A Lexico-semantic Program on Tactile Tablet for Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer Disease Clinical Trial

— SemantiMATT  

Official title:

Contribution of a Semantic Therapy on a Tactile Tablet in the Alzheimer's Disease, Early and Late Onset

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03047694
• Other study ID #: P140707
• Secondary ID: 2015-A01312-47
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 15, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 15, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Lexical semantic disorders are described in Alzheimer's disease, and their incidence in everyday life is important to the extent that these disorders affect expression and comprehension.

Providing a tactile tablet stimulation, independent and complementary to speech therapy, could help to maintain certain abilities and reinforce the feeling of autonomy of the patients.

Description:

It is a monocentric, controlled, randomized, parallel-group, single-blind clinical trial.

For each of the two forms of Alzheimer's Disease (young or late), it compares two groups of patients: a group benefiting from a tactile tablet semantic stimulation (tablet group) and a control group All patients benefit from a clinical evaluation and a language assessment at M0, M3 and M6. The analyzes will be conducted in intention to treat.

The main criterion is the 3-month variation of the Lexis 3 subtests scores. The two groups will be compared by the Student test.

The number of subjects required is based on the following assumptions: a 10% increase over three months of the Lexis subtests scores in the tablet group and a stability of the scores in the control group. The standard deviation of the variation is assumed to be identical in both groups and equal to 13% at the most. Three scores being compared, tests will be conducted at the 1.67% threshold (Bonferroni correction) to ensure a 5% overall risk of first species. The inclusion of 36 patients in each of the two treatment groups will give 80% power to the study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 1
• Est. completion date: January 15, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: January 15, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Major Patient

2. Patient with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease according to DSM-IV and NINCDS-ADRDA criteria.

3. Patient at a moderate stage of the disease: Score at CDR (Clinical Dementia Rating Scale) between 0.5 inclusive and 2 inclusive and MMS score greater than or equal to 10 and lower strictly at 27

4. Lexical-semantic disorder

5. Treatment with pro-cognitive drugs at stable doses for at least 3 months,

6. Speech therapy in progress (2 or 3 sessions per week)

7. Patient with free and informed consent

8. Affiliated to the Health care system

9. Native french speaker,

10. Attendance of a caregiver.

For the early onset group, patients should have started the disease before 65 years of age. The randomization will be stratified according to age (<65 years or> 65 years), enabling to include 2 groups of identical size of young AD (Alzheimer Disease) and Late (Alzheimer Disease) patients, each half distributed in the tablet or control group.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Other known neurological disease or general illness or major psychic problems that may interfere with cognitive functioning,

2. Patient under guardianship or curatorship

3. Confusion,

4. Cerebral MRI (or scanner for contraindication to MRI), obtained in the context of routine care compatible with a pathological process other than that related to Alzheimer's disease. A discrete or moderate leukoaraiosis (stages 1 and 2 of Fazekas) will not be considered as a criterion of non-inclusion.

5. Uncorrected hearing or visual impairment

6. Inclusion in another intervention protocol.

7. Participation in an additional stimulation workshop

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alzheimer Disease

Intervention

Other:
• tablet therapy
stimulation of the lexico semantic system on a tactile tablet therapy for 3 months
• usual care
speech therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	APHP - Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital	Paris
France	Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtriere	Paris

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	variation of performance on naming subtest of the LEXIS		variation from baseline at 3 month
Primary	variation of performance on designation subtest of the LEXIS		variation from baseline at 3 month
Primary	variation of performance on semantic matching subtest of the LEXIS		variation from baseline at 3 month
Secondary	variation of performance on DO80 lexico-semantic test		variation from baseline at 3 month and 6 month
Secondary	variation of performance on verbal fluency lexico-semantic test		variation from baseline at 3 month and 6 month
Secondary	variation of performance on verbal discrimination of BADAE		variation from baseline at 3 month and 6 month
Secondary	variation of performance on episodic memory test (RL/RI)		variation from baseline at 3 month and 6 month
Secondary	variation of performance on Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)		variation from baseline at 3 month and 6 month
Secondary	variation of score on depression scale (HAD)		variation from baseline at 3 month and 6 month
Secondary	variations on care giver's questionary		variation from baseline at 3 month and 6 month
Secondary	variation of performance on naming subtest of the LEXIS		variation from 3 month at 6 month
Secondary	variation of performance on designation subtest of the LEXIS		variation from 3 month at 6 month
Secondary	variation of performance on semantic matching subtest of the LEXIS		variation from 3 month at 6 month