RECRUITING

Telerehabilitation for Aphasia (TERRA)

Study Overview

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Description

Speech-language therapy is generally found to be helpful in the rehabilitation of aphasia. However, not all patients with aphasia have access to adequate treatment to maximize their recovery. The goal of this project is to compare the efficacy of telerehabilitation or Aphasia Remote Therapy (ART) to the more traditional In-Clinic Therapy (I-CT).

Official Title

Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery (C-STAR): Telerehabilitation for Aphasia (TERRA)

Quick Facts

Study Start:2021-05-05
Study Completion:2026-03-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT04682223

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:21 Years to 80 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. 1. Participants must have sustained a left hemisphere ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke at least 12 months prior to enrollment.
  2. 2. Participants must primarily speak English for at least the past 20 years.
  3. 3. Participants must be capable of giving informed consent or indicating another to provide informed consent.
  4. 4. Participants must be between 21-80 years of age.
  5. 5. Participants must be magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible (e.g., no metal implants, not claustrophobic) on a 3-Tesla (3T) scanner.
  1. 1. Participants must not have previous neurological disease affecting the brain (e.g. history of traumatic brain injury).
  2. 2. Participants must not have severely limited speech production (severe unintelligibility) and/or auditory comprehension that interferes with adequate participation in the therapy provided (i.e., WAB-R Spontaneous Speech rating scale score of 0-1 or WAB-R Comprehension score of 0-1).
  3. 3. Participants must not have a history of stroke to the right hemisphere of the brain.
  4. 4. Participants must not have a bilateral, cerebellar or brainstem stroke.
  5. 5. Participants must not have anything that makes them be 3T MRI incompatible
  6. 6. Insufficient intelligible speech to provide accurate responses with discourse/naming.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Sara Sayers, M.S.
CONTACT
803-777-2693
ssayers@mailbox.sc.edu
Kelli Powell, B.S.
CONTACT
803-777-5051
KELLIAP@mailbox.sc.edu

Principal Investigator

Julius Fridriksson, Ph.D.
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of South Carolina

Study Locations (Sites)

University of South Carolina Aphasia Lab
Columbia, South Carolina, 29201
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of South Carolina

  • Julius Fridriksson, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of South Carolina

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2021-05-05
Study Completion Date2026-03-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2021-05-05
Study Completion Date2026-03-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • aphasia
  • stroke
  • telerehabilitation
  • speech-language therapy

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Aphasia
  • Stroke
  • Stroke Rehabilitation