Clinical trials: Dysphagia After Stroke
Ischemic Stroke
Cough and Swallow Rehab Following Stroke
Stroke is the leading case of neurologic swallow dysfunction, or dysphagia. Post stroke dysphagia is associated with approximately 50% increase in the rate of pneumonia diagnoses; aspiration pneumonia is the most common…
- Trial name
- NCT01907321
- Testing
- Expiratory muscle strength training, Measures performed on all subjects, Pulmonary function test
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Stroke
Effects of Oropharyngeal Strengthening on Dysphagia in Patients Post-stroke
The overall goal of this randomized controlled pilot study is to characterize effects of SwallowSTRONG® Device-Facilitated Isometric Progressive Resistance Oropharyngeal (DF I-PRO) therapy in a dose response framework on…
- Trial name
- StrokeStrong (NCT02322411)
- Testing
- Isometric Progressive Resistance Oropharyngeal Therapy, Compensatory approaches
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dysphagia, Stroke
Fostering Eating After Stroke With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Swallowing difficulties are common after a stroke and can lead to serious complications like pneumonia and malnutrition. Unfortunately, there are no effective treatment for improving swallowing in stroke patients.
- Trial name
- FEASt (NCT01919112)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dysphagia
Tongue Pressure Profile Training for Dysphagia Post Stroke
People with swallowing impairment experience particular difficulty swallowing thin liquids safely; the fast flow of liquids makes them difficult to control.
- Trial name
- TPPT (NCT01370083)
- Testing
- Tongue Pressure Profile Training, Tongue-Pressure Strength-and-Accuracy Training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
The Passy Muir Swallowing Self Training Device
This is a device evaluation study to determine the optimal stimulation characteristics for using vibrotactile stimulation as a sensory triggering device for self retraining in patients with chronic moderate to severe dysphagia.
- Trial name
- PMSST (NCT01765673)
- Testing
- Vibrotactile stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- James Madison University
Dysphagia, Oral Phase, Stroke, Ischemic
Lingual Endurance Exercise in Treating Post-Stroke Dysphagia
Aim 1: Determine feasibility of lingual endurance training for individuals with persistent dysphagia after ischemic stroke. Primary outcome measures: % patient adherence (# of attempted repetitions/# prescribed repetitions) and %…
- Trial name
- NCT05523973
- Testing
- Lingual Endurance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Cerebrovascular Accident, Deglutition Disorders
Exercise for Swallowing Problems After Stroke
The purpose of this study is to determine whether stroke patients with swallowing problems will show greater swallowing improvement with intense oral exercise than subjects who perform either a low intensity oral exercise or a…
- Trial name
- NCT00722111
- Testing
- lingual press, effortful swallowing, natural swallowing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development