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RESEARCH EVALUATING VAGAL EXCITATION AND ANATOMICAL LINKS

University of Minnesota
NCT IDNCT06143293ClinicalTrials.gov data as of Apr 2026
Target enrollment

144

Study length

about 2.6 years

Ages

18+

Locations

5 sites in CA, MN, MO +2

What this study is about

Researchers are testing a vagus nerve stimulation device to see how it affects the body. The trial will compare acute and chronic effects of this device on various systems in adults with epilepsy or depression who have implanted VNS devices. Participants will receive standard care for their condition along with the VNS device.

Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.

What you may be asked to do

  • 1.Use Vagus nerve stimulation device: acute and chronic administration of investigational vagus nerve stimulation parameters

Participation Burden

What's physically and logistically required of participants.

Logistics & Travel
In-person visits

Requires travel to a study site

Physical Intervention
Standard

How treatment is administered

Treatment Assignment
Randomized & Blinded

You may get a placebo/standard care, and you won't know which.

Extracted study details

Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.

Endpoints

Primary: Effect of Vagus nerve stimulation on Head up tilt test-mediated change in Blood pressure, Effect of Vagus nerve stimulation on Head up tilt test-mediated change in Heart Rate, Effect of Vagus nerve stimulation on Isometric Hand Grip-mediated changes in Blood pressure, Effect of Vagus nerve stimulation on Isometric Hand Grip-mediated changes in Heart Rate, Effect of Vagus nerve stimulation on Post-exercise circulatory occlusion-mediated change in Blood pressure, Effect of Vagus nerve stimulation on Post-exercise circulatory occlusion-mediated change in Heart Rate, Effect of Vagus nerve stimulation on ambulatory diastolic blood pressure, Effect of Vagus nerve stimulation on ambulatory heart rate

Devices

therapeutic

Body systems

Neurology, Psychiatry / Mental Health