How Does Vagus Nerve Stimulation Affect Blood Glucose, Food, and Movement Cravings?

NCT07457372 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2026-05-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of using non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) to examine physiological and psychological responses in a college-aged healthy population

Conditions

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Interventions

DEVICE

Active taVNS

Actual taVNS

DEVICE

Sham taVNS

No nerve stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Hartman, PhD · University of Minnesota

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-01
Primary Completion
2028-05-01
Completion
2028-05-01
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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