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Behavioral Intervention

Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) for Aphasia (PROCoM Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Swathi Kiran, PhD
Research Sponsored by Boston University Charles River Campus
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up week 1 and up to 10 weeks
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial uses a computer program to help bilingual people with aphasia by creating personalized language training plans based on their language history and abilities.

Eligible Conditions
  • Aphasia
  • Virtual Lesions for Aphasia

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~week 1 and up to 10 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and week 1 and up to 10 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Word Retrieval Accuracy in both languages
Secondary study objectives
Aphasia Bank
Aphasia Tests
Boston Naming Test (BNT) in both languages
+7 more

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Model-basedExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Semantic Feature Analysis training will be provided in the language that was selected by the computational model.
Group II: Model-oppositeActive Control1 Intervention
Semantic Feature Analysis training will be provided in the language opposite to that which was selected by the computational model.
Group III: Sub-Study: Computational Modeling for Bilingual Dementia and Semantic DeclineActive Control1 Intervention
This is a sub-study aimed at building a computational model to simulate bilingual dementia and semantic decline.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)NIH
351 Previous Clinical Trials
180,991 Total Patients Enrolled
38 Trials studying Aphasia
2,473 Patients Enrolled for Aphasia
Boston University Charles River CampusLead Sponsor
119 Previous Clinical Trials
13,257 Total Patients Enrolled
3 Trials studying Aphasia
189 Patients Enrolled for Aphasia
Swathi Kiran, PhDPrincipal Investigator - Boston University
Boston University Charles River Campus
~6 spots leftby Nov 2025