Silent after surgery: new study hunts for clues to mysterious speech loss in kids

NCT ID NCT02300766

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study follows 1,000 children who have surgery for a brain tumor in the back part of the brain. Up to 1 in 4 of these children develop a condition called Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome, where they lose the ability to speak. Researchers want to understand why this happens and how to treat it better.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Aalborg University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Aalborg, 9100, Denmark

  • Aarhus University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Aarhus, 8000, Denmark

  • Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

  • Haukeland University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Bergen, Norway

  • Helsinki University Central Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Helsinki, Finland

  • Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos

    RECRUITING

    Kaunas, Lithuania

  • Karolinska University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Stockholm, Sweden

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kuopio, Finland

  • Linköping University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Linköping, Sweden

  • Medical University of Vienna

    RECRUITING

    Vienna, Austria

  • Motol University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Prague, Czechia

  • Odense University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Odense, 5000, Denmark

  • Oslo University Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Oslo, Norway

  • Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

    RECRUITING

    Rome, Rome, 00165, Italy

  • Oulu University Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Oulu, Finland

  • Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

    RECRUITING

    Nijmegen, Gelderland, 6525, Netherlands

  • Rigshospitalet

    RECRUITING

    Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Gothenburg, Sweden

  • Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, 08950, Spain

  • Semmelweis University, 2nd Dept of Pediatrics

    RECRUITING

    Budapest, Hungary

  • Skåne University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Skåne, Sweden

  • St. Olav's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Trondheim, Norway

  • Tampere University Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Tampere, Finland

  • Turku University Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Turku, Finland

  • UMC Groningen

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Groningen, Netherlands

  • UMC Utrecht

    RECRUITING

    Utrecht, Netherlands

  • University Hospital Leuven

    RECRUITING

    Leuven, Belgium

  • University Hospital of North Norway

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Tromsø, Norway

  • University Hospital of Umeå

    RECRUITING

    Umeå, Sweden

  • University of Leipzig Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Leipzig, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

    RECRUITING

    Tübingen, 72076, Germany

  • Uppsala University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Uppsala, Sweden