Forced Use Aphasia Therapy in the ACute phase

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN26390986

Enrollment

Registered

2007-01-03

Start date

2006-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Aphasia Signs and Symptoms Symptoms and signs involving speech and voice

Interventions

Intervention: Forced-use aphasia therapy is characterised by various aspects: 1. Treatment is group treatment (two to three persons). 2. Treament per day is three to four hours. 3. Treatment is pri

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Left hemispheric cerebro-vascular accident maximally three months post-onset 2. Aphasia (by clinical diagnosis and standardised aphasia screening) 3. Monolingual German native speaker

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Aphasia mainly characterised by automatisms 2. Severe jargon 3. Severe apraxia of speech 4. Severe neuropsychological and/or psychiatric disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To establish efficacy of FUAT in the acute phase	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. To establish efficiency of FUAT as compared to standardised aphasia therapy. 2. To establish long-term effects of aphasia therapy (both FUAT and standard)	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

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