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The investigators propose a pilot crossover trial of 2 behavioral language treatments, with randomized order of treatments and blinded assessors, to determine if a therapy designed to stimulate right hemisphere functions (Producing Increasingly Complex Themes Using Right-hemisphere Engagement Implemented with Telemedicine - PICTURE IT; described below) is more effective in improving discourse than a published computer delivered lexical treatment (shown previously to improve naming) in subacute post-stroke aphasia.


Clinical Trial Description

The investigators will carry out a crossover study with randomized order of treatment conditions and blinded assessors, to compare changes in content and efficiency of discourse (primary outcome measures) from before treatment to immediately after treatment, to compare intervention focused on engaging the right hemisphere (PICTURE IT; see below) to a purely lexical treatment (see details below). Secondary outcome measures will be: (1) changes in discourse from pre-treatment to 2 weeks post-treatment, and (2) changes in naming of objects and actions from immediately before treatment to immediately after treatment, and (3) changes in naming of objects and actions from pre-treatment to 2 months after both treatments. The investigators will also carry out resting state functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) before and after each treatment to evaluate degree and location (e.g. intrahemispheric right versus left) of changes in connectivity associated with each treatment and with changes in each outcome measure. The investigators will also take saliva samples from participants who agree to this optional part of the study to determine the participants brain-derived neurotrophic factor status. ;


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NCT number NCT05845047
Study type Interventional
Source Johns Hopkins University
Contact Argye E Hillis, MD
Phone 410-614-2381
Email argye@jhmi.edu
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date May 31, 2023
Completion date October 2031

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