Pilot: Group Therapy for Children Who Stammer

NCT00945113 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 4565
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 6
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to answer the question: Is a large-scale research study of the effectiveness of group speech and language therapy (SALT) for young people who stammer possible? The study will look at the issues involved in setting up a large-scale investigation of treatment for young people who stammer. It will inform the investigators whether larger studies would be possible and give some early-stage information on the effectiveness of group SALT for these young people. The findings will pave the way for building and testing out treatment programmes where there will be clear positive benefit for young people who stammer and their families. To answer the research question, the study will tell the investigators (a) how easy/difficult it was to get people to take part, (b) young people and parents'/carers' views on taking part and (c) whether the assessments were able to pick up changes in speech and attitudes towards stammering reported by the young people and their carers. Sufficient numbers of participants were not recruited to carry out the intended rehearsal pilot RCT study design.

Conditions

Stammering

Keywords

pilot; stammer; stutter; children; randomised controlled trial; RCT; Speech and Language Therapy; Stuttering

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Evaluation of Stuttering (OASES) score

  July 2009 week 2, July 2009 week 4, October 2009 week 4

Study Arms (1)

Treatment group

EXPERIMENTAL

attendance at one-week speech therapy group

Behavioral: One-week speech therapy group

Interventions

One-week speech therapy group BEHAVIORAL

One-week cross-district speech therapy group for older children (aged 8 to 15) who stammer

Treatment group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Aged between 8;0 years and 15;11 years at 20.07.09
• Currently in treatment, on review or on waiting list for treatment.
• Has had an initial NHS Speech and Language Therapy assessment by Newcastle, Northumberland or North Tyneside Speech and Language Therapy service.
• Has a diagnosis of stammering.
• Has sufficient understanding of spoken (English) language to score at or above the 16th percentile on the Understanding Linguistic Concepts subtest of the CELF-4UK assessment.
• Available to attend treatment for the whole week of 20th July 2009
• Available to attend treatment for the whole week of 24th August 2009

You may not qualify if:

• Diagnosis of Attention and/or Hyperactivity Disorders
• Diagnosis of moderate or severe general learning difficulties
• Diagnosis of moderate or severe receptive and/or pragmatic language difficulties
• Parent/carer for whom an interpreter would be required

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust: lead
• University of Newcastle Upon-Tyne: collaborator
• North Tyneside Primary Care Trust: collaborator
• Northumberland Care Trust: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stuttering; Communication Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Speech Disorders; Language Disorders; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Lucy E Paterson, MA, BSc

  Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 21, 2009
• First Posted: July 23, 2009
• Study Start: June 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2009
• Study Completion: October 1, 2009
• Last Updated: October 12, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-10

Locations

GB (1)