University of Washington Reading & Dyslexia Research Program

Reading Disability Clinical Trial

Official title:

University of Washington Reading & Dyslexia Research Program

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03945097
• Other study ID #: STUDY00000516
• Secondary ID: 1R21HD092771-01A
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: May 2019
• Est. completion date: June 2021

Study information

• Verified date: May 2019
• Source: University of Washington
• Contact: Patrick Donnelly
• Phone: 206-685-9365
• Email: pdonne[@]uw.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Subjects are recruited for a pre-kindergarten education program focusing on early literacy skills. Primary outcomes are improvement in letter knowledge and changes in brain response to text.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 44
• Est. completion date: June 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 2021
• Gender: All
• Age group: 60 Months to 72 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria: Typically developing children enrolled before kindergarten.

• Typically developing child between 60 and 72 months of age

• Has not yet begun Kindergarten

Exclusion Criteria:

• Reported neurological or psychiatric condition.

• Claustrophobia. ADHD

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dyslexia
• Reading Disability

Intervention

Behavioral:
• preK
Subjects enter and education program that either focuses on learning letters and their corresponding sounds or on language comprehension skills.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Washignton	Seattle	Washington

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Washington	Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Letter Knowledge	Knowledge of letter names and sounds. This is computed as percent correct (out of 52). Each child is shown a flash card with each upper case letter and asked to name it and say its sound	Within 2 weeks post intervention