Clinical trials: Communications Disorders
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Gesture Control
The majority of schizophrenia patients is impaired in hand gesture performance, which contributes to poor functional outcome and poor communication skills.
- Trial name
- GestTMS (NCT03483909)
- Testing
- left IFG iTBS, right IPL cTBS
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Aphasia, Primary Progressive, Repetitive Transcranical Magnetic Stimulation
rTMS for the Treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative condition characterized by a gradual, irreversible decline of language function (Mesulam, 2001). There are no known treatments for PPA so far.
- Trial name
- NCT03448133
- Testing
- Magstim rTMS
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Early Communication Intervention for Toddlers With Hearing Loss
Improving spoken language outcomes for children with hearing loss has important public health implications. This is a randomized clinical trial of 96 children with hearing loss that examines the effects of a parent-implemented…
- Trial name
- NCT03803943
- Testing
- Parent-Implemented Communication Intervention (PICT), No Intervention - Business-as-usual control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Developmental Impairment
Multicenter Validation Study on Autism Screening Using a Machine-assisted System
The goal of this observational study is to assess the effectiveness of a machine-assisted system for early screening of autism. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the machine-assisted system including 5 main…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Developmental Impairment, Language Development Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT07006948
- Testing
- Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, the 2nd edition(ADOS-2), Griffiths Developmental Scales, Chinese edition(GDS-C)
- Where
- 10 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Colorectal Cancer
Screening for Familial Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Patients
The goal of this psychosocial research study is to learn about the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes that people have toward screening for colorectal cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00632515
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 269 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Social Anxiety
Arousal Training for Social Anxiety Disorder
The primary objective of the study is to examine the safety, usability and preliminary efficacy of a novel arousal-based biofeedback system in alleviating social anxiety.
- Trial name
- NCT02493010
- Testing
- Arousal-based biofeedback system
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
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
Reading Disorder
Gene x Environment Interplay in Developmental Dyslexia Treatment: A Round-trip Translation Between Humans and Animal
Developmental dyslexia affects 7% of school-age children (Male:Female ratio of 1.5:1) and incurs disadvantages in education and occupation.
- Trial name
- Gedys (NCT06186882)
- Testing
- Action Video-Game
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Stuttering, Childhood
Speech Signals in Stuttering
The purpose of this research study is to understand how speech and language are processed in the brain. This study will provide information that may help with the understanding how speech and language are processed in children…
- Trial name
- NCT05668923
- Testing
- Speech sound stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Language Development, Language Development Disorders
Cortical Tracking of Speech in the First Year of Life
The goal of this observational study is to investigate early neural mechanisms underlying the processing of spoken language, specifically the phenomenon of cortical tracking, and to determine whether these mechanisms can serve as…
- Conditions
- Language Development, Language Development Disorders, Infant Development, Infant Developmental Assessment
- Trial name
- NCT07531706
- Testing
- Electrophysiological recording, Behavioral Assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Emotions, Facial Emotion Recognition
Improving Emotion Recognition Ability to Support Social Development in Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study
The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to investigate whether enhancing emotion recognition abilities can improve social behavior in primary school children.
- Conditions
- Emotions, Facial Emotion Recognition, Antisocial Behavior, Nonverbal Communication
- Trial name
- I4C (NCT07097090)
- Testing
- Emotion Recognition Training Program: A structured school-based intervention designed to enhance children's ability to recognize emotions through facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language., No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Foggia
Bone Diseases, Communication
Evaluation of Alerts in Promoting Bone Densitometry Scans
The purpose of this study is to assess, prospectively, the effect of provider-facing alerts for bone densitometry scans with and without a single-click best practice alert (BPA) on scan orders and completions.
- Trial name
- NCT04955652
- Testing
- Health Maintenance Topic, Actionable Sidebar Item, Best Practice Alert
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Developmental Delay
Mirror Neuron Network Dysfunction as an Early Biomarker of Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Background: People show changes in brain activity when they watch other people do actions. This may be part of early social and communication skills.
- Trial name
- NCT03307317
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Behavioral Disorder
Communication Skills to Build a Diverse Biomedical Workforce
This trial investigates how receiving instruction in communication skills affects short and long-term career outcomes for students, postdoctoral fellows, and future faculty.
- Trial name
- NCT05048290
- Testing
- Communication Skills Training, Educational Intervention, Survey Administration
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Communication Research, Technostress
NHS Staff Digital Wellbeing Via AirEmail
The goal of this "digital health intervention" study is to test a novel email management tool called "AirEmail" (version 1, or v1) for its impact on improving key aspects of healthcare email management.
- Conditions
- Communication Research, Technostress, Work Related Stress, Burnout, Professional
- Trial name
- NHS DigiWell (NCT06111001)
- Testing
- Email use data collection, AirEmail Tips and Tricks training, AirEmail v1 Digital Tool use
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AirEmail Holdings Limited
Stuttering, Adult
Investigating the SMA's Role in Speech and Reading Fluency in PWS With rTMS
The goal of this clinical trial is to study how a part of the brain called the supplementary motor area (SMA) is connected to speech and reading fluency in adults who stutter.
- Trial name
- NCT06809387
- Testing
- Brain stimulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medipol University
Malnutrition, Stunting
Controlled Trial to Test the Efficacy of Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements to Prevent Severe Stunting Among Infants
This study tests the hypothesis that infants receiving milk-powder containing fortified spread (lipid-based nutrient supplement) as a complementary food for one year have lower incidence of severe stunting (poor length gain) than…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Stunting, Developmental Delay
- Trial name
- LCNI-5 (NCT00524446)
- Testing
- Milk-containing fortified spread, Soy-containing fortified spread, Maize-soy flour
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 840 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tampere University
Hearing Loss, Dizziness
Fall Risk Assessment and Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Using In-ear Device
The purpose of this study is to develop and validate methods to use hearing aids equipped with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence to assist in the assessment of fall risk and in the implementation of interventions aimed…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Dizziness, Vertigo, Fall Related Injury Risk
- Trial name
- NCT05365646
- Testing
- Hearing aids equipped with motion sensing abilities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Depression - Major Depressive Disorder
Effectiveness of Health Communication on Depression Elderly in Ho Chi Minh City
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a community-based health education and communication program helps prevent and reduce depression in older adults living in Ho Chi Minh City.
- Trial name
- Depression (NCT07877571)
- Testing
- Health Communication
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
Cervical Cancer
Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Self-sampling Tools for Cervical Cancer Prevention
The proposed study aims to increase HPV screening behaviors in Jamaican women by examining the acceptability of HPV Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) self-sampling tools, and to determine the most culturally appropriate and effective…
- Trial name
- NCT03613493
- Testing
- HPV self-sampling kit, Culturally-targeted Fear Appeal Message, Fear Appeal Message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami