Speech Therapy Study for People With Progressive Language Loss
Tests semantic speech therapy in adults with mild to moderate progressive semantic aphasia.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Semantic Rehabilitation for Patients With Primary Progressive Semantic Aphasia
Key facts
- Where
- Toulouse, FranceSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 100 years old?
Source: NCT04957537, who can take part
Where in France
- CHU ToulouseToulouse, FranceTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University Hospital, Toulouse
- Trial code
- NCT04957537
- Record updated
- 11 August 2026
- Original description
This project aims to measure the effect of a semantic rehabilitation protocol for patients with primary progressive semantic aphasia and using the SCED methodology.Read full original descriptionShow less
Evaluation of the Effect of a Semantic Rehabilitation in Patients in the Mild to Moderate Stage of Primary Progressive Semantic Aphasia : a SCED Study
This project aims to measure the effect of a semantic rehabilitation protocol for patients with primary progressive semantic aphasia and using the SCED methodology.
Inclusion: Have a diagnosis of primary progressive semantic aphasia according to the criteria of Gorno-Tempini et al (2011) (Appendix A); Being in the mild to moderate stage of dementia (MMSE score between 10 and 28) (Crum et al., 1993; Derouesné et al., 1999); Common French; Being affiliated to a social security scheme; Being over the age of 18 years old.
Exclusion: Chronical use of drugs and/or alcohol; Have significant uncorrected visual and/or hearing impairment; Have a history of brain injuries, major head trauma; Have untreated psychiatric disorders; Have significant motor and/or comprehension problems that make it impossible to take part in the study; Under guardians or curators; Severe depression (Beck's depression scale score > 9) (Beck \& al., 1961).