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NCT03538925
Building Sentences With Preschoolers Who Use AAC
Phase 2 trial testing AAC Generative Language Intervention in Down Syndrome in 70 participants. Completed in 31 December 2023.
30 June 2023
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Central Florida |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 2 |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | triple |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 70 |
| Start date | 11 May 2018 |
| Primary completion | 30 June 2023 |
| Estimated completion | 31 December 2023 |
| Sites | 2 locations across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- AAC Generative Language Intervention
- Standard of Care / Business as Usual
Conditions studied
- Down Syndrome — all drugs for Down Syndrome →
- Speech and Language Disorder — all drugs for Speech and Language Disorder →
- Speech Disorders in Children — all drugs for Speech Disorders in Children →
- Speech Intelligibility — all drugs for Speech Intelligibility →
Sponsor
University of Central Florida
Who can join
Adults 3 to 4, any sex, with Down Syndrome or Speech and Language Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The focus of this investigation is to compare the effectiveness of the AAC Generative Language Intervention approach to an AAC Standard of Care condition on preschool sentence productions. All children will use existing AAC iPad applications.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Generative Language Intervention for Young Children With Down Syndrome Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Kent-Walsh J, Harrington N, Hahs-Vaughn D, Binger C. · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 40587257 · DOI 10.1044/2025_lshss-24-00117
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- PubMed search for NCT03538925
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Verify against primary sources
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- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03538925 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Central Florida
- Last refreshed: 8 January 2024
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