Clinical trials: Language, open to volunteers
Aphasia
Neural Bases of Vocal Sensorimotor Impairment in Aphasia
Aphasia is the most common type of post-stroke communication disorder characterized by deficits in speech comprehension, production and control.
- Trial name
- NCT04742894
- Testing
- Visual Feedback Training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders
Rural Autistic Individuals - Supporting Expression
This research study investigates how hand gestures can support language comprehension and communication skills of hearing speaking, non-speaking, and/or minimally verbal individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), who are…
- Conditions
- Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders, ADHD, Typical Development
- Trial name
- RAISE (NCT07054866)
- Testing
- Speech-Gesture combinations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montana State University
HPV Vaccination Rates, HPV Vaccine Awareness
Effectiveness of Large Language Model-Based Chatbot Among Parents of Junior High School Girls in Improving Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Awareness, Intention and Vaccination Rates
This is an interventional study targeting parents of junior high school girls. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a vaccine chatbot in improving HPV vaccination rates among parents' junior high…
- Conditions
- HPV Vaccination Rates, HPV Vaccine Awareness, HPV Vaccination Intention
- Trial name
- NCT07525245
- Testing
- Scientific videos, Vaccine chatbot
- Volunteers
- 18,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xiamen University
Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
Targeted Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Language and Speech in Patients With Primary Progressive Aphasia
This is a monocenter randomized controlled clinical trial with cross-over arm - assessor blinded. The aims is investigating the effects of the speech language therapy (SLT) alone vs SLT + non-invasive brain stimulation (STIM)…
- Trial name
- NCT06921265
- Testing
- Training with Speech Language Therapy, Standard rTMS, Targeted rTMS
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Peritoneal Dialysis (PD), Large Language Models
A Simulated Case Study of a Peritoneal Dialysis-Specialized Large Language Model Assisting Doctors in Improving Decision-Making in Peritoneal Dialysis Management
This study is a randomized controlled trial based on simulated clinical cases, aiming to establish a standardized evaluation system for PD physicians, to assess the differences in PD management quality between a workflow assisted…
- Trial name
- NCT07724327
- Testing
- Peritoneal dialysis-specialized large language model.
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
Psychotic Disorder
Speech-based Assessment of Relapse Risk in People With Psychosis
This observational, multinational study assesses the feasibility of speech and self-report data collection across six languages for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven relapse risk estimation in psychosis.
- Trial name
- TRUSTING-WP4 (NCT07397975)
- Testing
- Weekly online speech assessments via a smartphone app collect speech and self-report data. Recordings are securely transferred and analyzed by an AI-based backend to calculate relapse risk scores.
- Where
- 7 sites in Czechia, Ireland and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipp Homan
Logopenic Progressive Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia
Targeting Language-specific and Executive-control Networks With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Logopenic Variant PPA
AD afflicts over 5.5. million Americans and is one of the most expensive diseases worldwide. In AD the variant in which language functions are most affected are referred to as 'logopenic variant Primary Progressive Aphasia'…
- Trial name
- NCT03887481
- Testing
- High-definition active tDCS (HD-tDCS) + "Repeat After Me" (RAM) Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Stuttering, Childhood, Stuttering
Network Connectivity and Temporal Processing in Adolescents Who Stutter
The specific purpose of this clinical trial is to compare performance on rhythm perception and production tasks between children who stutter and children who do not stutter.
- Trial name
- NCT05286151
- Testing
- Rhythm discrimination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Acute Coronary Syndromes, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Smartphone AI Assistance for Prehospital ECG Interpretation
Prehospital providers interpret 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) under time pressure and without immediate expert support. Missed acute coronary occlusion - occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) - delays reperfusion, while false…
- Conditions
- Acute Coronary Syndromes, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction, Myocardial Infarction (MI)
- Trial name
- ECG-IA (NCT07810686)
- Testing
- Smartphone large language model assistance (GPT-4o, version-locked)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- École Supérieure de Soins Ambulanciers - College of Higher Education in Prehospital Care
Aphasia
Based on the Spatio-temporal Coding Characteristics of Frontotemporal Network, This Paper Explores the Mechanism of Five-tone Speech Training in Reshaping Language Fluency Function.
