Effect of Stimulation on the Vagus Nerve
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Official title
Effect of Electrical Stimulation of the Auricular Branch of the Vagus Nerve (ABVN) on Cervical Vagus Nerve Compound Nerve Action Potentials(CNAPs)
Brief summary
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The vagus nerve is a largely-internal nerve that controls many bodily functions, including stomach function. Investigators hope that electrically stimulating the nerve around the external ear will also stimulate the internal vagus nerve. If it does, then investigators hope that this will help the treatment of patients with nausea and vomiting and disordered stomach function. Investigators also hope to be able to measure the activity of the vagus nerve when it is stimulated in other ways. This could help investigators learn more about studying this nerve in the future.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04206540
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 30 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Device
- Vagal Stimulation Procedure
Device · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 80 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2019
- Primary completion
- Aug 30, 2026
- Completion
- Aug 30, 2027
- Last update posted
- Mar 5, 2026
2019 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Hosptial | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 5, 2026 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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