Efficacy of Web-Based Social-Cognitive Interventions in Right Hemisphere Stroke and Frontotemporal Dementia

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Conditions studied: Frontotemporal Dementia, Right Sided Cerebral Hemisphere Cerebrovascular Accident

In brief

This study is being done to test the feasibility and effectiveness of web-based social-cognitive training exercises in treating social-emotional deficits in patients with stroke or frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02506036

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

6

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2017-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinical diagnosis of right hemispheric stroke or behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.
• Able to give informed consent.
• Premorbid proficiency in English (by self-report).
• Age 18 or older.
• Score of 21 or higher on the mini-mental state examination.

You may not qualify if…

• Prior history of neurological disease affecting the brain other than stroke or frontotemporal dementia (e.g., brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury)
• Known uncorrected hearing loss
• Known uncorrected vision loss
• Prior history of severe psychiatric illness, developmental disorders, or mental retardation (e.g., schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders) other than FTD
• Score of 20 or lower on the Mini-Mental State Examination.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hosptial — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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