Therapy for Reading Problems in Adults After Brain Injury

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT00064805
• Date of registration: 14/07/2003
• Primary sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• Public title: Therapy for Reading Problems in Adults After Brain Injury
• Scientific title: Cognitively-Based Treatments of Acquired Dyslexias
• Date of first enrolment: August 2002
• Target sample size: 58
• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00064805
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Countries of recruitment

United States

Contacts

• Name: Sarah F. Snider, MA, SLP

• Name: Rhonda B. Friedman, Ph.D.
• Affiliation: Georgetown University Medical School

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

- Reading deficit subsequent to stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain surgery, or other
brain damage

- Ability to attend 2-3 sessions per week for several months at Georgetown University
in Washington, DC

Exclusion Criteria

- History of developmental dyslexia or learning disabilities

- Best corrected vision less than 20/40

- Less than 10 years of formal education

- Significant memory or comprehension problems



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Brain Injuries

Cerebrovascular Accident

Dyslexia, Acquired

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Cognitive Therapy to Improve Reading

Primary Outcome(s)

Improved accuracy and/or speed of reading individual words aloud.

Secondary Outcome(s)

Improved accuracy and/or speed of reading text aloud.

Secondary ID(s)

R01HD36019

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors