Evaluation of the Effects of Response Elaboration Training for Aphasia

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 22 April 2013
• Main ID: NCT00125216
• Date of registration: 27/07/2005
• Primary sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs
• Public title: Evaluation of the Effects of Response Elaboration Training for Aphasia
• Scientific title: Evaluation of the Effects of Response Elaboration Training for Aphasia
• Date of first enrolment: December 2004
• Target sample size: 47
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00125216
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Countries of recruitment

United States

Contacts

• Name: Julie L. Wambaugh, PhD
• Affiliation: VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of moderate to severe nonfluent or fluent aphasia

- Nonverbal intelligence within normal limits

- Auditory and visual acuity adequate for experimental tasks

- 6 months post-onset of single, focal brain injury (e.g., stroke)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous history of therapy with RET

- Diagnosed psychological disorder other than depression

- Neurological condition other than that which resulted in aphasia

- History of alcohol or substance abuse

- Non-native English speaker

- Premorbid history of speech/language disorder



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Aphasia

Language Disorders

Speech Disorders

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Response Elaboration Training

Primary Outcome(s)

verbal production of meaningful content words in connected speech [Time Frame: 3 and 6 weeks following completion of treatment]

Secondary ID(s)

C3719-R

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors