Phase 2
N=11
Effect of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) on Lexical Retrieval in Aphasia
Aphasia
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01300624 ↗Enrolled (actual)
11
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jun 2015
Primary outcome: Primary: Trained Sentence Probe — 20.4; 58.8; 56.0 percentage of correct sentences
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Interventions
- Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Primary completion
- Dec 2013
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Trained Sentence Probe |
20.4; 58.8; 56.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Untrained Sentence Probes |
19.8; 40.9; 43.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Complete Utterances in Discourse |
39.7; 46.7; 47.9 | — |
| SECONDARY Noun Naming |
79.9; 85.1 | — |
| SECONDARY Verb Naming |
64.6; 74.2 | — |
| SECONDARY Western Aphasia Battery |
75.9; 82.1 | — |
| SECONDARY Communicative Effectiveness Ratings |
32.6; 65.3; 58.3 | — |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) on the ability to produce sentences and connected speech in persons with aphasia.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Veterans with a diagnosis of aphasia
- primary language is English
- aphasia due to stroke
Exclusion Criteria
- Functionally bilingual
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01300624). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.