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Conditions
Chronic Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Interventions
Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS)
Device
Lead sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Other
Eligibility
18 Years and older
Enrollment
12 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2025 – 2027
U.S. locations
2
States / cities
Houston, Texas
Conditions
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Vagus Nerve Autonomic Disorder, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Nausea, Dyspepsia
Interventions
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Sham Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
Device
Lead sponsor
Gisela Grotewold Chelimsky
Other
Eligibility
12 Years to 18 Years · Female only
Enrollment
10 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2020 – 2021
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Richmond, Virginia
Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Mastoid taVNS-fMRI

NCT06518356
Conditions
Auricular Stimulation
Interventions
Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation (tAN)
Device
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 65 Years
Enrollment
24 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2024 – 2025
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Charleston, South Carolina
Conditions
Acute Stress Reaction, Cognitive Performance
Interventions
Sparrow Hawk (Active), Sparrow Hawk (Sham)
Device
Lead sponsor
Spark Biomedical, Inc.
Industry
Eligibility
18 Years to 41 Years
Enrollment
43 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2024 – 2025
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Columbus, Ohio
Recruiting Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Pupil-Indexed Noninvasive Neuromodulation

NCT06282406
Conditions
Paresis
Interventions
Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation, Sham
Other
Lead sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
Federal
Eligibility
18 Years to 75 Years
Enrollment
110 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2024 – 2028
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Conditions
Temporomandibular Disorder
Interventions
Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation, Sham Stimulation
Device
Lead sponsor
University of Minnesota
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 65 Years
Enrollment
40 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2026 – 2027
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Conditions
Dyspepsia
Interventions
Alimetry, tVNS, Gastroduodenal Manometry
Device
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 80 Years
Enrollment
100 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2025 – 2026
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Rochester, Minnesota
Conditions
HIV Associated Polyneuropathy
Interventions
Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (AVNS)
Device
Lead sponsor
University of Miami
Other
Eligibility
50 Years and older
Enrollment
70 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2026 – 2028
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Miami, Florida
Completed Not applicable Interventional Results available

Auricular Neuromodulation for FESS

NCT06662422
Conditions
Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Vagal Nerve Stimulation, Platelet Activation
Interventions
Spark Biomedical Sparrow Ascent Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation (tAN) System
Device
Lead sponsor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Other
Eligibility
18 Years and older
Enrollment
20 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2024 – 2025
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
New York, New York
Terminated Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers Results available

Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Vagal Modulation

NCT05987813
Conditions
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Interventions
TENS Unit
Device
Lead sponsor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Other
Eligibility
12 Years to 21 Years · Female only
Enrollment
8 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2023 – 2024
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Richmond, Virginia
Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers Results available

How Does the Type of Waveform Affect Tolerability With Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation?

NCT06614933
Conditions
Healthy
Interventions
Biphasic transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation, Monophasic transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation
Device
Lead sponsor
University of Miami
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 80 Years
Enrollment
30 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2024 – 2025
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Coral Gables, Florida
Conditions
Hemiplegia, Perinatal Brain Injury
Interventions
sTMS, taVNS
Device
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Other
Eligibility
8 Months to 24 Months
Enrollment
10 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2025 – 2026
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Charleston, South Carolina
Conditions
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Interventions
Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Sham Auricular Vagus nerve Stimulation
Device
Lead sponsor
Washington University School of Medicine
Other
Eligibility
18 Years and older
Enrollment
80 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2025 – 2032
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
St Louis, Missouri
Completed Not applicable Interventional Results available

Vagus Nerve Stimulation as Treatment for Long Covid

NCT05608629
Conditions
Long COVID, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Interventions
Transcutaneous Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Device
Lead sponsor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Other
Eligibility
Up to 70 Years
Enrollment
17 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2022
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
New York, New York
Recruiting Phase 2Phase 3 Interventional

BabySTrong II taVNS Feeding Trial

NCT07049952
Conditions
Feeding Delays, Neonates and Term Infants
Interventions
taVNS, NAC and taVNS, inactive taVNS, sterile water and inactive taVNS
Device · Combination Product
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Other
Eligibility
39 Weeks to 54 Weeks
Enrollment
88 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2025 – 2027
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Charleston, South Carolina
Recruiting Early Phase 1 Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Mapping Auricular Vagus Nerve Circuitry

NCT00200889
Conditions
Healthy
Interventions
active TEAS
Device
Lead sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 65 Years
Enrollment
50 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2023 – 2028
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Parkinsons Disease (PD), Healthy Adult
Interventions
transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation, sham stimulation
Device
Lead sponsor
University of Colorado, Denver
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 65 Years
Enrollment
80 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2025 – 2028
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Aurora, Colorado
Recruiting Not applicable Interventional

Self-applied taVNS for CIPN

NCT07596030
Conditions
Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Interventions
Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS)
Device
Lead sponsor
University of Miami
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 80 Years
Enrollment
36 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2026 – 2027
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Coral Gables, Florida
Active, not recruiting Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

The Locus Coeruleus, Norepinephrine and Cognitive Aging

NCT06880510
Conditions
Alzheimer Disease
Interventions
t-VNS transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulator
Device
Lead sponsor
Cornell University
Other
Eligibility
18 Years and older
Enrollment
150 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2025 – 2026
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Ithaca, New York
Conditions
Opioid Withdrawal, Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
Interventions
Sparrow Link (Active tAN), Sparrow Link (Sham tAN)
Device
Lead sponsor
Payel Roy
Other
Eligibility
18 Years and older
Enrollment
50 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2026 – 2027
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers Results available

Learning and Ear Stimulation

NCT04812015
Conditions
Learning, taVNS
Interventions
transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) 15 minutes, taVNS 30 minutes, taVNS 45 minutes, taVNS 60 minutes, taVNS 75 minutes, taVNS 0 minutes
Device
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 65 Years
Enrollment
28 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2022 – 2023
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Charleston, South Carolina
Enrolling by invitation No phase listed Observational Accepts healthy volunteers

Non-Invasive Bioelectronic Analytics

NCT04100486
Conditions
Autonomic Dysfunction, Autonomic Imbalance, Autonomic Nervous System Diseases, Vagus Nerve Autonomic Disorder
Interventions
Standing-Squatting-Standing Test, Deep Breathing Test, Cold Pressor Test, Cold Face Test, Valsalva Maneuver, Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS)
Other · Device
Lead sponsor
Northwell Health
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 60 Years
Enrollment
48 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2019 – 2027
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Manhasset, New York
Conditions
Parkinson's Disease
Interventions
transcutaneous auricular nerve stimulation
Device
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Other
Eligibility
40 Years to 85 Years
Enrollment
16 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2026 – 2027
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Charleston, South Carolina
Completed Early Phase 1 Interventional Results available

taVNS Paired With Bottle Feeding in Infants Failing Oral Feeds

NCT04643808
Conditions
Poor Feeding, Infant Development, Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Interventions
transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation
Device
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Other
Eligibility
3 Weeks to 5 Months
Enrollment
35 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2017 – 2022
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Charleston, South Carolina