An interventional study of Speech and language intervention in Cough and Speech Therapy, sponsored by Medical University of Warsaw. Completed at 1 site in Poland. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-04-15.
Sponsored by Medical University of Warsaw · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Speech and language intervention (speech therapy) is one of the few methods which seem to be useful in management of persistent chronic cough. This method has not been available for patients with cough in Poland so far.The aim of the study is to implement speech therapy to the management plan of patients with difficult-to-treat chronic cough and to analyze its efficacy in this particular group.
Patients with difficult-to treat chronic cough will be offered speech and language intervention as an added therapy. The effectiveness of speech therapy will be measured by changes in cough severity, its influence on quality of life and cough challenge test before and after speech therapy measured in every patient.
The efficacy of management of chronic cough in adults is limited. Speech and language intervention (speech therapy) is one of the few methods which seem to be useful in management of persistent chronic cough. This method has not been available for patients with cough in Poland so far.
The aim of the study is to implement speech therapy to the management plan of patients with difficult-to-treat chronic cough and to analyze its efficacy in this particular group.
Patients, who are diagnosed and unsuccessfully managed because of difficult-to treat chronic cough, will be offered speech and language intervention as an added therapy. It is based on the technique described by Vertigan et al.The entire therapy will consist of eight sessions once a week.
Cough severity, its influence on quality of life and cough challenge test with capsaicin will be assessed by Visual Analogue Scale, Leicester Cough Questionnaire and cough challenge test with capsaicin will be performed before and after speech therapy in every patient to analyze its effectiveness
142 studies on the registry are indexed under Chronic Cough; 39 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 30 is below the median of 60 across 104 interventional studies indexed under Chronic Cough.
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Compared within Chronic Cough, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Cough. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
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Behavioral: Speech and language intervention
Speech therapy includes education about cough and vocal hygiene, teaching strategies to reduce cough, breathing and vocal exercises. The whole therapy consists of eight sessions once a week.
Also known as: Speech therapy, Voice therapy
Cough severity
measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), range 0-100 mm, the more severe cough , the higher value in VAS score
Time frame: 3 months
Cough related quality of life
measured by Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ)- health related Quality of Life Questionnaire dedicaated for patients, who cough; rangeof total LCQ is 3 to 21 points; higher values represent less intense cough
Time frame: 3 months
Sensitivity of cough reflex
measured by cough challenge test with capsaicin
Time frame: 3 months
Ran from Jan 2016 to primary completion in Dec 2019, 47 months.
Of 20 interventional studies with no phase under Chronic Cough, half reached primary completion within 20 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 48. This study's 47 months is above that.
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