large proportion of students do not feel comfortable speaking in public.
- Conditions
- Voice, Speech, Virtual Reality Simulation, Healthy Adult
- Trial name
- NCT07392554
- Testing
- Indirect Method, Direct Method
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Nonverbal Communication
Exploring Predictors of Response to a Peer-Mediated Intervention for Preschoolers With ASD
This study will examine what child variables (i.e., social attention and peer interest) predict communication gains in response to a peer-mediated intervention for 40 minimally-verbal preschool children with ASD and 80 peers.
- Trial name
- NCT05277103
- Testing
- Exploring predictors of response to a peer-mediated communication intervention for minimally verbal preschoolers with ASD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, COVID-19 Pandemic
Reducing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanic Parents
COVID-19 vaccines are available to children over six months, and these vaccines are powerful tools against this catastrophic pandemic.
- Conditions
- Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, COVID-19 Pandemic, Health-Related Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Trial name
- NCT06036134
- Testing
- Baseline surveys, Digital Storytelling Intervention, Information Control Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
Communication Skills Intervention to Promote Transition Into Survivorship
The purpose of this study is to improve the communication skills of physicians who transition lymphoma cancer patients from the end of treatment to survivorship.
- Trial name
- NCT01483664
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 314 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
COVID-19 Immunisation, Influenza Vaccine
Evaluation of a Multilevel Intervention on Adult COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccination Rate
The study will test two tactics to improve uptake of two vaccines in adults. The vaccines prevent COVID-19 and influenza. Both are common and harmful. Most adults do not get either vaccine.
- Trial name
- NCT06646406
- Testing
- Patient letter and clinician communication
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 114,165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Problem Behavior, Intellectual Disability
Improving Treatment for Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Problem Behavior in Schools
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) often engage in problem behavior, and functional communication training (FCT) is a commonly used treatment for problem behavior in clinical settings.
- Conditions
- Problem Behavior, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05445596
- Testing
- Functional communication training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western Kentucky University
Speech Perception
Improving Perception of Speech in Noise in Children With Communication Disorders
Smarty Ears has developed a prototype of an innovative therapeutic training system to improve speech perception in noise by training children on interrupted noise (which has silent intervals that allow for fragments of the target…
- Trial name
- L2F (NCT04473729)
- Testing
- Audiovisual speech training in noise for children
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Smarty Ears
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Language Development
Predicting Language and Literacy Growth in Children With ASD Using Statistical Learning
The goal of this observational study is to test a reciprocal relationship between statistical learning and the development of language and literacy in first-graders with autism and their non-autistic peers.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Language Development, Literacy
- Trial name
- PLAUSL (NCT06332144)
- Testing
- Structural vs. Random sequences of stimuli, Intact vs. Degraded speech, Repeating 5-syllable nonwords or 2-syllable nonwords
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northeastern University
Dysphasia
Use of Local Intraoperative Steroid in MIS TLIF
The purpose of this study is to determine if the frequency and duration of postoperative pain are improved in participants receiving a local steroid injection (methylprednisolone) plus a systemic (intravenous (IV, by vein))…
- Trial name
- NCT03308084
- Testing
- Methylprednisolone, Dexamethasone
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Pain, Procedural, Pain, Acute
Effect of Reflexology on Pain Management in Newborns
Introduction: Approximately 10-14 painful procedures per day are performed in preterm and term infants during the hospital stay in the first week.
- Conditions
- Pain, Procedural, Pain, Acute, Analgesia
- Trial name
- NCT05235893
- Testing
- Reflexology, Sucrose %24, Kangaroo care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Breast Cancer
Widening Aims and Giving Patients a Voice for Expanded Structures in Breast Cancer Care Jointly Developed by Patients and Physicians
The aim of this BZKF project is to record the current care structure for breast cancer patients in order to use this as a basis for developing possible future models for improvement.
- Trial name
- WAVES (NCT06416293)
- Testing
- Questionnaire patients, Questionnaire physicians
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Augsburg
Alzheimer's Disease, MCI Due to AD
Language, Speech and Motor Function in MCI Due to AD and Alzheimer's Disease
The goal of this observational cross-sectional study is to explore the characteristics of language, speech, and motor function in persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's disease ("MCI due to AD") and persons…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, MCI Due to AD, Dementia Alzheimers
- Trial name
- NCT06508268
- Testing
- GAITRite walkway system OR 4-meter walking speed test, Jamar hand dynamometer, Picture description task
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen
Developmental Language Disorder
Contextual Word Learning in Children With Developmental Language Disorder
Many children have developmental language disorder, which makes it difficulty to learn language, including vocabulary, and results in ongoing academic and social difficulties.
- Trial name
- NCT05988190
- Testing
- Contextual Word Learning Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Binghamton University
Papilloma Viral Infection, Vaccine Hesitancy
Communication Strategies to Increase HPV Vaccinations
This research aims to identify communication strategies to improve the uptake of vaccines using an experimental design, focusing on the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which is highly effective in preventing HPV-related…
- Conditions
- Papilloma Viral Infection, Vaccine Hesitancy, Communication
- Trial name
- NCT06784960
- Testing
- HPV Message 1, HPV Message 2, HPV Message 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9,002 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Dysarthria, Intelligibility, Speech
Perceptual Training to Improve Listeners' Ability to Understand Speech Produced by Individuals With Dysarthria
There exist very few effective treatments that ease the intelligibility burden of dysarthria. Perceptual training offers a promising avenue for improving intelligibility of dysarthric speech by offsetting the communicative burden…
- Trial name
- NCT04897711
- Testing
- Perceptual Training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Utah State University
Williams Syndrome, Language
Phonological Constraints on Language Development in Individuals With Williams Syndrome
Williams syndrome (WS) is a neurodevelopmental disease characterized by mild to moderate intellectual disability and an extremely heterogeneous cognitive profile.
- Conditions
- Williams Syndrome, Language, Phonological Short-Term Memory, EEG-NIRS
- Trial name
- SOUNDS (NCT07285720)
- Testing
- EEG-NIRS protocol, Questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
SARS-CoV2 Infection
Culturally-Targeted COVID-19 Communication and SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing Evaluation and Uptake
This disparities-focused study seeks to evaluate communication strategies for better encouraging understanding and uptake of salivary SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing among African Americans residing in Flint, Michigan.
- Trial name
- NCT04957082
- Testing
- Culturally Targeted SARS-CoV-2 Communication, General SARS-CoV-2 Communication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 666 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Autism
Comprehensive Collection, Charting, and Communication System
As the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders continues to rise and the shortage of special education resources becomes more dramatic, the need for electronic tools that reduce the time burden of implementing an individual…
- Trial name
- CCCCSys (NCT01005953)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SymTrend Inc.
Brain Mapping, Deafness
Areas of Brain Responsible for Understanding American Sign Language
The human brain is made up of two halves called hemispheres. Each half of the brain is responsible for processing different kinds of information.
- Conditions
- Brain Mapping, Deafness, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT00001782
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)