Recruiting
Phase 2

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Sydney

Code:

NCT00680303

Conditions

Stuttering

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 3 - 6

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

The Lidcombe Program for early stuttering

The Lidcombe Program for early stuttering

The Lidcombe Program for early stuttering

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of the Lidcombe Program for early stuttering by varying the time between clinic visits during the first stage of the program.

Conditions

Stuttering

Study ID

NCT00680303

Start date

Jan, 2008

Status verified date

Apr, 2008

Completion date

Dec, 2010

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 3 - 6

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 3;0-5;11 years of age
2. Stuttering for longer than 6 months
3. Functional English spoken by parent and child
4. Stuttering over 2%SS in one Beyond Clinic measure
5. Diagnosis of stuttering

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Less than 2%SS
2. Previous treatment for stuttering in last 6 months
3. Parental report of ADHD or intellectual disability

Study Design

Enrollment

120 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: 1

The child will receive the Lidcombe Program 2x per week

experimental: 2

The child will receive the Lidcombe Program once every 2 weeks (fortnightly visits)

other: 3

The child will receive the standard Lidcombe Program once per week (control)

Interventions

The Lidcombe Program for early stuttering

The Lidcombe Program for early stuttering

The Lidcombe Program for early stuttering

Primary outcome measure

  • 1. Number of clinic visits required to achieve Stage II (0-1%SS, Severity Rating=1) 2. Number of clinic days to achieve Stage II 3. Percent Syllables Stuttered (%SS) at entry to Stage II [ Time Frame: Entry into Stage II ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Mark Onslow

M.Onslow@usyd.edu.au

Sally Hewat

Sally.Hewat@newcastle.edu.au

Locations

The Montreal Fluency Centre

Recruiting

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Contacts

Rosalee Shenker

514-489-4320Rosalee@montrealfluency.com

More Information

Sponsor

University of Sydney

Last update posted

May 20, 2008

Last verified

Apr, 2008

Keywords

  • Early Stuttering
  • Lidcombe Program
  • Stuttering Treatment
  • Efficiency
  • Efficacy
  • Service Delivery
  • Models of intervention

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Sydney on 2008-05-20.