Clinical trials: Reading Difficulties
Parkinson Disease
The Alouette Test in Parkinson Disease
Reading disorders in Parkinson's Disease (PD) are poorly evaluated due to the lack of validated tests to screen for them. They are often attributed to hand tremors associated with the disease.
- Trial name
- REPEAT (NCT03958175)
- Testing
- Alouette test (reading test)
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Dyslexia
Reading Problems in Children Living in Urban Areas
The first line of defense against reading disabilities is good classroom reading instruction. This study describes how characteristics of students, teachers, and instruction relate to academic achievement in inner-city…
- Trial name
- NCT00065832
- Testing
- Reading Instruction
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Reading Difficulties
Study of the Interest of Proprioceptive Therapy as a Complement to Speech Therapy in Children With Reading Difficulties
Before proposing this observational study protocol, a randomized study was attempted. This consisted in proposing to families of children with difficulties in learning to read, via the speech therapists who were treating them, to…
- Trial name
- 2000DYS9 (NCT02861599)
- Testing
- proprioceptive therapy, speech therapy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Reading Learning Disability, Math Learning Disability
Improving the Academic Performance of First-Grade Students With Reading and Math Difficulty
The main purpose of this clinical trials is to explore short-term effects of coordinated intervention versus the business-as-usual school program on the primary endpoints of post-intervention word-reading fluency and arithmetic…
- Trial name
- NCT03991234
- Testing
- Reading Intervention, Math Intervention, Coordinated Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Learning Disorders, Dyslexia
Efficacy of a Two-Year Intensive Reading Intervention for Middle School English Learners With Reading Difficulties
This study investigates the efficacy of a reading comprehension intervention for English learners in Grades 6 and 7 with reading difficulties.
- Trial name
- TCLD (NCT03695068)
- Testing
- RISE Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 840 people
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
Language Delay, Language Development
Combined Oral Motor Stimulation and Language on Preterm Infant Feeding
This is a randomized controlled trial to study an oromotor stimulation in combination with a reading curriculum in the NICU among preterm infants using oral muscle exercises, Language Environment Analysis (LENA) recordings…
- Conditions
- Language Delay, Language Development, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Mother-Infant Interaction
- Trial name
- NCT05861531
- Testing
- Oromotor stimulation, Reading curriculum, LENA recording
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Developmental Language Disorder, Reading; Difficult
Promoting Caregiver Implementation of an Effective Early Learning Intervention
The goal of this study is to examine the impact of a caregiver-implemented shared reading program, Sit Together and Read (STAR), on children ages 4 to 5 with developmental language disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT06275815
- Testing
- Sit Together and Read (STAR), Monetary Reward, Text Encouragement
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Injury Brain, Eye Abnormalities
Reading Problems Associated With Central Nervous System (CNS) Pathologies.
This project aims to analyse eye movements, their alterations and influence in reading performance in patients with acquired CNS diseases and compare them with people of the same age, without neurological or ocular pathology and…
- Conditions
- Injury Brain, Eye Abnormalities, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson Disease
- Trial name
- NCT04937725
- Testing
- eye tracking
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Universitario de Oftalmobiología Aplicada (Institute of Applied Ophthalmobiology) - IOBA
ADHD, Reading/Writing Disorder
Omega-3/Omega-6 Fatty Acids for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Trial in Children and Adolescents
Objective: To assess whether supplementation with Omega 3/6 fatty acids (eye q®) was effective in the treatment of ADHD and its diagnostic subtypes and comorbid conditions, in children and adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT01219309
- Testing
- Omega 3/6 fatty acids
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Dyslexia, Acquired, Brain Injuries
Therapy for Reading Problems in Adults After Brain Injury
Adults who sustain brain damage due to stroke, head injury, or traumatic surgery may develop difficulty reading. This study examines the effectiveness of behavior-based programs to improve reading ability in these individuals.
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Acquired, Brain Injuries, Cerebrovascular Accident
- Trial name
- NCT00064805
- Testing
- Cognitive Therapy to Improve Reading
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Difficult; Spelling, With Reading Disorder
Effects of Music Education for Children With Reading Difficulties
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of music education over a period of five months (three times per week, one hour per day) on the improvement of reading skills (decoding, prosody and phonological…
- Trial name
- NCT01388881
- Testing
- Music Education
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
Refractive Error, Visual Impairment
The Baltimore Reading and Eye Disease Study
The Baltimore Reading and Eye Disease Study (BREDS) is a two year study to determine the prevalence of vision problems in an early school age population with reading difficulty.
- Conditions
- Refractive Error, Visual Impairment, Convergence Insufficiency, Reading Disabilities
- Trial name
- BREDS (NCT02607384)
- Testing
- Eyeglass wearing, Orthoptic exercises, Specialist referral
- Volunteers
- 328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Vision Disorders, Reading Disabilities
Efficacy of Coloured Overlays and Lenses for Reading Difficulty
This is a randomised controlled trial with the aim of testing the efficacy of coloured overlays and coloured lenses for the relief of visual stress and reading difficulties in children and young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02680223
- Testing
- Precision tinted lenses, Non-beneficial tinted lenses
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City, University of London
Dyslexia
Reading and Stuttering
Dyslexia is a common neurodevelopmental condition, which manifests itself in the form of reading difficulties and occurs in 7-10% of the population (Peterson \& Pennington, 2012).
- Trial name
- NCT06836115
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wafaa Helmy Abdelhakeem
Multiple Sclerosis, Clinically Isolated Syndrome
Visual Processing Speed and Objective Analysis of Ocular Movements in Multiple Sclerosis
This project aims to analyze ocular motility problems, visual processing speed and microperimetry, and their relationship with consolidated retinal structural biomarkers (optical coherence tomography, OCT) in patients with…
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Clinically Isolated Syndrome, Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT05706220
- Testing
- Eye tracking, Microperimetry, Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Universitario de Oftalmobiología Aplicada (Institute of Applied Ophthalmobiology) - IOBA
Developmental Dyslexia, Reading Problem
Personalization of Visual Characters and Text-to-Speech (TTS) to Support Learning in Students With Reading Difficulties
Previous research has shown the importance of font type, size and spacing to facilitate text reading in dyslexia. A special automatized procedure was designed to select the most favorable parameters for both text visualization…
- Trial name
- NCT06947512
- Testing
- Seleggo Test
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Language Disorders in Children
Let's Know!2: Language-focused Intervention for Children at Risk of Comprehension Difficulties
In the proposed project, the investigators will conduct a multisite randomized controlled trial (RCT) to determine the efficacy of Let's Know!2, a small-group, language focused comprehension intervention, on children's lower- and…
- Trial name
- LK!2 (NCT05133479)
- Testing
- Let's Know! small-group or TierL 2 Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MGH Institute of Health Professions
Reading Difficulties
Optimizing Phonological Awareness Learning in Prekindergarten and Kindergarten to Improve Later Reading and Spelling
The goal of the proposed study is to directly and rigorously address current scientific controversy about phonological awareness intervention content and timing for prekindergarten and kindergarten children.
- Trial name
- Project OPAL (NCT07017010)
- Testing
- phonemic awareness intervention (PA), phonological sensitivity + phonemic awareness intervention (PSPA), delayed onset phonemic awareness intervention (DPA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 720 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Visual Stress, Meares-Irlen Syndrome
Reading; Through the Eyes of a University Student
This is a double-masked randomized controlled trial which aims to assess the effects of precision tinted spectacle lenses on visual stress symptoms within an undergraduate University student population.
- Conditions
- Visual Stress, Meares-Irlen Syndrome, Reading Difficulties
- Trial name
- NCT04318106
- Testing
- Precision tinted spectacle lenses
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster