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TOR-BSST© eLearning Training for Swallowing Difficulty

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Led By Rosemary Martino, PhD
Research Sponsored by University Health Network, Toronto
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Any healthcare professional who has had no formal training in dysphagia screening and currently manages patients diagnosed with stroke.
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 30 minutes
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether an online training program for health professionals is effective in identifying patients who have difficulty swallowing after a stroke.

Eligible Conditions
  • Swallowing Difficulty
  • Stroke

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~30 minutes
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 30 minutes for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Online Test of Screener Accuracy (Module 4)
Secondary outcome measures
Online Assessment of Trained Screeners (Module 3)

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: 3Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
New eLearning training with 1-on-1 live observation by a competency mentor.
Group II: 2Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
New eLearning training with 1-on-1 live observation by a speech-language pathologist.
Group III: 1Active Control1 Intervention
Standard 4-hour live screener training with 1-on-1 live observation by a speech-language pathologist.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University Health Network, TorontoLead Sponsor
1,456 Previous Clinical Trials
482,717 Total Patients Enrolled
Lakeridge Health CorporationOTHER
6 Previous Clinical Trials
6,435 Total Patients Enrolled
Jewish General HospitalOTHER
137 Previous Clinical Trials
271,964 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is recruitment for this experiment still open?

"As indicated on the clinicaltrials.gov website, this medical research is actively recruiting participants. It was first advertised online in October 2020 and last updated in May 2022."

Answered by AI

How many participants can this trial accommodate in total?

"Yes, according to clinicaltrials.gov evidence, this medical trial is still open for participants. The study was initially posted on October 1st 2020 and updated most recently May 12th 2022; it aims to enrol a total of 351 individuals from one facility."

Answered by AI
~19 spots leftby Mar 2025