New study tackles swallowing troubles in seniors
NCT ID NCT06599021
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study screens adults over 60 for swallowing difficulties and offers three types of treatment: muscle strengthening, skill-based training, or compensatory care. The goal is to better diagnose and treat swallowing problems in older adults. About 99 participants will take part.
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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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About 99 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participation in SCAPIS2 * Swallowing dysfunction according to timed water swallow test or * Swallowing dysfunction according to self-report Exclusion Criteria: * Severely impaired intellectual abilities. * Inability to consent to inclusion in the study. * Inability to answer written questionnaires in Swedish Inclusion of non-dysphagia control cohort: No signs of aspiration, slow swallowing (\<10 ml/sec) or self-rated difficulties with eating and swallowing in sub-study SCAPIS2
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sahlgrenska University Hospital
RECRUITINGGothenburg, 43362, Sweden
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