Semantic Rehabilitation for Patients With Primary Progressive Semantic Aphasia

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-100
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Toulouse

About this trial

This project aims to measure the effect of a semantic rehabilitation protocol for patients with primary progressive semantic aphasia and using the SCED methodology.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Have a diagnosis of primary progressive semantic aphasia according to the criteria of Gorno-Tempini et al (2011) (Appendix A)

Being in the mild to moderate stage of dementia (MMSE score between 10 and 28) (Crum et al., 1993; Derouesné et al., 1999)

Common French

Being affiliated to a social security scheme

Disqualifiers

Have significant uncorrected visual and/or hearing impairment

Have a history of brain injuries, major head trauma

Have untreated psychiatric disorders

Have significant motor and/or comprehension problems that make it impossible to take part in the study

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • semantic therapy and semantic re-education

Treatment groups

15 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators