Clinical trials: Speech Therapy
Hoarding Disorder, Hoarding
Hoarding Disorder Treatment With Virtual Reality
This study explores whether a facilitated peer support group called Buried in Treasures (BIT) and a virtual reality decluttering practice can help individuals with clutter challenges.
- Conditions
- Hoarding Disorder, Hoarding, Clutter
- Trial name
- HDVR (NCT03828461)
- Testing
- Facilitated group therapy with behavioral practice; 16 weeks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Aphasia
Effect of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) on Lexical Retrieval in Aphasia
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) on the ability to produce sentences and connected speech in persons with aphasia.
- Trial name
- VNeST (NCT01300624)
- Testing
- Verb Network Strengthening Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Stroke, Aphasia
Adapting Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Stroke Survivors With Aphasia
The proposed study is a Stage I successive cohort trial intended to adapt Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to meet the specific needs of stroke survivors with aphasia ("ACT for Aphasia").
- Trial name
- NCT04984239
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for aphasia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Traumatic Brain Injury, Word Finding Difficulty
Treating Civilian Traumatic Brain Injury With High Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (ciTBI-HDtDCS)
The purpose of the study is to test whether low level electric stimulation, called transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), on the part of the brain (i.e., pre-supplementary motor area) thought to aid in memory will…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Word Finding Difficulty, Acquired Brain Injury, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- NCT05408975
- Testing
- Active Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Aphasia, Acquired
Word Retrieval in the Wild in People With Post-Stroke Aphasia
People with post-stroke aphasia (PWA) suffer from anomia, a condition where they know what they want to say but cannot retrieve the words.
- Trial name
- NCT05338216
- Testing
- Traditional EMA, Micro-Interaction EMA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Northeastern University
Alzheimer's Disease, Aphasia
Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Language in Alzheimer's Disease
The investigators wish to investigate the efficacy of targeted repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on expressive language in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Aphasia, Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT00814697
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Coil Stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- The New York Memory Services
Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia
CB3 Pilot (Communication Bridge: A Person-centered Internet-based Intervention for Individuals With Primary Progressive Aphasia)
This study will evaluate evidence-based treatments for adults with mild Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). The aim of the study is to help identify efficacious communication and quality of life interventions for those with PPA…
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia, Communication
- Trial name
- CB3 Pilot (NCT05697380)
- Testing
- Communication Bridge™
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Development Delay, Development, Child
The Opening Doors to Early Intervention Study
Poor urban minority children often experience delays in their early development leading to health disparities. Publicly funded early intervention services are available to improve child development among these children in…
- Trial name
- ODEI (NCT03625115)
- Testing
- Family Navigator (FN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 357 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Speech Sound Disorder
Auditory-Perceptual Training Via Telepractice
The objective of this study is to measure the effects of online perceptual training on perception and production in children with RSE who exhibit atypical perception relative to norms from our lab-based pilot data.
- Trial name
- NCT04858035
- Testing
- Perceptual training, Production training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montclair State University
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease
Assess the Prognostic Usefulness of Flutemetamol (18F) Injection for Identifying Subjects With Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Who Will Convert to Clinically Probable Alzheimer's Disease
This study will investigate the efficacy of the Flutemetamol (18F) Injection PET tracer in identifying abnormal (18F) flutemetamol uptake patterns which predict the conversion from aMCI to a b-amyloid associated clinically…
- Trial name
- NCT01028053
- Testing
- Flutemetamol (18F) Injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 365 people
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Laryngomalacia, Gastro Esophageal Reflux
Initiation of Acid Suppression Therapy Prospective Outcomes for Laryngomalacia
Laryngomalacia (LM) is the most common cause of stridor in infants. Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) are often seen in the setting of LM; therefore, acid suppression therapy (AST) has been empirically used in the…
- Trial name
- NCT04614974
- Testing
- Famotidine, Speech Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Reema Padia
Language Development Disorders, Speech Sound Disorder
Manipulating Linguistic Complexity to Improve Child Language Treatment Outcomes
Phonological disorder (PD) and specific language impairment (SLI) directly impact a child's ability to communicate and are among the most prevalent developmental disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT03977701
- Testing
- Phonological treatment, Morpheme treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
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
Non-verbal Learning Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Natural Treatments for the Management of Emotional Dysregulation in Youth With Non-verbal Learning Disability (NVLD) and/or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
This study consists of a 6-week, open-label, randomized clinical trial study to compare efficacy and tolerability of the natural treatments omega-3 fatty acids, inositol, and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in the treatment of mood…
- Conditions
- Non-verbal Learning Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism
- Trial name
- NCT03757585
- Testing
- Open-label Treatment with Omega-3 Fatty Acids + Inositol, Open-label Treatment with N-acetylcysteine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Aphasia
Determining Learning Ability in People With Aphasia
Aphasia is an impairment in the expression or comprehension of language that results from stroke, traumatic brain injury or progressive neurological disease.
- Trial name
- NCT05119023
- Testing
- SRT Observational Learning, AGL Observational Learning, AGL Rule-based Learning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- MGH Institute of Health Professions
Aphasia, Stroke
Stepped Care for Aphasia
This study is recruiting people who had a stroke at least 1 month ago and now have a language impairment called aphasia. Living with aphasia can have devastating effects on communication and quality of life, and it is not…
- Trial name
- NCT05851573
- Testing
- Psychosocial intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Speech Sound Disorder
Delineation of Sensorimotor Subtypes Underlying Residual Speech Errors
Children with speech sound disorder show diminished accuracy and intelligibility in spoken communication and may thus be perceived as less capable or intelligent than peers, with negative consequences for both socioemotional and…
- Trial name
- C-RESULTS (NCT03736213)
- Testing
- Visual-acoustic biofeedback, Ultrasound biofeedback
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Aphasia, CVA
Treatment Intensity - Apraxia of Speech
A growing neurorehabilitation literature suggests that intense treatment may be desired to maximize the effects of therapy following neurologic injury.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, CVA, Apraxia of Speech
- Trial name
- NCT02332915
- Testing
- Sound Production Treatment (SPT)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Primary Progressive Aphasia, PPA
Rehabilitating and Decelerating Language Loss in Primary Progressive Aphasia With tDCS Plus Language Therapy
People with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) are is a debilitating disorder characterized by the gradual loss of language functioning, even though cognitive functioning is relatively well preserved until the advanced stages of…
- Trial name
- NCT03728582
- Testing
- Active tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Stroke, Aphasia
Improving Aphasia Using Electrical Brain Stimulation
Language and communication are essential for almost every aspect of human life, but for people who have aphasia, a language processing disorder that can occur after stroke or brain injury, even simple conversations can become a…
- Trial name
- NCT04963803
- Testing
- Active transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), Language Specific Attention Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Syracuse University