New therapy aims to help kids with speech disorder speak in phrases
NCT ID NCT07526246
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This study tests a speech therapy called DTTC-Connect for children aged 3 to 12 with childhood apraxia of speech, a disorder that makes it hard to say words clearly. The therapy focuses on helping children move from saying single words to speaking in phrases. Sixty-eight children will receive the therapy twice a week for 8 weeks, and researchers will measure improvements in phrase accuracy and how well others understand them.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing-Connect (DTTC-Connect) behavioral therapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this therapy could help children with apraxia of speech speak more clearly in phrases and sentences, improving their daily communication.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase II trial with only 68 participants, so results may not apply to all children. The therapy is intensive (16 sessions) and may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 68 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2031
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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3 to 12 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). The diagnosis will be made by two speech language pathologists (SLPs) who have extensive experience in the differential diagnosis of CAS. 2. Age between 3;6 and 12;11 years. 3. Normal structure of the oral-peripheral mechanism as determined by a motor speech examination using established lab protocol. 4. Participants must pass a hearing screening conducted at 20 dB SPL at 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz. 5. Not receiving speech treatment elsewhere over the course of this study, although language, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) treatment, or similar non-speech treatment, would be permitted. 6. Language Testing: Receptive Language Index standard score greater than or equal to 70 on the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - Preschool 3rd edition (CELF-P3) for children 3;6-5;11 years of age, or the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - 5th edition (CELF-5) for children 6;0-12;11 years of age. 7. Nonverbal Cognition Testing: Standard score greater than or equal to 70 on the Developmental Assessment of Young Children-2nd edition (DAYC-2) for children 3;6- 5;11 years of age, or the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales- 2nd edition, Remote (RIAS) for children 6;0-12;11 years old. 8. Can imitate 2-3 word phrases. 9. English as the primary language. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Primary dysarthria diagnosis, even if CAS is a secondary diagnosis. 2. Abnormal structure of the oral peripheral mechanism. 3. Fluency disorder, even if the child meets criteria for CAS. 4. Conductive or sensorineural hearing loss, even if the child meets criteria for CAS. 5. Does not imitate 2-3 word phrases. 6. English is not the primary language.
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Locations
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Hofstra University
RECRUITINGHempstead, New York, 11549, United States
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New York
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10012, United States
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