NCT06132464

ECoLoGiC Speech Therapy for Everyday Communication in Aphasia

Completed NA Last updated 21 August 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Expanding Communication and Language Generated in Conversation Treatment in Aphasia in 10 participants. Completed in 30 June 2024.

Timeline

3 January 2024

Primary endpoint
30 June 2024

30 June 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Kansas Medical Center
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	10
Start date	3 January 2024
Primary completion	30 June 2024
Estimated completion	30 June 2024
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Expanding Communication and Language Generated in Conversation Treatment

Conditions studied

• Aphasia — all drugs for Aphasia →

Sponsor

University of Kansas Medical Center

Who can join

Adults 18 to 85, any sex, with Aphasia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The primary goal of this clinical trial study is to evaluate the effect of a new therapy to improve talking in people with the language disability 'aphasia' after a stroke. The therapy is called: 'Expanding Communication and Language Generated in Conversation Treatment' (ECoLoGiC Treatment), and helps improve language skills for talking to other people in conversation. The second goal is to develop training materials to teach families of people with aphasia about the therapy and how to practice at home. This part of the study will be completed with help from two people with aphasia and a family member who have completed the program.

The study asks:

1. How do people with aphasia improve their language skills following this therapy? Results will be determined by using tests of language and by testing language in conversation and other types of talking tasks, like describing a picture.
2. After completing the family training, do family members use the ideas they learned when talking to the person with aphasia? And, what do family members and people with aphasia think of the family training? The first question will be answered with a checklist to see if the family members followed the ideas they learned. The second question will be answered by talking with the people with aphasia and the family members to find out what they thought.

The people with aphasia will complete language testing before and after therapy, and 6 weeks later (to see if improvements are maintained). Therapy is twice a week for one hour, for 10 weeks with a speech-language pathologist. During therapy, the person will have casual conversations with the speech-language pathologist, who will help the person communicate by giving small amounts of help at a time. The speech-language pathologist will tell the person what they are doing that does and does not help with communication. This process helps the person use more language and learn how to communicate better. The family members will have training with the speech-language pathologists to learn about the therapy and how to continue with the ideas at home. Training will take place over 3 sessions, scheduled in addition to therapy sessions. After therapy ends, the family members will have conversations with the person with aphasia, to show what they have learned. Each family member and person with aphasia will also have a 10-20 minute conversation with a researcher to share their thoughts about the training program.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.