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The Impact of Improved Vagal Function on Periaqueductal Gray Connectivity

NCT05618067 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2026-02-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is being to see if participating in breathing exercise training and practicing this training will help with Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS). The information may help doctors to learn more about how the different parts of people's brains communicate.

Conditions

  • Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

breathing exercise training

Participants will engage in weekly breathing exercises. They will be trained once a week for 4 weeks, and will use an app called Inner Balance and an device called Firstbeat Bodyguard 3 to track data about their hearts while practicing the exercises at home for 10 minutes a day, twice a day, once before bedtime.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Chelimsky, M.D. · Virginia Commonwealth University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-30
Primary Completion
2028-12-31
Completion
2028-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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