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| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH |
| National Institute on Aging (NIA) | NIH |
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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a personalized, multi-component, virtual speech language treatment program can improve communication and quality of life for adults with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and their primary communication partners. The study will enroll participants who speak English and/or Spanish.
The main questions the study aims to answer are:
Researchers will compare participants who receive intervention immediately to participants assigned to a waitlist control group (who will receive treatment after a delay) to see whether participation in the treatment program is associated with improvements in communication and quality of life.
Participants will:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Waitlist Control | Other | Individuals in the waitlist-control group will undergo initial assessment followed by a waiting interval of 12 (Multi-VISTA) or 13 (Multi-LRCT) weeks. Following the waiting period, they will again complete baseline assessments prior to the treatment phase (co-development of training materials and Multi-VISTA or Multi-LRCT treatment). |
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| Immediate Treatment | Experimental | Individuals in the immediate treatment group will undergo initial assessment followed immediately by the treatment phase (co-development of training materials and Multi-VISTA or Multi-LRCT treatment). |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Multicomponent Lexical Retrieval Cascade Training | Behavioral | In person or via teletherapy: A multi-component treatment incorporating elements of restitutive, compensatory, and care-partner focused interventions. Participants work on producing names of personally relevant targets in multiple communication modalities. Biweekly (45-90 minute) sessions with a clinician target multimodal communication and the use of strategies to support word retrieval. These skills are also trained via daily independent practice. The participant meets six times during the course of treatment with a study partner (e.g., spouse) for communication counseling, education, and practice of communication strategies. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in spoken naming of trained/untrained items | Percent correctly named trained/untrained pictures | change from pre-treatment or waitlist to post-treatment or waitlist (12-13 weeks), and follow-up at 3 months post-treatment |
| Change in script production accuracy | Percent correct intelligible, scripted words for trained/untrained scripts | change from pre-treatment or waitlist to post-treatment or waitlist (12-13 weeks), and follow-up at 3 months post-treatment |
| Change in barriers and facilitators in dyad conversation | Number of conversation barriers and facilitators observed in conversation | change from pre-treatment or waitlist to post-treatment or waitlist (12-13 weeks), and follow-up at 3 months post-treatment |
| Communication Modality Inventory | A likert-type survey characterizing frequency and type of communication modalities used in conversation, administered to both the person with PPA and their conversation partner. | change from pre-treatment or waitlist to post-treatment or waitlist (12-13 weeks), and follow-up at 3 months post-treatment |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change on Quick Aphasia Battery | A standardized aphasia assessment. | change from pre-treatment or waitlist to post-treatment or waitlist (12-13 weeks), and follow-up at 3 months post-treatment |
| Change on Aphasia Impact Questionnaire |
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Inclusion Criteria for Persons with PPA:
Inclusion criteria for Care Partners:
The participant and/or study partner must have basic experience using a computer.
Exclusion criteria for persons with PPA:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Henry Lab Research Coordinator | Contact | 512-471-3420 | aphasialab@austin.utexas.edu | |
| Grasso Lab Research Coordinator | Contact | 512-232-1440 | multilingual.aphasia@austin.utexas.edu |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Maya L Henry, PhD | University of Texas at Austin | Principal Investigator |
| Stephanie M Grasso, PhD | University of Texas at Austin | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Texas | Recruiting | Austin | Texas | 78712 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 29718131 | Background | Henry ML, Hubbard HI, Grasso SM, Mandelli ML, Wilson SM, Sathishkumar MT, Fridriksson J, Daigle W, Boxer AL, Miller BL, Gorno-Tempini ML. Retraining speech production and fluency in non-fluent/agrammatic primary progressive aphasia. Brain. 2018 Jun 1;141(6):1799-1814. doi: 10.1093/brain/awy101. | |
| 31390290 | Background | Henry ML, Hubbard HI, Grasso SM, Dial HR, Beeson PM, Miller BL, Gorno-Tempini ML. Treatment for Word Retrieval in Semantic and Logopenic Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia: Immediate and Long-Term Outcomes. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2019 Aug 15;62(8):2723-2749. doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-18-0144. Epub 2019 Aug 7. |
| Label | URL |
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| University of Texas Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab | View source |
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Because of the possibility of deductive disclosure of subjects with unusual characteristics and the sensitive nature of the protected health information obtained in this trial, we will make decisions about data sharing on request, with IRB oversight.
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Participants in Arm 1, the immediate treatment group, will proceed immediately to initial assessments followed by the treatment phase (co-development of training materials and Multi-VISTA or Multi-LRCT treatment).
Participants in Arm 2, the waitlist control group, will undergo initial assessment followed by a waiting interval of 12 (Multi-VISTA) or 13 (Multi-LRCT) weeks. Following the waiting period, they will be reassessed for cognitive-linguistic and participant-reported outcome measures prior to the treatment phase (co-development of training materials and Multi-VISTA or Multi-LRCT treatment).
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| Multicomponent Video Implemented Script Training in Aphasia | Behavioral | In person or via teletherapy: A multi-component treatment incorporating elements of restitutive, compensatory, and care-partner focused interventions. Treatment focuses on production of individually-tailored, personally relevant scripts. The participant completes 30 minutes per day of independent practice, during which they speak in unison with a video model. Biweekly (45-90 minute) sessions with a clinician target clear and accurate script production, memorization, and conversational usage, as well as multimodal communication. The participant meets six times during the course of treatment with a study partner (e.g., spouse) for communication counseling, education, and practice of communication strategies. |
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A psychosocial questionnaire for individuals with aphasia. Scores range from 0-84, with higher scores indicating greater impact of aphasia.
| change from pre-treatment or waitlist to post-treatment or waitlist (12-13 weeks), and follow-up at 3 months post-treatment |
| Acceptability and Perception of Change Survey | A survey characterizing acceptability of and perceived response to treatment. | post-treatment (approximately 12-13 weeks after treatment onset) |
| Change on Adult Carers Quality of Life Questionnaire | A measure evaluating quality of life for caregivers. Scores range from 0-100, with higher scores indicating greater quality of life. | change from pre-treatment or waitlist to post-treatment or waitlist (12-13 weeks), and follow-up at 3 months post-treatment |
| Change on Brief - Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (Brief-COPE) | A survey characterizing care partner use of coping strategies. | change from pre-treatment or waitlist to post-treatment or waitlist (12-13 weeks), and follow-up at 3 months post-treatment |
| 30880927 | Background | Dial HR, Hinshelwood HA, Grasso SM, Hubbard HI, Gorno-Tempini ML, Henry ML. Investigating the utility of teletherapy in individuals with primary progressive aphasia. Clin Interv Aging. 2019 Feb 25;14:453-471. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S178878. eCollection 2019. |
| University of Texas Aphasia Multilingual Aphasia and Dementia Research Lab | View source |
| ID | Term |
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| D018888 | Aphasia, Primary Progressive |
| D057180 | Frontotemporal Dementia |
| D057178 | Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia |
| D001037 | Aphasia |
| D019636 | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| ID | Term |
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| D003704 | Dementia |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D013064 | Speech Disorders |
| D007806 | Language Disorders |
| D003147 | Communication Disorders |
| D019954 | Neurobehavioral Manifestations |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D019965 | Neurocognitive Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D057174 | Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration |
| D057177 | TDP-43 Proteinopathies |
| D057165 | Proteostasis Deficiencies |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
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