Intensive Language-Action Therapy (ILAT): Does communicative interaction contribute to the efficacy of intensive aphasia therapy?

Intensive Language-Action Therapy (ILAT): Does communicative interaction contribute to the efficacy of intensive aphasia therapy? - BILAT I

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00005482

Enrollment

Registered

2013-11-28

Start date

2014-01-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F80.1

Interventions

Group 1: Standard ILAT with action-related context

frequency: 3 sessions per week, 3.5 hours per day, over a period of 6 working days

overall, 21 hours of therapy Group 2: Intensive Naming Therapy

overall, 21 hours of therapy

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients are able to give informed consent; aphasic symptoms; patients are more than one year post infarction; German native speakers; no visual or auditory impairments

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: severe visual or auditory impairments; severe apraxia of speech or agnosia; reinfarctions; additional neurological disorders major depression or psychosis

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Language Assessment: Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT), used before and after each treatment interval	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
(1) EEG; dependent variables: event-related EEG potentials, measured before and after each training period (2) Lexical decision task; dependent variables: error rates und reaction times, measured before and after each training period (3) Communicative-pragmatic request and naming task, applied before and after each training period (4) Beck's Depression Inventory, applied before and after each training period	—

Measure

Time frame

(1) EEG; dependent variables: event-related EEG potentials, measured before and after each training period (2) Lexical decision task; dependent variables: error rates und reaction times, measured before and after each training period (3) Communicative-pragmatic request and naming task, applied before and after each training period (4) Beck's Depression Inventory, applied before and after each training period

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBenjamin Stahl

Freie Universität Berlin; Brain Language Laboratory

stahl@zedat.fu-berlin.de030 838 51978

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026