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RM1 Project 2 - tAN fMRI

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05487664

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Official title

Determining the Independent and Synergistic Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation (tAN) on Direct Brain Activation in Healthy Individuals

Brief summary

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In this one-visit, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial, we plan to use a novel concurrent transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation (tAN) paradigm during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) paradigm in 96 individuals to determine whether tAN administered to two cranial nerves simultaneously produces greater neurophysiologic effects than stimulating solely to the auricular branch of the vagus nerve (ABVN) or the auriculotemporal nerve (ATN; branch of trigeminal nerve) alone. Within the MRI scanner, each participant will be connected to a series of electrodes that stimulate 4 targets (ABVN only, ATN only, ABVN plus ATN, and Sham).

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT05487664
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
96 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Mar 16, 2023
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Sep 30, 2027
Last update posted
Dec 17, 2025

2023 – 2027

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Medical University of South Carolina Institute of Psychiatry Charleston South Carolina 29425 Recruiting

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