To explore the mechanism of five-tone speech training in reshaping language fluency function and the clinical efficacy of aphasia language function, daily communication ability and communication efficiency based on the temporal…
- Trial name
- NCT07329751
- Testing
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Five-Tone Therapy, Melodic Intonation Training, Standard speech therapy; Routine medical treatment; Health education
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Role of GABAergic Transmission in Auditory Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental syndrome. Researchers think brain development may be controlled by gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).
- Trial name
- NCT04798274
- Testing
- Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Socioemotional Development, Cognitive Ability
Early Institutionalization Intervention Impact Project
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of early intervention (placement into foster care, and a caregiving training) on physical, cognitive, social and brain development and psychiatric symptomatology in children…
- Conditions
- Socioemotional Development, Cognitive Ability, Behavioral and Neural Patterns of Attention, Brain Function
- Trial name
- EI-3 (NCT04165746)
- Testing
- Foster Care, Caregiving Intervention
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Corticospinal Excitability, Cortical Activation
LAnguage-Motor Imagery Circuits to Improve Motor Learning and Language Comprehension
Recent evidence suggests that cognitive systems do not operate in isolation but interact within broader networks, thus opening new avenues for fundamental and clinical research.
- Trial name
- LAMI (NCT06478303)
- Testing
- Motor imagery, Action reading, Motor localizer
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Mental Health, Physical Performance
A Multi-language Smartphone-based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Firefighters
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effects of a smartphone-based Healthy Lifestyle (HLS) intervention on firefighters' mental and physical health in firefighters in Tainan, Taiwan.
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Physical Performance, Cardiovascular Health, Lifestyle Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT06862427
- Testing
- Healthy Lifestyle Application (Traditional Chinese Version)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
AI-Assisted Diagnosis, Large Language Models
Improving AI-Assisted Medical Diagnosis and Triage by the General Public
This study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigating whether access to a new LLM interface can improve medical triage and diagnostic accuracy for laypeople compared to access to a standard LLM interface.
- Trial name
- NCT07728513
- Testing
- new GPT-4o Interface, Control
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lahore University of Management Sciences
Preterm Birth, Developmental Dyslexia
Reading-FREE Markers for Early Detection of Developmental Dyslexia
This study aims to identify early signs of developmental dyslexia (DD) and other reading difficulties in children born preterm, using behavioral, cognitive, and brain imaging data collected before reading problems typically…
- Trial name
- FREE-DD (NCT07072104)
- Testing
- Multidomain Neuropsychological and Reading-Free Screening Tool (RSFT) Assessment Battery - Grade 2, MRI - Grade 2, Multidomain Neuropsychological and Reading-Free Screening Tool (RSFT) Assessment Battery - Grade 3
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Dyslexia, Developmental, Reading
Enhancing Letter-Speech Sound Learning and Reading Network Activation With Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
This study investigates the effects of transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) on the brain and its potential to enhance reading-related learning.
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Developmental, Reading, Dyslexia, Learning
- Trial name
- LexiStim (NCT07546292)
- Testing
- Transcranial random noise stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Silvia Brem
Language Development, Learning
Brain Stimulation Paired With Structured Language Learning in Adults
This study investigates whether transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) delivered during structured language-learning sessions affects the rate and quality of second-language acquisition in adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07762118
- Testing
- Active transcranial electrical stimulation (tES)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- General Neuro Inc.
Code Status Discussions With Medical In-patients
Use of the Electronic Medical Record to Screen Code Status Preference Using Death Language
In order to systematically improve code status communication and documentation while clarifying how providers understand code status decisions, we propose the Choice of Diction's Effect Electronic Measures of Resuscitation Study…
- Trial name
- CODE-EMRS (NCT07405710)
- Testing
- Death language
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention
Speech Pattern Evaluation and Analysis for Knowledge of AD
The goal of this observational study is to validate changes in speech as a measure of cognition in individuals at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).
- Trial name
- SPEAK-AD (NCT06230783)
- Testing
- TalkTracker
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison