An interventional study of Learning to Communicate Successfully Approach (LCSA) in Aphasia, sponsored by University of Lahore. Completed at 2 sites in Pakistan. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-22.
Sponsored by University of Lahore · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study aims to develop and validate the Learning to Communicate Successfully Approach (LCSA), a culturally sensitive communication intervention manual for Urdu-speaking adults with chronic aphasia. Aphasia is a language disorder that can affect speaking, understanding, reading, writing, and everyday communication, commonly following stroke or other neurological conditions. The LCSA addresses communication difficulties while also considering participation in daily life, communication partners, the communication environment, and personal and psychosocial factors. The study evaluates the feasibility, applicability, and outcomes of the LCSA approach in Urdu-speaking adults with chronic aphasia.
Aphasia is an acquired language disorder that can affect an individual's ability to speak, understand spoken language, read, and write. People living with chronic aphasia may experience persistent communication difficulties that affect participation in everyday activities, relationships, and quality of life.
This study aims to develop and validate the Learning to Communicate Successfully Approach (LCSA) manual for Urdu-speaking adults with chronic aphasia. The LCSA is a culturally sensitive, comprehensive intervention approach that addresses communication difficulties from multiple perspectives. The approach incorporates impairment-based intervention, participation-focused intervention, communication partner training, communication environment modification, and personal and psychosocial factors.
The LCSA manual's development included a qualitative phase with input from speech-language pathologists and caregivers, followed by expert review and face-validity assessment. The team then implemented the manual with Urdu-speaking adults with chronic aphasia to evaluate its applicability and outcomes.
The quantitative phase uses a one-group pre-test-post-test design to evaluate changes in communication and related functional outcomes following implementation of the LCSA. Participants undergo assessment before and after the intervention using standardized and study-related outcome measures. The findings are intended to provide evidence regarding the validity, applicability, and potential effectiveness of the LCSA manual for Urdu-speaking adults with chronic aphasia.
The study is intended to contribute to culturally and linguistically appropriate aphasia rehabilitation by providing speech-language pathologists with a structured intervention approach specifically developed for Urdu-speaking individuals with chronic aphasia.
372 studies on the registry are indexed under Aphasia; 90 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 30 is close to the median of 30 across 322 interventional studies indexed under Aphasia.
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Participants with chronic aphasia receive the Learning to Communicate Successfully Approach (LCSA), a structured, culturally sensitive communication intervention designed to address communication impairment, participation in everyday communication, communication partner involvement, the communication environment, and personal and psychosocial factors. Assess outcomes before and after the intervention.
Behavioral: Learning to Communicate Successfully Approach (LCSA)
The Learning to Communicate Successfully Approach (LCSA) is a structured, culturally sensitive communication intervention developed for Urdu-speaking adults with chronic aphasia. The approach integrates impairment-based intervention, participation-focused intervention, communication partner training, communication environment modification, and personal and psychosocial support. A speech-language pathologist delivers the intervention according to the LCSA manual.
Aphasia Severity and Language Function
We assessed aphasia severity and language function using the Quick Aphasia Battery (QAB).
Time frame: Baseline and immediately after completion of the intervention.
Impact of Aphasia on Quality of Life
The impact of aphasia on quality of life and participation was assessed using the Aphasia Impact Questionnaire-21 (AIQ-21).
Time frame: Baseline and immediately after completion of the intervention.
Plan to share: No — There is no plan to share individual participant data with other researchers. The research team will retain participant-level data and handle it confidentially in accordance with the approved research ethics requirements.
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Ran from Jul 2025 to primary completion in Mar 2026, 7 months.
Of 197 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Aphasia, half reached primary completion within 36 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 20 and three quarters within 54. This study's 7 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 200 studies reached it within 36 months; a quarter within 19 and three quarters within 54.
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