Forced Use Aphasia Therapy in the ACute phase
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN26390986 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN26390986 |
| Protocol serial number | 05004 |
| Sponsor | Refonet (Germany) |
| Funder | Rehabilitations-Forschungsnetzwerk der DRV Rheinland (ReFonet) (Germany ) (Project Number: 05004). |
- Submission date
- 27/11/2006
- Registration date
- 03/01/2007
- Last edited
- 05/01/2007
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Signs and Symptoms
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr Jutta Küst
Scientific
Scientific
NRZ Godeshoehe
Waldstrasse 2-10
Bonn
53177
Germany
| j.kuest@godeshoehe.de |
Study information
| Primary study design | Interventional |
|---|---|
| Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Scientific title | |
| Study acronym | FUATAC |
| Study objectives | 1. Forced Use Aphasia Therapy (FUAT) leads to significant improvements in language skills. 2. FUAT is more effective than classical aphasia therapy. 3. Comparable significant improvements in language skills are reached earlier in FUAT. 4. Effects of treatment can be found in both FUAT-group and control group at six months post treatment. 5. Improvements in language skills will also improve communication skills, with FUAT being more effective. |
| Ethics approval(s) | Ethik-Kommission of Medizinische Fakultät Bonn (Germany), date of approval: 09/08/2006 (ref: 107/06). |
| Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Aphasia |
| Intervention | Intervention: Forced-use aphasia therapy is characterised by various aspects: 1. Treatment is group treatment (two to three persons). 2. Treament per day is three to four hours. 3. Treatment is primarily based on communicative aspects. Control: In the control group the people with aphasia receive therapy as usual. Control patients will have individual sessions once a day, and therapy is focussed on language/linguistic skills. Both groups consist of 26 persons. The intervention will take place for six weeks. |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure(s) |
To establish efficacy of FUAT in the acute phase |
| Key secondary outcome measure(s) |
1. To establish efficiency of FUAT as compared to standardised aphasia therapy. |
| Completion date | 31/07/2008 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Not Specified |
| Sex | Not Specified |
| Target sample size at registration | 52 |
| Key inclusion criteria | 1. Left hemispheric cerebro-vascular accident maximally three months post-onset 2. Aphasia (by clinical diagnosis and standardised aphasia screening) 3. Monolingual German native speaker |
| Key exclusion criteria | 1. Aphasia mainly characterised by automatisms 2. Severe jargon 3. Severe apraxia of speech 4. Severe neuropsychological and/or psychiatric disorders |
| Date of first enrolment | 01/07/2006 |
| Date of final enrolment | 31/07/2008 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Germany
Study participating centre
NRZ Godeshoehe
Bonn
53177
Germany
53177
Germany
Results and Publications
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
|---|---|
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| IPD sharing plan |
