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Painting your way back to speech: art therapy shows promise for aphasia after stroke

NCT ID NCT03820843

Symptom relief Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tested whether adding art therapy to standard speech rehab could help people who recently had a stroke and now have trouble speaking (aphasia). Fifteen participants received 12 art therapy sessions alongside their usual therapy. Researchers used brain scans to see if art therapy changed brain connections, hoping it might activate the right side of the brain to compensate for the damaged left side.

What this could mean

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Active substance
art therapy
What this could lead to
If it works, this could point toward a new, enjoyable way to help stroke survivors regain language skills by activating the brain's right hemisphere.
What could go wrong
This is a very small, early study with only 15 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The main goal is to measure brain changes, not language improvement, so it's unclear if art therapy directly helps speech.

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

15 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Feb 2020

Finished

Jan 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with recent ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke with unilateral lesion (s) of the parieto-temporal left junction present on the Diffusion MRI (DWI) performed in acute phase at 24-48h * Post stroke delay of 15 days to 2 months * Existence of moderate to severe phasic disorders on Aphasia Rapid Test score (ART, score\> 6, scale of 26 items) * Patient able to read and understand French * Rightful * Normal and corrected vision and hearing * Absence of pre-existing degenerative neurological disorder * Patient having signed his consent * Age ≥ 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with contraindications to MRI or claustrophobic * Patients under legal protection * Patients with behavioral disorders or disabling neurovisual disorders making participation in art therapy impossible * Mute patients, illiterate patients * Patients leaving the neurological SSR department prematurely * Patients not affiliated to a social security scheme * Pregnant or lactating women.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

aphasia hemorrhagic stroke ischemic disease ischemic stroke stroke disorder

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Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Soins de Suite et Réadaptation

    Paris, 75013, France

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