RHAPSODY Study

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    A study to investigate the feasibility of administration of a speech battery and the use of speech-based biomarkers for the clinical assessment of common neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders in a remote setting.

  • IRAS ID

    283682

  • Contact name

    Allan Young

  • Contact email

    Allan.young@kcl.ac.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    Novoic Limited

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    0 years, 9 months, 30 days

  • Research summary

    The purpose of the RHAPSODY study is to evaluate, in a clinical setting, the ability of speech and language based digital biomarkers and a universal speech test to detect and differentiate between some of the post prevalent neurological and psychiatric disorders.

    Participants of all cohorts will take part in a single study visit with a researcher, where they will perform a number of speech tasks, and (depending on the cohort) a number of neurological or psychiatric assessments, questionnaires. All these study visits will be conducted virtually, through a video consultation software.In addition, participants are asked to perform a number of self-assessments (speech tasks and questionnaires) in the one months following their visit. The speech tasks will be audio-recorded and analyzed on Novoic’s technology platform.

  • REC name

    London - Queen Square Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    21/PR/0070

  • Date of REC Opinion

    15 Apr 2021

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion