Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:14 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:14 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04142866
Eligibility Criteria:
This study recruits individuals with post-stroke aphasia as well as a group of healthy volunteers matched for age, sex, and education.
INCLUSION Criteria:
* Right handed (pre-stroke for participants with aphasia)
* High school education or equivalent
* Native English fluency without early 2nd language exposure (before age 10)
* Ability to perform the required discourse and MRI tasks (determined via in-person screening)
Additional INCLUSION Criteria for participants with APHASIA:
* Single-event left hemisphere stroke \> 6 months prior to enrollment
* Aphasia diagnosis per Western Aphasia Battery-Revised
* Not receiving any other speech therapy for the entire study period (20 weeks)
* Ability to perform the required therapy tasks (determined via in-person screening)
EXCLUSION Criteria:
* Failed vision or hearing screening
* MRI contraindications (including pacemaker)
* Pregnancy
* History of seizure or change in seizure medication in past 12 months
* History of speech/language, psychiatric, or neurological disorder, or current serious medical condition (except chronic stroke comorbidities for participants with aphasia)
Additional EXCLUSION criteria for participants with APHASIA are:
* Unmodifiable hair style precluding scalp contact by electrodes
* Sensitive scalp by self-report
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
21 Years
Maximum Age:
80 Years
Study:
NCT04142866
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04142866