Vagus Nerve Stimulation Titration Protocol to Improve Tolerance and Accelerate Adaptation
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Official title
ASCEND: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Titration Protocol to Improve Tolerance and Accelerate Adaptation
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02385526
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Lead sponsor
- Cyberonics, Inc.
- Industry
- Enrollment
- 67 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 12 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 27, 2015
- Primary completion
- Oct 9, 2016
- Completion
- Oct 9, 2016
- Last update posted
- Jul 22, 2018
2015 – 2016
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 15
- U.S. states
- 12
- U.S. cities
- 14
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Neurological Institute | Phoenix | Arizona | 85013 | — |
| Loma Linda University | Loma Linda | California | 92354 | — |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles | California | 90033 | — |
| Tampa General Hospital | Tampa | Florida | 33606 | — |
| Emory University | Atlanta | Georgia | 30329 | — |
| Northwestern University | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| St. Joseph's Hospital | Lexington | Kentucky | 40504 | — |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48109 | — |
| Mercy Medical Research Institue | Springfield | Missouri | 65804 | — |
| University of Nebraska | Omaha | Nebraska | 68131 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Covenant Hospital | Lubbock | Texas | 79410 | — |
| Scott & White Healthcare | Temple | Texas | 76508 | — |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84132 | — |
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- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02385526, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jul 22, 2018 · Synced Jul 22, 2026
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