CompletedNot Applicable

Communication Bridge Speech Therapy Research Study

United States57 participantsStarted 2013-03

Plain-language summary

This is a study on Internet-based video-practice speech and language therapy for persons with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), or related conditions.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of dementia with language as a primary symptom (i.e. aphasia) * An informant who knows the participant well and can answer questions the participant's communication ability * Adequate hearing to follow conversation (correction permitted) * Adequate vision (correction permitted)

What they're measuring

Assessment of Functional Communication Abilities

Timeframe: Change from baseline assessment at 2-months, 6-months and 12-months post-treatment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02439853

SponsorUniversity of Chicago

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-12

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