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CompletedNCT02378987Updated Mar 11, 2015

The Follow Study of Speech Functions in Preschool Children With Cerebral Palsy: Clinical Measures and Acoustic Analysis

An observational study in Cerebral Palsy, sponsored by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 4 Years to 8 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-03-11.

Sponsored by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
46
Ages
4 Years to 8 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aims of this study:

  1. to investigate the difference in motor speech functions among children with cerebral palsy (CP) of different motor severities.
  2. to investigate the longitudinal in motor speech functions at 6 months follow-up phase among children with CP of different motor severities.
  3. the correlation between motor severity, personal factors, family factors, language ability and motor speech in children with CP.
  4. to identify the variables that can predict motor speech functions in children with CP.
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Mental impairment, language and speech disorders are the common associated problems in children with CP. Previous studies focus on language and motor speech dysfunctions in children with CP at school-age child, adolescents and adults. Few literatures identify the determinants for predicted the motor speech performance in these children. It is important issue to follow-up the language and motor speech functions in children with CP. These data will provide clinicians for outcome prediction and goal setting.The aims of this study: (1) to investigate the difference in motor speech functions among children with CP of different motor severities, and(2) to investigate the longitudinal in motor speech functions at 6 months follow-up phase among children with CP of different motor severities, and(3) the correlation between motor severity, personal factors, family factors, language ability and motor speech in children with CP, and(4) to identify the variables that can predict motor speech functions in children with CP.

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Conditions studied

  • Cerebral Palsy

Keywords

  • cerebral palsy
  • language
  • acoustic
  • motor speech
  • follow-up
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In context

Paralysis

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This study's enrollment of 46 is below the median of 60 across 199 observational studies indexed under Paralysis.

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Lead sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital is the lead sponsor of 1,064 studies on the registry; 235 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
4 Years to 8 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

children with CP having language ability greater than 3 years

Inclusion criteria

  1. Subjects between the ages of 4-8 years old children.
  2. Subjects which aged 7 years or older should sign a consent form by themself.
  3. In line with the assessment, the case must be able to follow simple verbal commands, and can be done in a simple sentence description.
  4. were diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. physiological condition is unstable: Included in three months for surgery or infection and other major diseases
  2. there is progressive or degenerative symptoms or diseases (such as degenerative epilepsy), peripheral nerve injury, spinal cord injury.
  3. visual perception or hearing problems, after correction difficult communicators.
  4. other movement disorders patterns for children with cerebral palsy (athetoid type, offset type, etc.).
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
46 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Typical developmental children

    Normal children

  • CP children with GMFCS level I and II

    Children with CP were classified into Levels I-II based on the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).

  • CP children with GMFCS level III and IV

    Children with CP were classified into Levels III-IV based on the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change of Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised

    Children with CP underwent the assessments of Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised.

    Time frame: baseline and six months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change of Percentage of Correct Consonant in six months

    Children with CP underwent the assessments of Percentage of Correct Consonant

    Time frame: baseline and six months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
    Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 11, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02378987
Lead sponsor
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 4, 2015
Start date
Oct 2010
Primary completion
Jul 2012
Completion
Aug 2012
Last update
Mar 11, 2015

Study contacts

Chia-Ling Chen, PhD
principal investigator · Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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