NCT00709072

Follow-up of Children After Stuttering Treatment

Relapse Following the Lidcombe Program for Preschool Children Who Stutter

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 180 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Sydney · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 7 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to determine the percentage and predictors of stuttering relapse following treatment with the Lidcombe Program. It will also investigate the effectiveness of sending reminder messages to parents to assist in reducing relapse.

Detailed description

Stuttering treatment becomes more time-consuming and less effective as children become older. Therefore it is crucial to prevent relapse following treatment in the early years. This study will investigate predictors of relapse and assess the effectiveness of a simple two-weekly user-friendly reminder to parents, about when and how to address any re-occurring stuttering after treatment. Results from the study may help to prevent stuttering relapse in this age group in the future.

Conditions

• Stuttering

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	SMS (Short Message Service) reminders	SMS reminders sent every 2 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2008-07-03
• Last updated: 2010-04-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Australia