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Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Treatment Resistant Major Depression

NCT04990687 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2024-07-01

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to 1) explore whether vagal nerve stimulation (nVNS) using a hand- held non-invasive device (gammaCore™) works to treat depression and 2) to confirm gammaCore™'s safety profile.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

gammaCore™

Implantable VNS (iVNS), the electrical stimulation of the nervous system to modulate or modify function, has been FDA approved in the United States since the late 1990s. Implantable VNS therapy has been approved for use in epilepsy and depression. When treating major depression with implanted VNS, the widely held belief is that chronic stimulation is required for therapeutic effect. In trials of implantable VNS in major depression, more patients respond at 12 months than at 3 months. Once depressed patients respond to VNS, the effects have been demonstrated to continue for up to five years with continued stimulation. This finding suggests that VNS gradually changes brain function through neuroplasticity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Matthew Macaluso, M.D. · The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-01-01
Primary Completion
2023-09-08
Completion
2024-04-03
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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