Status:

UNKNOWN

Efficacy of START (Startle Rehabilitation Therapy) in the Treatment Stroke-induced Aphasia/Apraxia

Lead Sponsor:

Arizona State University

Conditions:

Stroke

Aphasia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-100 years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

A stratified, parallel-group, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of remotely delivered START treatment to individuals with severe-to-moderate stroke (with recruitment focused on individuals wit...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 18 years old
  • Native English Speakers
  • Capacity to provide informed consent
  • Right-handed
  • Corrected to normal vision
  • Left hemisphere cerebral stroke at least 6 months prior to testing
  • Presence of severe-to-moderate, non-fluent aphasia, i.e. Aphasia Quotients of 0-50 on the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (PsychCorp, 2007)
  • Corrected pure tone threshold (octave frequencies 250- 4000 Hz) norms for their age and gender41,42 NOTE: Audiometry data will be collected for all participants by lab personnel trained by an audiologist in a sound-attenuated booth. Based on our ongoing aphasia studies, we expect that \~30% of participants will use hearing aids; we will not exclude these individuals but rather include hearing aid use as a covariate in analyses.

Exclusion

  • Severe concurrent uncontrolled medical problems (e.g. cardiorespiratory impairment).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 22 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

54 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04816799

Start Date

July 22 2020

End Date

August 1 2022

Last Update

February 22 2022

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Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona, United States, 85287