Clinical trials: Word Finding Difficulty
Stroke
Speech Therapy for Aphasia: Comparing Two Treatments
This is a behavioral speech therapy trial for individuals who have suffered a stroke on the left side of the brain and have difficulty speaking.
- Trial name
- PMvSFA (NCT02153710)
- Testing
- Semantic Feature Analysis therapy, Phonomotor Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Aphasia, Dysgraphia
Neurobiology of Language Recovery in Aphasia: Natural History and Treatment-Induced Recovery
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of treatment for specific language deficits in people with aphasia. In addition to language and cognitive measures, changes in brain function will also be gathered before…
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Dysgraphia, Anomia, Agrammatism
- Trial name
- NCT01927302
- Testing
- Treatment Focusing on Naming Objects, Treatment Focusing on Improving Spelling Abilities, Treatment Focusing on Improving Sentence Processing
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Aphasia, Aphasia, Anomic
Speech Therapy and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy in Post-stroke Anomic Aphasia
The aim of the study is to observe the effects of speech therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy in patients who develop anomic aphasia after stroke.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Aphasia, Anomic, Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT04625790
- Testing
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, Speech therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Ege University
Acute Pharyngitis
A Clinical Trial Investigating the Short-term Relief of Symptoms of Acute Pharyngitis by Treatment With Three Different Doses of MYRAMISTIN™ Oromucosal Spray
In this multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind stuy in which patients with acute pharyngitis will receive Myramistin™ / Placebo, which is provided as a spray.
- Trial name
- MIRA1 (NCT04470089)
- Testing
- Myramistin
- Where
- 12 sites in Austria, Germany
- Volunteers
- 170 people
- Sponsor
- Megainpharm GmbH
Stroke, Aphasia
Digital Interventions in Neurorehabilitation: iTALKbetter
iTALKBetter will provide an app-based therapy for people with word retrieval difficulties who have had a stroke. This study aims to test the therapy application for people with naming difficulties through a small scale…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Aphasia, Anomia
- Trial name
- NCT04566081
- Testing
- iTalkBetter Trained Items, iTalkBetter Untrained Items
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Aphasia
Voice Adaptive Tablet-Based Naming Treatment for Adults With Aphasia
Rising life expectancy is leading to a rising incidence of strokes worldwide. Approximately one third of people who had a stroke live with a communication disorder, aphasia, which is associated with the largest negative…
- Trial name
- VoiceAdapt (NCT04108364)
- Testing
- Voice adaptive training for aphasia
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Aphasia, Anomia (Word-Finding Impairment)
Chronic Aphasia - Improved by Intensive Training and Electrical Brain Stimulation (CATS)
The purpose of this study is to determine if non-invasive electrical brain stimulation can enhance the outcome of intensive language therapy in chronic aphasia.
- Trial name
- NCT01924702
- Testing
- Intensive language therapy, transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Charité Neurocure AG Flöel
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Mild
Precision Medicine Approach for Early Dementia & Mild Cognitive Impairment
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare a precision medicine approach to the standard-of-care for people with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage dementia.
- Trial name
- EVANTHEA (NCT05894954)
- Testing
- Precision Medicine Approach, Hormones and Medications tailored to lab tests, combined with devices that support stress management and brain exercises, Standard-of-Care
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Alzheimer's Prevention and Reversal Project, Inc.
Anomia, Aphasia
Effects of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) on Word Finding in Aphasia
Although there is evidence that speech-language therapy may improve speech in language disorders following left hemisphere stroke there is still a lack of evidence for which types of therapy are effective.
- Conditions
- Anomia, Aphasia, Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT05152979
- Testing
- Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Aphasia, Acquired, Aphasia Primary Progressive
Spaced Retrieval as Treatment for Aphasia
Spaced Repetition training has been found to be more effective than massed repetition for individuals with aphasia. This study seeks to examine the relative efficiency of three kinds of spacing for picture-naming training…
- Trial name
- NCT04623125
- Testing
- Spaced Retrieval Practice
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
Aphasia, Anomia
Inner Speech and Naming Treatment for Individuals with Aphasia
Aphasia is a language disorder, commonly resulting from stroke or other brain injury, that impacts a person's ability to communicate.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Anomia, Language Disorders, Communication Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05980897
- Testing
- Naming treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
Stroke-induced Aphasia
Overcoming Learned Non-Use in Chronic Aphasia
In this study the investigators are examining the effectiveness of intensive speech therapy in chronic moderate-to-severe stroke-induced aphasia under two conditions - responses "constrained" or unconstrained to speech.
- Trial name
- NCT02012374
- Testing
- Intensive Language Action Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Traumatic Brain Injury, Word Finding Difficulty
Using Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Treat Word Finding Difficulty in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how brain stimulation affects word finding problems in people who have a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Word Finding Difficulty, Cognitive Symptom, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- STIM-CTBI (NCT06848140)
- Testing
- Active Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Semantic Rehabilitation for Patients With Primary Progressive Semantic Aphasia
This project aims to measure the effect of a semantic rehabilitation protocol for patients with primary progressive semantic aphasia and using the SCED methodology.
- Trial name
- SCED-APPvs (NCT04957537)
- Testing
- semantic therapy and semantic re-education
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Anomia, Stroke
Finding the Right Words in Neurogenic Communication Disorders
Every year thousands of persons suffer from brain damage resulting in anomia, that is, word finding difficulties affecting their ability to talk to other people.
- Conditions
- Anomia, Stroke, Aphasia, Parkinson Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03568760
- Testing
- Semantic feature analysis, Comprehension training
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Anomia (Word-Finding Impairment), Aphasia
Anomia Treatment Predictors
The goal of this clinical trial is to identify predictors of response to phonological-focused anomia treatment in people with aphasia. The main question it aims to answer is who responds to which type of anomia treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT06619756
- Testing
- Phonomotor Treatment (PMT), Phonological Components Analysis (PCA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Aphasia
Effect of Dopaminergic Medication on Recovery of Aphasia
The investigators have been offering computer assisted therapy of aphasia (CAT) as a complement to traditional treatments to aphasia patients of the "Service of Neurorehabilitation" for some years.
- Trial name
- NCT00941265
- Testing
- levodopa and benserazide
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Aphasia, Stroke
Intention Treatment for Anomia
Every year approximately 15,000 Veterans are hospitalized for stroke, and up to 40% of those Veterans will experience stroke-related language impairment (i.e., aphasia).
- Trial name
- NCT04267198
- Testing
- Intention Treatment for Anomia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Aphasia
Analysis of Brain Activity to Uncover Brain-behavior Relationships Related to Therapy Outcomes in Aphasia
Aphasia is a loss of language due to stroke or other brain injury. Word-finding in conversation is a universal and persistent difficulty in aphasia.
- Trial name
- NCT03550092
- Testing
- Abstract Semantic Association Network Training (AbSANT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Stroke
Treatment for Word Retrieval Impairments in Aphasia
In this study the investigators are examining the effectiveness of two different speech therapy protocols for word retrieval impairments experienced by individuals with stroke-induced aphasia.
- Trial name
- NCT00764400
- Testing
- Word Retrieval Treatments for Aphasia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Old Dominion University