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Coordinated Intervention for Learning Disabilities

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Led By Douglas Fuchs, Ph.D.

Research Sponsored by Vanderbilt University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up an average of 25 weeks

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether short-term, coordinated intervention can improve word-reading and arithmetic fluency for students who lag behind in those skills.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for first-grade students in Metropolitan-Nashville Public Schools who struggle with reading and math, scoring below the 25th percentile on specific tests but above the 7th percentile on cognitive measures. They must have adequate English skills and a school schedule that allows participation.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study compares coordinated intervention across reading and math against standard school programs. It involves three researcher-led sessions per week over 15 weeks, assessing improvements in word-reading fluency and arithmetic fluency post-intervention.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

There are no medical side effects as this is an educational intervention. However, participants may experience increased academic pressure or stress due to additional testing and attention to their learning difficulties.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ an average of 25 weeks

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~an average of 25 weeks

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and an average of 25 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Arithmetic Combinations Fluency - Addition (Fuchs et al., 2013)

Arithmetic Combinations Fluency - Subtraction (Fuchs et al., 2013)

Test of Word Reading Efficiency-Sight Word Efficiency

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Secondary outcome measures

WRAT-4-Arithmetic (Wilkinson, & Robertson, 2006)

Wide Range Achievement Test-4-Reading (WRAT4; Wilkinson, & Robertson, 2006)

Other outcome measures

CTOPP-Sound Matching

Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP; Wagner et al., 2013)-Elision

Rating Scale of Effort & Motivation (Malone & Fuchs, 2014)

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Trial Design

4Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Coordinated Reading and Math InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Coordinated intervention provides 15 weeks (3 30-minute sessions per week) of explicit instruction addressing similar skills as those addressed in the reading intervention arm & similar skills as the math intervention arm.

Group II: Math InterventionActive Control1 Intervention

Math intervention provides 15 weeks (3 30-minute sessions per week) of explicit instruction on number knowledge, counting strategies, and arithmetic skill.

Group III: Business-as-usual ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Participation in the school's typical reading and math classroom instruction and, if designated by the school, its supplemental program.

Group IV: Reading InterventionActive Control1 Intervention

Reading intervention provides 15 weeks (3 30-minute sessions per week) of explicit instruction designed to build skill on letter-sound associations, decoding, sight words, & contextualized reading.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Vanderbilt UniversityLead Sponsor

703 Previous Clinical Trials

6,143,013 Total Patients Enrolled

Douglas Fuchs, Ph.D.Principal InvestigatorVanderbilt University

Media Library

Coordinated Intervention Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT03991234 — N/A

Dyscalculia Research Study Groups: Math Intervention, Business-as-usual Control, Reading Intervention, Coordinated Reading and Math Intervention

Dyscalculia Clinical Trial 2023: Coordinated Intervention Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT03991234 — N/A

Coordinated Intervention 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT03991234 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Does the research project accommodate individuals aged 45 and under for participation?

"This trial is specifically for 6 to 8 year olds, with a subset of 12 trials designed for minors and 5 aimed at those aged 65 or older."

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Is this research still open to enrolling participants?

"Information available on clinicaltrials.gov reveals that although this particular trial was initially posted in November 2019 and last modified on March 25th 2022, it is not currently recruiting participants. Nonetheless, 15 other trials are actively searching for volunteers now."

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Do I qualify for participating in this research study?

"This clinical trial seeks 334 children aged between 6 and 8 with learning disabilities in mathematics. Prerequisites for eligibility include scoring below the 25th percentile on screening reading and math tests, having competent English command to be reliably tested at entry point, being a member of an eligible first-grade class whose teacher consents to let their students participate, attending a Metropolitan Nashville Public School that is partaking in this study, availability of school schedule for participation, and higher than 7th percentile scores across two cognitive performance metrics."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Improving the Academic Performance of First-Grade Students With Reading and Math Difficulty

Lynn Fuchs 2019. "Improving the Academic Performance of First-Grade Students With Reading and Math Difficulty". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03991234.

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