Post-stroke Pain taVNS
CompletedNot applicableNCT06456385
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
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.
Study details
- Official title
- Investigate the Anti-pain Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) in Patients With Chronic Post-stroke Upper Extremity Pain
- Interventions
- Device: Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS)
- Device: Sham Auricular Stimulation
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Start date
- 2024-06-04
- Primary completion
- 2024-09-26
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Exclusion Criteria: * 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 * Pregnancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06456385