Clinical trials: Vagal Nerve Stimulation
- Condition Vagal Nerve Stimulation
- Funder type Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Accepts healthy volunteers yes
Inflammation
Effects of Transvenous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Immune Response: a Pilot Study
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of transvenous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) on the immune response. In the human endotoxemia model, intravenously administered endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) elicits a…
- Trial name
- NoSIRS (NCT01944228)
- Testing
- Vagal Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Opioid-use Disorder, Opioid Withdrawal
Novel Earpiece for Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation (tAN) for Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal
The objective of this study is to evaluate whether tAN via the tragus (vagal) and auriculotemporal (trigeminal) nerve pathways results in a clinically meaningful reduction in opioid withdrawal symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT04731935
- Testing
- Sparrow Therapy System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spark Biomedical, Inc.
Acute Stress Reaction, Cognitive Performance
Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation on Cognitive Performance in a Laboratory Model of Acute Stress Reaction
The objective of this study is to test the effects of transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation (tAN) in treating or preventing performance degradation after an acute stressor.
- Trial name
- ASR (NCT06390267)
- Testing
- Sparrow Hawk (Active)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spark Biomedical, Inc.
Hemostasis, Blood Biomarkers
Delivering Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation to Regulate Platelet Activity in Healthy Human Subjects
This study is designed as a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, single-center research study in which healthy adults will be randomized 1:1 into one of two experimental groups, to receive transcutaneous auricular vagus…
- Trial name
- HHS (NCT05977946)
- Testing
- Volta System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spark Biomedical, Inc.