NCT06456385Completed
Post-stroke Pain taVNS
Investigate the Anti-pain Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) in Patients With Chronic Post-stroke Upper Extremity Pain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Aug 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to explore whether a non-invasive form of ear stimulation called transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) can change the way participants perceive pain. Investigators will recruit up to 20 participants with chronic post-stroke upper extremity pain. The goal is to determine if there is a pain reduction after ear stimulation.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 15 (actual)
- First submitted
- 4 Jun 2024
- Start date
- 4 Jun 2024
- Primary completion date
- 26 Sept 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT06456385
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 15
- From 4 Jun 2024 to the primary completion date, 26 Sept 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Primary intracerebral hematoma or subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Documented history of dementia
- Documented history of uncontrolled depression or psychiatric disorder
- Uncontrolled hypertension despite treatment, specifically SBP (Systolic Blood Pressure) / DBP (Diastolic Blood Pressure) \>=180/100mmHg
Other
- Pregnancy
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18-80
- Have the capacity and ability to provide one's own consent in English and sign the informed consent document.
- Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke that occurred at least 6 months prior
- Unilateral stroke lesions in the left hemisphere
- Right upper extremity pain
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical University of South Carolina Institute of Psychiatry Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Unknown status |
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