Clinical trials: Motor Speech Disorder
Anarthria, Dysarthria
Feasibility of the BrainGate2 Neural Interface System in Persons With Tetraplegia
The purpose of this study is to obtain preliminary device safety information and demonstrate proof of principle (feasibility) of the ability of people with tetraplegia to control a computer cursor and other assistive devices with…
- Conditions
- Anarthria, Dysarthria, Tetraplegia, Spinal Cord Injuries
- Trial name
- BG-Speech-01 (NCT05724173)
- Testing
- BrainGate Neural Interface System
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Leigh R. Hochberg, MD, PhD.
Frontotemporal Degeneration(FTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
UPenn Observational Research Repository on Neurodegenerative Disease
The aim of this study is to create a repository of both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, including cognitive, linguistic, imaging and biofluid biological specimens, for neurodegenerative disease research and treatment.
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Degeneration(FTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA), Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (fFTLD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS)
- Trial name
- UNICORN (NCT04715399)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Stuttering, Childhood
Effects of Emotional Processes on Speech Motor Control in Early Childhood Stuttering.
This study will compare speech variability between preschool-age children who stutter and typically fluent, age-matched peers. Differences in emotional reactivity, regulation and speech motor control have been implicated in…
- Trial name
- NCT05003583
- Testing
- Speaking after viewing pictures with negative and neutral valence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Syracuse University
Parkinson Disease
Speech and Voice Outcomes Following HD-tDCS Over the Left SMA
Pharmaceutical and neurosurgical treatments reliably ameliorate the cardinal motor symptoms in PD but, they often yield inconsistent outcomes for speech and voice disorders, with some studies showing exacerbation of pre-treatment…
- Trial name
- NCT06245070
- Testing
- Active transcranial direct current stimulation
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University and A&M College
Aphasia Non Fluent, Stroke
Sensory-Motor Integration for Speech Rehabilitation in Patients With Post-stroke Aphasia
SEMO is a multidisciplinary project (language sciences, cognitive psychology and neuropsychology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, speech-language pathology, functional neuroimaging and engineering sciences) that…
- Trial name
- SEMO (NCT04433351)
- Testing
- Enriched rehabilitation, Simple rehabilitation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Myasthenia Gravis
Innovative Measures of Speech and Swallowing Dysfunction in Neurological Disorders
This study is evaluating the use of two painless, non-invasive technologies in the assessment of muscle health over time in both healthy volunteers and patients who have diseases that affect the nervous system.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Myasthenia Gravis, Myopathies, Stroke
- Trial name
- QUESST (NCT02118805)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Reading Disorders
Impact of Motor Tasks and Lidocaine on Reading Unfamiliar Words in Adults With and Without Dyslexia
Recent claims report that reading ability is partially dependent on speech production. While the evidence for this claim is compelling, it is not known to what extent, the speech production system contributes to successful…
- Trial name
- NCT05854082
- Testing
- Lidocaine 2% Polyampoule
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Parkinson Disease
Supplementary Motor Area is a Potential Target for Speech Disturbance in Parkinson Disease
Speech disturbance is common in patients with Parkinson disease. Pharmacotherapy improves motor symptoms but has inconsistent effects on speech disturbance in PD patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05478057
- Testing
- "MAGSTIM" Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulator (rTMS) system
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
ALS, SCI - Spinal Cord Injury
ECoG BMI for Motor and Speech Control
Test the feasibility of using electrocorticography (ECoG) signals to control complex devices for motor and speech control in adults severely affected by neurological disorders.
- Conditions
- ALS, SCI - Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis
- Trial name
- BRAVO (NCT03698149)
- Testing
- PMT/Blackrock Combination Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Karunesh Ganguly
Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Biofluid Research on Age-Related or Inherited Neurodegeneration
The aim of this study is to contribute to and continue to sustain a repository of blood samples, nucleic acid (DNA and/or RNA) samples, family history information, and other demographic information from individuals with…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (fFTLD)
- Trial name
- BRAIN (NCT07798700)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity
Exercise, Arterial Cross-Talk Modulation and Inflammation in an Ageing Population
The aims of the study are twofold. In the cross-sectional approach (Part I), the study will be conducted in an older population to assess the association of physical fitness on different parts of the human vascular bed.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Atherosclerosis, Heart; Disease, Activity
- Trial name
- ExAMIN AGE (NCT02796976)
- Testing
- Training or control condition
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Basel
FTLD, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
Advancing Research and Treatment for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (ARTFL)
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) is the neuropathological term for a collection of rare neurodegenerative diseases that correspond to four main overlapping clinical syndromes: frontotemporal dementia (FTD), primary…
- Conditions
- FTLD, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD)
- Trial name
- ARTFL (NCT02365922)
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,489 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Disorder of Speech and Language Development
Language and Motor Skills of Preterm Infants in Pre-school Age: Diagnosis and Early Intervention
The preterm children have more difficulty minor neurological developmental than the general population even without cerebral palsy. Their oral language difficulties of language and writing have been little studied.
- Trial name
- LAMOPRESCO (NCT01426659)
- Testing
- parental stimulation according to protocol
- Where
- 6 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 139 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Rouen
PARKINSON DISEASE (Disorder)
Treatment of Cognitive and Sensorimotor Deficits in Parkinson's Disease With High Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
The purpose of this research study is to examine the effects of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on verbal retrieval and cognition and sensorimotor control and to determine if tDCS can be used as a way to improve…
- Trial name
- NCT07534397
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Randomized Controlled Trial for Speech Disorders in Children
Treatment Efficacy for Developmental Motor Speech Disorders
The purpose of this study is to carry out a high-level treatment efficacy study on children with speech sound disorders with motor speech involvement (SSD-MSI) using a well-controlled Randomized Controlled Trial design.
- Trial name
- NCT02105402
- Testing
- PROMPT
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Prompt Institute
Spinal Muscular Atrophy 1
Exploring Lived Experiences of Families of Children With Spinal Muscular Atrophy(SMA) Type 1 Regarding Feeding and Communication
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (SMA )Type 1 is a severe, early-onset neuromuscular condition that typically leads to profound weakness and impaired bulbar function-affecting swallowing, feeding, speech, and airway protection.
- Trial name
- NCT07596277
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
A Randomized Control Trial of Motor-based Intervention for CAS
Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a complex, multivariate speech motor disorder characterized by difficulty planning and programming movements of the speech articulators (ASHA, 2007; Ayres, 1985; Campbell et al., 2007; Davis…
- Trial name
- NCT04642053
- Testing
- Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cuing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- New York University
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia
Cognitive Reserve and Response to Speech-Language Intervention in Bilingual Speakers With Primary Progressive Aphasia
Difficulties with speech and language are the first and most notable symptoms of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). While there is evidence that demonstrates positive effects of speech-language treatment for individuals with PPA…
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia, Dementia, Frontotemporal, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05741853
- Testing
- Video-Implemented Script Training for Aphasia (VISTA), Lexical Retrieval Training (LRT)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stephanie Grasso
Aphasia, Acquired, Aphasia
Effects of High-intensity Exercise Training on Physical Fitness, Cognition, Language in Post-stroke Aphasia
The goal of this clinical trial is to establish the feasibility and fidelity of a high-intensity exercise program for individuals with post-stroke aphasia.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Acquired, Aphasia, Aphasia, Fluent, Aphasia Non Fluent
- Trial name
- NCT06185023
- Testing
- Low-intensity physical exercise, High-intensity physical exercise
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Neurodegenerative Disease, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
Tracking and Predicting How Brain Damage Spreads in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) spectrum syndromes, are characterized by the accumulation of insoluble protein aggregates in the central nervous system.
- Conditions
- Neurodegenerative Disease, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy(PSP)
- Trial name
- NCT07567664
- Testing
- 3 Tesla MRI without contrast medium, Blood sample for genetic analysis, Cerebrospinal fluid sampling (CSF)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 645 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele