Clinical trials: Specific Language Impairment
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
Developmental Language Disorders, Language Development
Understanding the Predictive Factors and the Neurocognitive Basis of Developmental Language Disorder
For most children, language acquisition might appear like an effortless phenomenon, mostly arising from informal daily interaction with their surrounding people.
- Trial name
- NCT04253600
- Testing
- Risk profile screening questionnaire, Investigation of the neural correlates of DLD using Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI), Online investigation of predictive factors associated with DLD and LANCOM app development
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
EEG
Behavioural and Physiological Measures of Young Students With Dyslexia
The proposed is reading intervention study to track neural changes in the brain. Students with dyslexia will participate in a reading study.
- Trial name
- NCT05376696
- Testing
- Set For Variability, Current Best Practices
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Development, Infant, Development, Language
Early Neurophysiological Markers of Language Impairments
The present project aims at identifying very early electrophysiological risk markers for language impairments. The long-term goals of the study include the characterization of learning developmental trajectories in children at…
- Conditions
- Development, Infant, Development, Language, Developmental Language Disorder, Learning Disabilities
- Trial name
- NCT05767242
- Testing
- Electrophysiological recording, Behavioral assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Developmental Language Disorder, Specific Language Impairment
Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder During Book Reading
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, Specific Language Impairment, Language Development
- Trial name
- NCT06026124
- Testing
- Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Spaced Retrieval condition, Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Study condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Dyslexia
Study of Hierarchy of Afferents in Postural Control of Children With Dyslexia
The purpose is to determine the hierarchy of sensory afferents according to different forms of dyslexia in children. The secondary purpose is to determine sensitive and sufficiently specific posturographic indexes for standard…
- Trial name
- EQUIDYS (NCT02879786)
- Testing
- Posturographic tests, Questionnaire of motion sickness susceptibility
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
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 Disability
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation to Enhance Reading Comprehension Ability in Adults
The goal of this project is to address the urgent need for effective, scalable adult literacy interventions by integrating breakthroughs in two separate fields: 1.) the brain network science of resilience to reading disorders and…
- Trial name
- NCT05523505
- Testing
- RLN real non-invasive brain stimulation intervention, RLN and CCN real non-invasive brain stimulation intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Dyslexia
Role of Auditory Cortical Oscillations in Speech Processing and Dyslexia
This study aims at investigating the role of low-gamma activity in phonemic encoding and its implication in dyslexia. Indeed, a phonological deficit, i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT04277351
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Geneva, Switzerland
Dyslexia, Aging Problems
Neuroplasticity of Multisensory Cortical Areas Induced by Musical Training: a Translational Approach (MusicPlast)
Exploiting recent methodological advancements, several neuroimaging studies suggested that multisensory integration emerges from a dynamic interplay of distributed regions operating in large-scale networks.
- Trial name
- MusicPlast (NCT03786185)
- Testing
- MusicPlast, MusicPlast Control
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Corticobasal Syndrome, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Diagnosing Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
To establish diagnostic tools to make an accurate clinical and pathological diagnosis of patients with clinical FTLD syndromes
- Conditions
- Corticobasal Syndrome, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia, Semantic Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT02964637
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Developmental Dyslexia
V5/MT Stimulation on Reading and Reading-related Measures in Developmental Dyslexia
The present study grounds on the absence of evidence-based treatment in individuals with developmental dyslexia (DD). At this topic, the present study will explore the potential effect of transcranial direct current stimulation…
- Trial name
- NCT05972200
- Testing
- Active HD-tDCS over V5/MT, Active HD-tDCS over V1
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
Developmental Dyslexia
Prediction and Intervention in Developmental Dyslexia
The long-term goal of this study is to improve prediction of poor reading outcome at preschool age by using a combination of behavioural and neuroimaging measures and to evaluate a specific computerized training program to…
- Trial name
- LEXI (NCT02217696)
- Testing
- Computerized reading training
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Premature Birth, Basic Learning Problem in Reading
Reading in Preterm and Full-term Children: Neural Basis and Prediction
The purpose of this study is to understand reading abilities of children born preterm: their cognitive profiles, the neural basis of good and poor reading abilities, and the behavioral and neural factors that predict persistent…
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Basic Learning Problem in Reading, Child
- Trial name
- NCT01599546
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
Effects of a Multimodal Exercise Program for Children With ASD
Exploring the effects of an exercise program for children ages 6 -26 years old who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and neurotypical children respond to high-intensity whole body exercise interventions (Group 1)…
- Trial name
- NCT05509231
- Testing
- High-intensity exercise, Wearable glove and arm sleeve device to measure movement
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Institute of Technology
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)
Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Learning Disability
Interventions for Reading Disabilities in NF1
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is a common genetic disorder that is associated with a four times greater risk of learning disabilities, including reading disabilities, and a deficiency of neurofibromin - a protein important in a…
- Conditions
- Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Learning Disability, Reading Disability, NF1
- Trial name
- NCT02964884
- Testing
- Lovastatin, reading tutoring intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity (ADHD)
Pai.ACT: AI-Driven ACT Chatbot for Mental Health Triage and Service Evaluation
Parents of children with special needs in Hong Kong often face limited psychological support, which can negatively impact the child rehabilitation process and the well-being of parent-child relationships.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity (ADHD), Neurodevelopmental Disorder (Diagnosis), Dyslexia
- Trial name
- NCT06808555
- Testing
- Pai.ACT Group, Control Group
- Where
- 20 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 340 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dyslexia
Maturation of Auditory Processing in Children With Dyslexia Compared to Average-reading Children
The hypothesis of central auditory processing disorders has been advanced to explain the anomalies of the grapheme/phoneme combination in some dyslexia.
- Trial name
- ASTRAUCOLE (NCT02345876)
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Developmental Language Disorder, Healthy Subjects
The Short-term Verbal Memory Endophenotype for Developmental Language Disorder Language Disorder
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine how memory and attention affect the ability of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) to learn and use new vocabulary.
- Trial name
- NCT06968169
- Testing
- Supportive learning, Cascades
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home