VNS for Long-COVID-19

NCT05630040 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2024-11-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this proposed clinical case series is to evaluate the effect of a non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation paradigm on: 1) Symptom reporting via validated patient reported outcomes, and 2) objective clinical biomarkers of autonomic nervous system function.

This will be a placebo controlled, randomized controlled trial with a crossover design built in. This study will aim to recruit 40 people with Long COVID to be a part of this research.

Conditions

  • Post-COVID-19 Syndrome
  • Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
  • Dysautonomia

Interventions

DEVICE

Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation

Participants will take the VNS device home and asked to perform a daily VNS protocol designed to down regulate sympathetic nervous system activity for 6 weeks.

DEVICE

Sham Intervention

Participants will take a placebo device home for 6 weeks and use daily.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • David Putrino, PT, PhD · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-11
Primary Completion
2024-10-03
Completion
2024-10-03
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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