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Escitalopram and Language Intervention for Subacute Aphasia (ELISA)

NCT03843463Phase 2

Key facts

Status
Recruiting
Start
Jul 2021
Primary completion
Feb 2027
Countries
1
Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Modality
Small Molecules
Conditions
aphasia
01

Overview

Phase 2, randomised, double-blind trial of Escitalopram oxalate oral solution in aphasia (2 arms), sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. Primary endpoint: Philadelphia Naming Test short-form accuracy score. Started Jul 2021; status: recruiting.

02

Design

2 arms
Study design
RandomizedDouble-blind
  • Naming Treatment + Escitalopram

    10 mg escitalopram daily for three months + 15 sessions of computer-delivered naming treatment

  • Naming Treatment + Placebo

    10 mg placebo daily for three months + 15 sessions of computer-delivered naming treatment

03

Who it enrols

Adults with acute ischemic left hemisphere stroke and aphasia, within 5 days of stroke onset, excluding those with severe depression, prior neurological diseases, or taking contraindicated medications.

04

Endpoints

Primary

  • Philadelphia Naming Test short-form accuracy score

Secondary

  • Lexical features of discourse in Cookie Theft picture description

  • Content units included in picture description of Cookie Theft

  • Rate of syllables per content unit produced in Cookie Theft picture description

  • Patient Health Questionnaire-9

  • Morphosyntactic Generation Test

  • NIH Stroke Scale

  • modified Rankin Scale

  • Right hand strength

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