NCT05146765

Efficacy of a Digital Therapeutic for People With Dysarthria After Stroke

Efficacy of a Digital Therapeutic for People With Dysarthria After Stroke; Pilot Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This pilot trial will establish the feasibility of a new digitized speech rehabilitation developed for patients with post-stroke dysarthria. For this study, participants will be instructed to use the speech therapy app for 30 minutes to 1 hour per day over a 4-week period.

Detailed description

A total of 40 patients with post-stroke dysarthria will be recruited and randomly divided into intervention and control groups. Patients in the intervention group will be instructed to receive speech treatments including oro-motor exercise, phonation, articulation, resonance, syllable repetition, and reading exercise (App on mobile devices). Daily sessions will be provided during a 4-week period. Both groups will also receive treatment as usual. The aim of the study is to investigate the efficacy of mobile-based speech therapy in patients with dysarthria in the acute phase following stroke.

Conditions

• Dysarthria as Late Effect of Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Mobile application	Device: Use of mobile application Participants will be instructed to use the speech therapy app for 30 minutes to one hour per day over a 4-week period.
OTHER	Treatment as usual	The patients will follow the treatment as usual, including conventional stroke therapy if needed based on the medical guidelines.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-18
• Primary completion: 2022-08-30
• Completion: 2022-08-30
• First posted: 2021-12-07
• Last updated: 2023-12-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea