Overview

Augmenting Language Therapy for Aphasia: Levodopa

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the medication levodopa, in combination with speech-language treatment, on the language outcome of study subjects with nonfluent aphasia (i.e. difficulty with the comprehension and expression of spoken and written language) following a stroke.
Phase:
Phase 2/Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Collaborator:
U.S. Department of Education
Treatments:
Carbidopa
Levodopa