Neurofunctional Correlates of the Behavioral Modifications Associated With Tachidino in Children With Developmental Dyslexia

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• Conditions: Dyslexia, Developmental
• Interventions: Behavioral: TACHIDINO

• Registration Number: NCT05373576
• Lead Sponsor: IRCCS Eugenio Medea

Brief Summary

Developmental dyslexia (DD) is the most common learning disorder. Multiple cognitive and sensory domains contribute to the etiology of DD and develop before reading acquisition. Atypical brain functional responses and structural features have been found in the reading developing circuitry. Treatments addressing visual-spatial attention and motion perception (Visual Attention Training; VAT) are among the most effective interventions in Italian children with DD. The VAT seems to improve the efficiency of the visual attention system and the magnocellular (M) pathway which is crucial for learning to read. Evidence for impaired M function in subjects with DD in the visual striate and extra-striate cortex have been reported. How these treatments affect the brain functionality is still not clear. Since DD has a neurobiological basis, it is important to deeply investigate atypical functional responses and structural features in reading-related areas, and to understand how treatments operate at the neuronal level. A growing number of studies investigates structural and functional measures in neurodevelopmental disorders by using high-resolution MRI at high field (3T and 7T). Similarly, several studies examine the effects of different types of reading training upon brain activity. Better understanding of the relationship between structural/functional abnormalities and DD could disentangle the causes of reading difficulties and helps in developing effective treatments.

The significance of this study is twofold: 1) NEURAL CORRELATES OF TREATMENT: The investigators expect TACHIDINO to specifically affect the underlying neurophysiological functioning which influences reading skills in children with DD; 2) BRAIN SIGNATURES: As integrated multi-domain data (behavioral and brain imaging) are complementary to each other, they could enhance the possibility to find unique treatment/brain functioning combinations to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention and to predict the treatment response.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-02
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-09
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-13
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-20
• Primary Completion: 2023-02-28
• Study Completion: 2023-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Reading skills (both accuracy and speed) below -2.00 standard deviation

Exclusion Criteria

• No ADHD
• No contraindications to magnetic resonance

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
TACHIDINO	TACHIDINO	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Brain activation as assessed by fMRI	immediately after the intervention	BOLD signal in regions of interest (ROIs) underlying reading network

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Scientific Institute IRCCS Eugenio Medea; 🇮🇹 Bosisio Parini, LC, Italy