Clinical trials: Language Disorder
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Home-Based Exercise in Primary Progressive Aphasia (HEPPA)
This pilot study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a novel home-based multicomponent exercise program in adults clinically diagnosed with Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia
- Trial name
- HEPPA (NCT06181500)
- Testing
- Home-based multicomponent exercise intervention program
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Montreal Heart Institute
Developmental Language Disorder and Language Impairment, Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms
Reducing Anxiety Problems Among Children Indicated to Have Developmental Language Disorder
This study aims to pilot a world-first intervention, a mental health intervention augmented for children indicated with developmental language disorder (DLD).
- Trial name
- RAP-iDLD (NCT05552365)
- Testing
- Adapted Cognitive Behavioural, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Parkinson Disease, Parkinsonism
More Than a Movement Disorder: Applying Palliative Care to Parkinson's Disease
This is a two-center (University of Colorado, University of California San Francisco) community-based comparative effectiveness study of outpatient palliative care for Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders (progressive…
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Parkinsonism, Lewy Body Disease, Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive
- Trial name
- MTMD (NCT03076671)
- Testing
- Palliative Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 783 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
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
Depression, Anxiety
Tracking Mood and Language Change Across a Phone-based Mindfulness Intervention
The objective of this study is to administer a brief, phone(voice)-based training program in mindfulness (or control task of active listening to narrated articles) to older adults who receive primary care services at NM.
- Trial name
- NCT04861844
- Testing
- mindfulness training, active listening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Dyslexia
Working Memory Training for Children With Dyslexia
The main aim of this interventional study is to investigate whether the effects of computerized working memory training improves reading abilities for children, i.e. ages 9 - 16 years, diagnosed with dyslexia.
- Trial name
- NCT02429739
- Testing
- Working memory Training
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Sorlandet Hospital HF
Parkinson's Disease, Dysarthria
Dysarthria in Parkinson's Disease: Lusophony vs. Francophony Comparison
Parkinson's disease (PD) affects between 1% and 2% of the world's population aged 60 and older; in Europe the prevalence is around 150 PD patients per 100,000 individuals.
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease, Dysarthria, Speech, Cross-language
- Trial name
- FraLusoPark (NCT02753192)
- Testing
- Patients
- Where
- 3 sites in France, Portugal
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Intranasal Insulin for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children and Young Adults Aged 4 to 21 Years
This observational study evaluates the real-world use of intranasal insulin in children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) utilizing the ViaNase™ device developed by Kurve Therapeutics.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Autism Spectrum Disorder High-Functioning, Autism Spectrum Disorder With Absence of Functional Language
- Trial name
- IN-INS-AUT (NCT07521371)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Healing Hope International
Aphasia
Analysis of Brain Activity to Uncover Brain-behavior Relationships Related to Therapy Outcomes in Aphasia
Aphasia is a loss of language due to stroke or other brain injury. Word-finding in conversation is a universal and persistent difficulty in aphasia.
- Trial name
- NCT03550092
- Testing
- Abstract Semantic Association Network Training (AbSANT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Chronic Aphasia
Computerised Therapy in Chronic Stroke
The few studies looking systematically into the neurophysiological and neuropsychological components of available therapies for chronic aphasia are highly heterogeneous in nature.
- Trial name
- CATChES (NCT01928602)
- Testing
- TherAppy Language App, Mind-Games
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Aphasia, Traumatic Brain Injury
Narrative Comprehension by People With Acquired Brain Injury
The purpose of this two phase study is to evaluate comprehension by people with acquired brain injury. The phase 1 portion of the study will examine comprehension of narrative paragraphs under 3 conditions: (a) written text only…
- Trial name
- NCT03309930
- Testing
- Comprehension Acquired Brain Injury
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Miami University
Maternal Distress, Perinatal Depression
A Common Elements-based Intervention to Improve Maternal Psychological Well-being and Mother-infant Interaction
Background: Millions of children in low resource settings are at high risk of poor development due to factors such as undernutrition, inadequate stimulation and maternal depression.
- Conditions
- Maternal Distress, Perinatal Depression, Development Delay, Language Delay
- Trial name
- NCT04252807
- Testing
- Intervention arm, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Human Development Research Foundation, Pakistan
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Role of Folinic Acid in Improving the Adaptive Skills and Language Impairment in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
No such study has been conducted in Pakistan so the primary objective of this study was to determine the role of folinic acid in improving the speech and adaptive skills while secondary objective was improvement of stereotype…
- Trial name
- NCT05013164
- Testing
- Folinic Acid
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nishtar Medical University
Primary Progressive Aphasia, MCI
tDCS Intervention in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects first and foremost language abilities. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is slowly progressive decline in a single domain of cognition (e.g.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, MCI, FTD
- Trial name
- NCT02606422
- Testing
- Active HD-tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Selective Mutism, Social Anxiety
Evaluating the Results of Physician and Parent Decisions to Treat Selective Mutism With Fluoxetine
The Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education and the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University have coordinated efforts to provide a diagnostic and treatment investigation for children…
- Trial name
- NCT05378711
- Testing
- Fluoxetine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Social Phobia
Treatment of Childhood Social Phobia
This 4-year study will compare the long-term effectiveness of behavioral treatment, fluoxetine (Prozac®), and placebo for treatment of social phobia in children and adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT00043537
- Testing
- Social Effectiveness Therapy for Children (SET-C), Fluoxetine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Sentence Shaping - DHH
The proposed research addresses a long-standing and important challenge of improving literacy skills of children who are deaf and hard of hearing, a historically under researched group.
- Trial name
- NCT06860022
- Testing
- Shape Coding
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Tinnitus
Fudan Tinnitus Doctor for Tinnitus Management
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether a conversational artificial intelligence-based digital intervention can improve symptoms in adults with chronic subjective tinnitus.
- Trial name
- NCT07558837
- Testing
- Fudan Tinnitus Doctor (FTD) System, Non-conversational Digital Education Program
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 256 people
- Sponsor
- Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University
Cerebellar Ataxia, Dysarthria
The Role of Cerebellum in Speech
This study will investigate the how the cerebellum is involved in speech motor learning over time and short-term corrections in patients with cerebellar ataxia and healthy controls.
- Conditions
- Cerebellar Ataxia, Dysarthria, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT03972202
- Testing
- MRI, TMS, Speech-motor behavioral testing
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Developmental Stuttering, Evoked Potentials Auditory
Effect of Stuttering Remediation Exercises on Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials
studying how the cortical auditory evoked potentials differ in children who stutter from who do not stutter and how these potentials change with therapy
- Trial name
- NCT05473572
- Testing
- Fluency shaping exercises
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alaa Mamdouh