Clinical trials: Reading Problem
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism
Efficacy of Reading Intervention on the Brain Connectivity in Autism
The overarching goal of this proposal is to test the impact of a comprehensive reading intervention program (Visualizing and Verbalizing) on changing the neurobiological mechanisms underlying reading comprehension deficits in…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Reading Problem
- Trial name
- BrainREAD (NCT05568056)
- Testing
- Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language comprehension and Thinking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Reading Problem
Improving Response to Intervention in Students With or at Risk of Reading Disabilities
The purpose of the proposed studies is to examine a reading intervention for fourth grade students with reading difficulties that integrate work in mindset (beliefs about whether abilities are innate or can be developed) with the…
- Trial name
- NCT03261661
- Testing
- Reading, Mindset, Reading Embedded with Mindset
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 580 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Reading Disability, Reading Problem
The Role of Knowledge Retrieval in Inference-making
This project will (a) examine the relationship between knowledge retrieval and inferencing; (b) determine the effectiveness of an intervention that improves knowledge retrieval and inferencing among struggling readers; and (c)…
- Trial name
- NCT05692973
- Testing
- Role of Knowledge Retrieval, Inference Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 316 people
- Sponsor
- William Jewell College
Animal-Human Bonding, Learning Problem
Human-Animal Interactions to Improve Reading for Children With Learning Differences
The overall purpose of this study is to determine feasibility and preliminary efficacy of pet therapy, or human-animal interactions (HAI), for children (5-12 years of age) with or at risk for LD.
- Conditions
- Animal-Human Bonding, Learning Problem, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT05235451
- Testing
- Human-Animal Interactions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Age-related Macular Degeneration, Dementia
Words on the Brain: Can Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Vision Impairment Improve Cognitive Functioning?
Age-related vision impairment and dementia both become more prevalent with increasing age. Research into the mechanisms of these conditions has proposed that some of their causes (e.g., macular degeneration/glaucoma and…
- Conditions
- Age-related Macular Degeneration, Dementia, Low Vision, Low Vision Aids
- Trial name
- WOTB (NCT04276610)
- Testing
- Low Vision Reading Rehabilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Montréal
Reading Problem
Computer Based Newsletter and Literacy Engagement of Middle-school Students
The purpose of this study is to improve motivation for reading by implementing a computer-based newsletter and examine the effects on the literacy engagement and reading achievement of middle school-aged students.
- Trial name
- NCT04511065
- Testing
- Newsletter using a virtual mode of delivery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Premature Birth, Basic Learning Problem in Reading
Reading in Preterm and Full-term Children: Neural Basis and Prediction
The purpose of this study is to understand reading abilities of children born preterm: their cognitive profiles, the neural basis of good and poor reading abilities, and the behavioral and neural factors that predict persistent…
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Basic Learning Problem in Reading, Child
- Trial name
- NCT01599546
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Dyslexia, Reading Problem
Neurofeedback Training for Dyslexia
The study aims at testing a Neurofeedback (NF) training specifically designed for inducing a functional hemispheric imbalance of the tempo-parietal regions in individuals with dyslexia.
- Trial name
- NCT04989088
- Testing
- ProComp5 Infiniti System w/BioGraph Infiniti Software, ProComp5 Infiniti System w/recorded videos
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Developmental Dyslexia, Reading Problem
Personalization of Visual Characters and Text-to-Speech (TTS) to Support Learning in Students With Reading Difficulties
Previous research has shown the importance of font type, size and spacing to facilitate text reading in dyslexia. A special automatized procedure was designed to select the most favorable parameters for both text visualization…
- Trial name
- NCT06947512
- Testing
- Seleggo Test
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Cognitive Function 1, Social, Reading Problem
Cognitive Skills and Reading Speed
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between cognitive skills, reading speed and reading comprehension skills in children who will learn to read and who do not have any diagnosis.
- Trial name
- NCT06557382
- Testing
- Cognitive tests and reading-related evaluations
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Reading Problem
Knowledge Accessibility and Availability in Forming Knowledge-to-Text Inferences Among Middle Grade Readers
Recent adolescent-based research shows that inference making improves across grades 6-12, uniquely accounts for variance in sentence- and passage-level comprehension, and that individual differences in inference making relate in…
- Trial name
- BVU-R15 (NCT03782012)
- Testing
- Supported
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Buena Vista University
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Long Read Analysis in Spinal Muscular Atrophy - LOREASI
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a severe neuromuscular disease caused by deletion of the SMN1 gene, with the most severe form leading to death in children without treatment.
- Trial name
- LOREASI (NCT07332702)
- Testing
- blood sample
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Rouen