Speech and Language Therapy After Stroke

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Ischemic Stroke

• Registration Number: NCT00713050
• Lead Sponsor: University of Chicago

Brief Summary

Our overall goal is to advance the state of functional brain imaging in aphasia, and then to apply the method to an intensive, imitation-based treatment for non-fluent aphasia.

Detailed Description

Detailed information will follow in the next progress report.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-08
• Study First Submitted: 2008-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-07-09
• Study First Posted: 2008-07-11
• Primary Completion: 2012-01
• Study Completion: 2012-01
• Status Verified: 2013-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-06-10
• Last Update Posted: 2013-06-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

1. Single ischemic infarction in the MCA territory involving the cerebral cortex (confirmed by CT or MRI)
2. Aphasia
3. Visual attention and language comprehension sufficient to perform imitation fMRI tasks
4. Right handed (prior to stroke)

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusions to the study are people with cardiac pacemakers, claustrophobia, neurosurgical clips, or cognitive impairments too severe to permit cooperation with cognitive tasks in an MRI scanner.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in scores on Western Aphasia Battery	Four months

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Solodkin/Small Brain Circuits Laboratory; 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States

University of California Irvine; 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States