Pilot Testing of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Early Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
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Official title
Pilot Investigation of Transauricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation Safety and Feasibility in Acute Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Brief summary
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This study looks at a treatment called transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation, or taVNS. taVNS uses a small device worn on the ear to gently stimulate a nerve. Researchers want to find out if this treatment is safe and well-tolerated for people who recently had a spinal cord injury (SCI). This study will also help researchers learn whether taVNS can be safely added to standard mobility therapy, and whether it might help improve mobility. This study has two main goals: 1. To find out whether taVNS is safe and comfortable for people with a recent spinal cord injury. 2. To get information on whether taVNS may help improve mobility when compared to people who completed rehabilitation before this study started. This study has two parts. In the first part, participants will wear the taVNS device once for a short period of time. During this part investigators will measure how participant's heart rate and blood pressure may change before, during, and after the stimulation. Investigators will also ask about how the stimulation made participants feel. In the second part, participants will wear the taVNS device for a short time right before a mobility therapy session. During this part investigators will measure how participants heart rate and blood pressure may change before, during, and after the stimulation and during and after the walking therapy. Investigators will also ask about how the stimulation made participants feel.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT07562113
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1, Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 50 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 89 Years
- 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
- Oct 31, 2026
- Primary completion
- Dec 14, 2027
- Completion
- Dec 14, 2027
- Last update posted
- Aug 4, 2026
2026 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama | 35233 | — |
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- Last update posted Aug 4, 2026 · Synced Sep 15, 2026
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