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Last Update Posted: 2015-02-20
Recruiting has ended
All Genders accepted | 18 Years-90 Years |
30 Estimated Participants | No Expanded Access |
Interventional Study | Does not accept healthy volunteers |
Electrical Pharyngeal Stimulation for Dysphagia Therapy in Tracheostomized Stroke Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether electrical pharyngeal stimulation in addition to standard care can enhance short-term swallow recovery in tracheostomized dysphagic stroke patients and thereby facilitate earlier decannulation compared to sham treatment plus standard care.
Readiness for decannulation is assessed after three days of either real or sham electrical pharyngeal stimulation. In case a patient cannot be decannulated at that time point, there is an open-label follow-up treatment phase, in which every patient in the sham treatment arm gets another three days of real electrical pharyngeal stimulation to not deprive any patient of a potentially beneficial treatment.
Eligibility
Relevant conditions:
Stroke
Dysphagia
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov