NCT02804412

Aphasia Therapy: Factors of Efficacy

Constraint Induced Aphasia Therapy in Stroke Patients in Acute Stage.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Leipzig · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 39 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Constraint-induced aphasia therapy (CIAT) has proven effective in stroke patients. It has remained unclear, however, whether intensity of therapy or constraint is the relevant factor. This study will give an answer to this question to improve speech and language therapy.

Detailed description

Although there is clear evidence that aphasia therapy is effective, questions remain as to the intensity of administered therapy, the preferred therapeutic approach and its initiation with regard to stroke onset. CIAT is a a high intense group therapy administered over 2 weeks. Additionally, patients have to communicate solely in spoken words or sentences (constraint). This study compares CIAT with an approach of the same intensity without constraints and a less intense house-typical therapeutic approach.

Conditions

• Aphasia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Control group	This is the control group with 14 h treatment over 10 workdays.
OTHER	CIAT-group	Examine the efficacy of CIAT (30 h over 10 workdays) versus Control-group and communication treatment group.
OTHER	communication treatment group (CTG)	Examine the efficacy of CTG (30h over 10 wokrdays) versus CIAT-group and control group

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-01-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2016-06-17
• Last updated: 2016-06-17