Clinical trials: Reading
Reading Ability
Omega 3/6 Fatty Acids for Reading in Children
The primary objective was to assess whether supplementation of Omega 3/6 fatty acids improves mainstream schoolchildren's reading ability.
- Trial name
- NCT02557477
- Testing
- Omega 3/6 fatty acids
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Frailty, Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Visual Frailty in Ageing
The goal of this observational study is to define visual frailty and refine monitoring for an ageing population. It involves piloting a visual frailty assessment tool in a cohort of patients aged 60 and above with a known…
- Conditions
- Frailty, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Functional Status, Mental Health
- Trial name
- VFiA (NCT06604104)
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Health Literacy
Patient Understanding of Handouts at Different Reading Levels
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to learn if participants are better able to understand medical handouts written at below a sixth grade reading level compared to those written at above a sixth grade reading level.
- Trial name
- NCT06736808
- Testing
- Handout Written at Below a Sixth Grade Reading Level, Handout Written at Above a Sixth Grade Reading Level
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Vision Disorders, Vision, Low
Viewing Strategy Training in Children With (Cerebral) Visual Impairment
Viewing strategies are strategies used to process visual Information. Many children with visual impairment seem to lack systematic viewing strategies.
- Trial name
- NCT05600140
- Testing
- Viewing strategy training
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Royal Dutch Visio
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
Neurogenetic Diseases
Advancing Neurogenetic Diagnoses Through Long-Read Sequencing
Nucleotide repeats emerge as one of the most prolific classes of genetic variations. They have the propensity to in-crease in length across generations, and have been implicated in at least 65 known neurological/…
- Trial name
- NRGEN-NGS3 (NCT07665554)
- Testing
- Skin biopsy, blood sampling
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 304 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
Language Disorder, Healthy
Language Stimuli Screening in Children
This study will determine baseline language skills in children 4 to 8 years old. The data will be used to design studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify what areas of the brain in children are…
- Trial name
- NCT00016796
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
Does Povidone-Iodine on Nail Affect Pulse Oximeter Reading?
Povidone iodine is still a commonly used antiseptic in hospitals. Although pulse oximetry measurement is used as an important indicator in hospitals, no study has been found examining the effect of povidone iodine on the nail bed…
- Trial name
- PI (NCT05704959)
- Testing
- povidone iodine
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hasan Kalyoncu University
Diabetic Maculopathy, Age Related Macular Degeneration
Reading Analysis in Ophthalmologic Patients
Investigation of the reading parameters and fixation behavior in patients with different ocular diseases (age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic maculopathy, epiretinal membrane) and healthy subjects.
- Conditions
- Diabetic Maculopathy, Age Related Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, Epiretinal Membrane
- Trial name
- NCT03750149
- Testing
- EyeTracker
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prim. Prof. Dr. Oliver Findl, MBA
Literacy, Parent-Child Relations
Testing an App-Based Approach to Reading and Screen Time Guidance for Parents of Infants
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that parents read to their children as often as possible beginning in infancy and limits on screen time at all ages, yet many families question the value of reading to infants…
- Conditions
- Literacy, Parent-Child Relations, Language Development
- Trial name
- NCT05508282
- Testing
- Reading Bees app and children's book to enhance parent-infant reading quality (0-2 month visit), Reading Bees app and children's book to encourage alternatives to digital media (6-month visit)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Presbyopia
Trial of the PresVIEW Implant for the Improvement of Near Vision in Patients With Presbyopia
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the PresVIEW™ Scleral Implant (PSI) for the improvement of near visual acuity in presbyopic patients.
- Trial name
- NCT01166568
- Testing
- PresVIEW Scleral Implants
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 337 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VisDura, Inc.
Language Development
Supporting Children's School Readiness.
The aim of this project is to test whether training parents to ask their children 'inference- eliciting' questions during book reading is effective in promoting story comprehension for 4-year-olds from a range of socio-economic…
- Trial name
- NCT02854462
- Testing
- Language comprehension intervention, Counting intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sheffield
Genetic Disease, Nonsense Mutation
Phase 1 Study of ELX-02 in Healthy Adults
Phase 1 Single Ascending Dose Study in Normal Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT03292302
- Testing
- ELX-02
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Psychophysical Well-being
Comparative Effects of Meditation, Nature Exposure, and Digital Activities on Physiological and Perceived Stress
The present study aims to compare the effects of meditation, nature exposure, digital scrolling, and reading on physiological and perceived stress.
- Trial name
- NCT07673653
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based intervention, Forest bathing, Scrolling
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pavia
Speech Sound Disorder
Sharing Books With Children
The promotion of language and communicative development in the early years is extremely important. Children who enter school with good language skills have better educational and economic success.
- Trial name
- NCT03006744
- Testing
- Phonological awareness training, Reading enjoyment training
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Primary Open Angle Glaucoma, Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma
Malay Glaucoma Eye Study II Navigation, Mobility and Reading Ability in Primary Glaucoma
With the improvement of health system, the life span of Asians has increased tremendously especially in Malaysia. As an early preparation to be an 'aging country' in 2023, Malaysia needs to prepare infrastructure and policy to…
- Trial name
- MaGESII (NCT04736264)
- Testing
- Visual rehabilitation module: navigation and mobility, Visual rehabilitation module: exercise, Visual rehabilitation module: reading
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Sains Malaysia
Preoperative Anxiety
The Effect of Reading Book on Preoperative Anxiety
Observe the effects of reading an informative story book on preoperative anxiety and maternal anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT03880942
- Testing
- Informative story book, Non Informative Story Book
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital
Reading Disability
Executive Function in Early Childhood
Despite the fact that a substantial number of school age children struggle with both reading and math acquisition, the brain mechanisms of the overlapping aspects of reading and math skills, thought in part to be linked via…
- Trial name
- NCT03713125
- Testing
- Reading Tutoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Genetic Diseases, Nonsense Mutations
Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics of ELX-02 in Healthy Adult Volunteers
This is the first study in humans of ELX-02, an advanced synthetic aminoglycoside optimized as a translational read-through drug (TRID) for the treatment of genetic conditions caused by nonsense. mutations.
- Trial name
- NCT02807961
- Testing
- ELX-02
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Cataract, Presbyopia Correction
Photopic and Mesopic Multifocal IOL Performance
Modern cataract surgery has become a refractive procedure. Both, multifocal lens implantation and pseudophakic monovision with monofocal IOLs are effective means to address presbyopia correction after cataract surgery.
- Trial name
- MIOLRead (NCT06978556)
- Testing
- No intervention is subject of the study. Only standard pre- and postoperative data will be evaluated.
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IROC AG