Actively Recruiting
Voice Therapy Per the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System
Led by Massachusetts General Hospital · Updated on 2026-02-18
600
Participants Needed
5
Research Sites
73 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
M
Massachusetts General Hospital
Lead Sponsor
E
Emory University
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this study is to evaluate if using evidence-based, standard ingredient and target codes from the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System - Voice Therapy (RTSS-Voice) in standard of care voice therapy documentation can improve outcomes for patients with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD). The main question it aims to answer is: Since the RTSS-Voice will help clinicians think about their treatment more specifically and in relation to nine evidence-based therapies, will its adoption be associated with improved outcomes? Clinicians across five voice centers will be asked to use the RTSS-Voice to document their voice therapy sessions for patients with MTD. Researchers will compare changes in outcomes between two groups of patients: those treated during the clinician's first year using the RTSS-Voice versus those treated during the clinician's second year using the RTSS-Voice.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Voice Therapy Per the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia (pMTD)
- Includes all subtypes of pMTD such as functional aphonia, vocal fry, and ventricular dysphonia
- Patients may have secondary diagnoses of reflux
- Age 14 years or older
You will not qualify if you...
- Secondary diagnoses related to structural, neurological, or respiratory disorders such as laryngitis, vocal fold nodules, polyps, cysts, granuloma, sulci, paradoxical vocal fold motion, chronic cough, upper airway paralysis or paresis, dysphagia, polypoid corditis, keratosis, presbylarynx, leukoplakia, or history of head/neck radiation
- Non-English speakers
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 5 locations
1
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
Actively Recruiting
2
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
Actively Recruiting
3
New York University
New York, New York, United States, 10017
Actively Recruiting
4
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132
Actively Recruiting
5
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Jarrad Van Stan, PhD, CCC-SLP
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
2
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