Constant Therapy Program for Aphasia
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
The objective of this study is to apply state-of-the art brain imaging approaches to evaluate new hypotheses about the contributions of core linguistic vs. domain-general executive systems to language processing and recovery in patients with varying degrees of linguistic impairment. Specifically, the investigators will first characterize the degree to which standard language assessments tax the domain-general Multiple Demand (MD) network (Aim 1). And then systematically investigate the causal contributions of the language and the MD networks to language processing and aphasia recovery in patients of varying severity (Aims 2 and 3).
Who Is on the Research Team?
Swathi Kiran, PhD
Principal Investigator
BU Charles River Campus, Center for Brain Recovery
Evelina Fedorenko, PhD
Principal Investigator
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
This trial is for people with aphasia, a language disorder often caused by brain injury or stroke. Participants will have varying levels of language difficulties. Specific inclusion and exclusion criteria are not detailed.Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Constant Therapy program
Trial Overview
The study tests the Constant Therapy program, which uses exercises to help improve language skills in people with aphasia. Researchers use advanced brain scans to see how different parts of the brain support recovery.
How Is the Trial Designed?
2
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Participants randomized to this arm will receive the intervention immediately after baseline behavioral and neural procedures.
Participants randomized to this arm will be put on a waitlist for 5 weeks and will then receive the intervention.
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Boston University Charles River Campus
Lead Sponsor
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Collaborator
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