Can a music and Brain-Training app boost reading in kids with dyslexia?

NCT ID NCT06592911

Disease control Sponsor: Poppins Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This completed study tested a digital app called Poppins Clinical in 306 children with dyslexia or other reading/writing learning disabilities. The app combines musical and cognitive exercises with reading training. One group used the app plus bi-monthly speech therapy, while the control group had weekly speech therapy alone. The goal was to see if the app could match standard therapy in improving reading skills.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: Poppins Clinical (a digital app providing cognitive and musical training)
What this could lead to: If successful, this app could offer a convenient, at-home supplement to speech therapy, potentially reducing the need for frequent clinic visits while maintaining reading improvements.
What could go wrong: This is a non-inferiority trial, meaning it aims to show the app is not worse than standard care, not necessarily better. The study is completed but results are not yet widely available, so real-world benefits remain unconfirmed.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

306 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Dec 2024

Finished

Jan 2026

Lead sponsor

A company

The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

7 to 11 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Diagnosis of SLD with reading deficit, based on a speech-language assessment. SLD with reading deficit is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR, 2022). The speech-language assessment should consist of at least three reading and/or transcription tests with a SD (standard deviation) of at least - 1.4 or a result below the 20th percentile or two reading and/or transcription tests with a SD of at least - 2 SD or a results below the 10th percentile; * Subject aged between 7 and 11, enrolled from CE1 to CM2; * Subject receiving speech and reading therapy for less than 2 years, receiving speech and reading therapy for written language for less than 2 years, with a maximum treatment frequency of one session per week, either for at least 3 months for children followed for more than 3 months, or for the duration of the treatment for children followed for less than 3 months.; * French mother tongue or French bilingualism at home and more than 3 years schooling in France; * Tablet or smartphone available at home; * Subject affiliated to the French National Insurance (Sécurité Sociale); * Subject and parental/legal guardians consent to participate, and commitment to follow the protocol. Exclusion Criteria: * Subject has previously used Poppins Clinical or a previous version (Mila-Learn); * Unstabilized chronic illness (at investigator's discretion); * Participants with autism spectrum disorders or documented intellectual disabilities; * Vision or Hearing difficulties preventing the use of the tablet or smartphone; * Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may prevent the patient from participating in the trial * Participant actively participating in an interventional study that may affect results. * Concurrent participation of any other family member in the same clinical trial

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

dyslexia learning disability reading disorder specific learning disability

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Dyslexia Learning disability Learning disorder, specific Specific learning disorder, with impairment in reading

Can a music and Brain-Training app boost reading in kids with dyslexia?

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