In children with developmental dysphasia, vocabulary at least doubled more often after two cortexin courses than after one course.
In plain wordsIn children with developmental dysphasia, vocabulary at least doubled more often after two cortexin courses than after one course.
- Outcome
- IncreaseVocabulary doubling responders after two courses versus one
- Study
n = 67
- Comparator
- One cortexin course
- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · Two courses at 1-month intervalsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Responders
- 80%
- two courses
- Responders
- 44.4%
- one course
Source sentences
The increase ratio of the active vocabulary volume by 2 times or more was observed in group 2 (two courses of cortexin treatment) in 80.0% of patients (significant differences with groups 1 and 3, p<0.001), in 44.4% of group 1 (one course of cortexin), in 22.2% of the control group.
6 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
To study the therapeutic efficacy of two treatment modes of peptidergic nootropic medication cortexin in children with developmental dysphasia aged 3-4 years.
In group 1 (27 patients), cortexin was administered once a day intramuscularly for 10 days.
After this course, the children were not prescribed drug therapy, a second examination was carried out 2 months after the start of treatment.
In group 2 (40 patients), two courses of cortexin were administered at 1-month intervals, and the children were also followed up for two months.
Control group 3 (27 patients) did not receive medication, but was also followed up for two months.
Before the study and two months later, speech development was assessed with special scales and questionnaires for parents.