Clinical trial NCT04995991: Rhythmic Reading Training: Comparing the Rhythmic and Visual Contributions to Reading Improvement
Official title: Rhythmic Reading Training (RRT): Comparing the Rhythmic and Visual Contributions to Reading Improvement in Developmental Dyslexia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Developmental Dyslexia
Lead sponsor: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
name: ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco
name: Associazione La Nostra Famiglia, Como, Italy
First posted: 2021-08-09
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 15
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The main objective of the study is to evaluate the specific effect of the sub-components of the reading training program Rhythmic Reading Training (RRT) on reading speed and accuracy in a sample of Italian students with developmental dyslexia (DD). More precisely, in order to better understand the neuropsychological mechanisms involved in reading improvements following RRT, the specific contribution of the visual component of the training (presence of a visual cue) will be investigated in a study with between-groups design.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* having been diagnosed with DD (ICD-10 code: F81.0) on the basis of standard inclusion and exclusion criteria (ICD-10: World Health Organization, 1992) and of the diagnosis procedure followed in the Italian practice

Exclusion Criteria:

* presence of comorbidity with other neuropsychiatric or psychopathological conditions
* having been involved in previous reading intervention programs in the previous 3 months

Primary outcomes:
measure: Word reading speed - DDE-2
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Word reading accuracy - DDE-2
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Word reading speed - DDE-2
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Word reading accuracy - DDE-2
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Pseudo-word reading speed - DDE-2
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Pseudo-word reading accuracy - DDE-2
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Pseudo-word reading speed - DDE-2
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Pseudo-word reading accuracy - DDE-2
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Text reading speed - MT-3-Clinica Battery
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Text reading accuracy - MT-3-Clinica Battery
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Text reading speed - MT-3-Clinica Battery
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Text reading accuracy - MT-3-Clinica Battery
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Phonemic awareness task (Judica et al., in press)
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Phonemic awareness task (Judica et al., in press)
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Digit span (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV, WISC-IV)
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Digit span (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV, WISC-IV)
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Rapid Automatized naming task - RAN (De Luca et al., 2005)
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Rapid Automatized naming task - RAN (De Luca et al., 2005)
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Selective Auditory attention task - NEPSY-II
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Selective Auditory attention task - NEPSY-II
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Rhythm reproduction task
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Rhythm reproduction task
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Milan
country: Italy
facility: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
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