Balancing Effortful and Errorless Learning in Naming Treatment for Aphasia
Recruiting
Phase 2
Interventional Study
Aphasia
Stroke
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Trial phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 30 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh · Other
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About This Trial
Aphasia is a language disorder caused by stroke and other acquired brain injuries that affects over two million people in the United States and which interferes with life participation and quality of life. Anomia (i.e., word- finding difficulty) is a primary frustration for people with aphasia. Picture-based naming treatments for anomia are widely used in aphasia rehabilitation, but current treatm…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Existing diagnosis of chronic (\>6 months) aphasia subsequent to left hemisphere ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.
* Impaired performance on 2/8 sections of the Comprehensive Aphasia Test.
Exclusion Criteria:
* History of other acquired or progressive neurological disease.
* S…
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