Can custom therapy help stroke survivors with everyday tasks?
NCT ID NCT05829421
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a specially designed occupational therapy program could help people with mild-to-moderate thinking problems after a stroke perform daily activities like dressing or cooking. Only 8 people took part, and the goal was to see if the therapy was practical to deliver and study, not whether it actually works. The therapy was personalized based on each person's specific cognitive difficulties.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- individualized occupational therapy adapted to cognitive impairments
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help stroke survivors manage daily tasks more independently.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small feasibility study with only 8 participants. It cannot prove the therapy works, only that it might be possible to test it in a larger trial.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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8 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
PATIENTS: Inclusion criteria: * first-ever symptomatic stroke, * age ≥ 18 years, * residence in Frederiksberg Municipality, Denmark, * independent in pre-stroke everyday life (≤ 2 points on the modified Rankin Scale, mRS), * experiencing problems in performing ADLs due to cognitive impairment; these problems are expected to still be present at hospital discharge, * medical condition allows commencement of rehabilitation focused on ADL and cognition * fully aware or mild-to-moderate unawareness of deficits (≤ 2 points on the Bisiach Anosognosia Scale, BAS), * a global cognitive function corresponding to ≥ 17 points on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA, * ≤ 10 points on the depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS, * able to provide informed consent, as evaluated by the recruiting healthcare professional(s), * logistically possible to perform baseline assessments and create an individualised intervention plan during hospital stay * provides informed consent Exclusion criteria: * psychiatric conditions causing difficulties or preventing participation, as evaluated by the recruiting health care professional(s) * communication problems causing difficulties or preventing participation, as evaluated by the recruiting healthcare professional(s) CAREGIVERS: Inclusion criteria: * appointed as close carer (by a patient who consented to participate), * age ≥18y, * provides informed consent. Exclusion criteria: -communication problems or other issues causing difficulties in participation as evaluated by the recruiting healthcare professional(s). Patients without a close carer will not be excluded. CLINICAL STAFF: Inclusion criteria: * appointed as local project managers, or OTs or NPs who conduct assessments or deliver the intervention in the participating centres, * provides informed consent. Exclusion criteria: \- unable to to follow a preliminary English version of the intervention manual.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
Copenhagen, 2400, Denmark
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Neurorehabilitation Centre Østervang
Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark
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the Day Rehabilitation Centre
Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark
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the Inpatient Rehabilitation Centre
Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark
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