In children with developmental dysphasia, active vocabulary increased by a factor of 3.5 with cerebrolysin versus 1.5 in controls.
In plain wordsIn children with developmental dysphasia, vocabulary increased more with cerebrolysin than without pharmacotherapy.
- Peptide
- Cerebrolysin
- Outcome
- IncreaseActive vocabulary
- Study
n = 60
- Comparator
- No pharmacotherapy
- Outcome group
- Speech and language · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 0.1 ml/kg on each other day · intramuscular · 2 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Vocabulary increase factor
- 3.5
- cerebrolysin
- Control increase factor
- 1.5
- control
Source sentences
The active vocabulary increased by a factor of 3.5 and phrases number in colloquial speech by a factor of 5, versus 1.5 in the control group.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
To assess the efficacy of treatment with cerebrolysin, we have examined 60 children with developmental dysphasia, aged from 3 to 4 years.
Group 1 (30 patients) received cerebrolysin (monotherapy, daily dosage 0.1 ml/kg, in the morning hours, on each other day, i.m., 30 injections in total) during 2 months.
Group 2 (controls, 30 patients) did not receive pharmacotherapy.