NCT07144436Recruiting
Post-stroke Pain tAN-fMRI
Investigating the Feasibility, Efficacy, and Renormalization of Pain-Regulation Brain Circuits Underlying At-Home Transcutaneous Auricular Neuromodulation (tAN) for Managing Chronic Post-Stroke Pain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to explore whether 4 weeks of at-home transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation (tAN) can reduce chronic pain after a stroke. Investigators will recruit up to 24 participants with chronic post-stroke upper extremity pain. The goal is to determine if there is a pain reduction after ear stimulation.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 24 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 13 Aug 2025
- Start date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jun 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07144436
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 24
- From 8 Jan 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2027
- 2 sites 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
- Contraindicated for MRI scanning
- 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
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Bee Street Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Recruiting |
| Medical University of South Carolia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Not yet recruiting |
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