Efficacy of a Digital Therapeutic for People With Dysarthria After Stroke

NCT ID: NCT05146765

Last Updated: 2023-12-20

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-01-18

Study Completion Date

2022-08-30

Brief Summary

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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

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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

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Dysarthria as Late Effect of Stroke

Keywords

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Dysarthria Stroke digital therapeutics Speech Disorders Language Disorders speech rehabilitation application Post-stroke dysarthria

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Pilot trial
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
Outcome Assessor

Study Groups

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Intervention

The intervention group will receive treatment as usual along with the speech therapy app.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile application

Intervention Type DEVICE

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.

Treatment as usual

Intervention Type OTHER

The patients will follow the treatment as usual, including conventional stroke therapy if needed based on the medical guidelines.

Control

The control group will receive treatment as usual only.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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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.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Treatment as usual

The patients will follow the treatment as usual, including conventional stroke therapy if needed based on the medical guidelines.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Neurologically stable, as determined by the clinician.
2. Onset of stroke within four weeks prior to randomization.
3. Diagnosis of dysarthria caused by stroke as confirmed by a stroke specialty neurologist.
4. Maintains enough cognitive function to use the speech therapy application without problems, as determined by a Mini-Mental State Exam score of 26 ≥ within 1 month prior to randomization.
5. Capable of walking or moving alone or with the assistance of a walking aid (e.g., walkers, canes, or wheelchairs).
6. Must have intact vision, hearing, communication skills, and motor skills, as well as comprehension sufficient to proceed with assessment, as judged by the clinician.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to measure articulatory or orofacial functions due to organic causes/lesions in articulatory and cervical structure.
2. Has comorbid neurological conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, could impair study participation, such as dementia (Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Central Nervous System Infection \[e.g., Human Immunodeficiency Virus, syphilis\], Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, etc.), Pick's disease, Huntington's disease, or Parkinson's disease.
3. Has a Mini-Mental State Exam score of 26 or below at the time of screening.
4. Has a Clinical Dementia Rating score of 1 ≥ or a Global Deterioration Scale score of 3 ≥ at the time of screening.
5. Received dementia treatment within 3 months of screening.
6. Takes medication that may impact cognitive function during the clinical trial period.
7. Co-medication is prohibited during the entire trial period for the following medications: drugs for dementia treatment, Central Nervous System stimulants, anticholinergics, tricyclic antidepressants, typical antipsychotics, and sleeping pills (excluding rapid-acting sleeping pills).
8. Co-medication is permitted if continued use of the following medications has been at a stable dose for 2 months prior to randomization: atypical antipsychotics, anxiolytics, antidepressants (excluding tricyclic antidepressants), thyroid hormone, and rapid-acting sleeping pills.
9. Is uneducated or illiterate.
10. Has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness such as severe depression, schizophrenia, alcohol addiction, or drug addiction.
11. Unable to use D-ST01 due to severe speech impairment, as determined by the clinician.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Tae-Jin Song, MD, PhD

Principal investigator, Department of neurology, Seoul Hospital, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Tae-Jin Song, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Neurology, Ewha University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Locations

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Ewha Womans University Medical Center

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

References

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Kim Y, Kim M, Kim J, Song TJ. Smartphone-Based Speech Therapy for Poststroke Dysarthria: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Efficacy and Feasibility. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Apr 25;26:e56417. doi: 10.2196/56417.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38509662 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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D-ST01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id