Status:
COMPLETED
Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Private Healthcare Center
Lead Sponsor:
Kinesis Health Associates
Conditions:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Chronic Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This non-randomized, open-label study has the objective to study the effects and feasibility of Transauricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (TaVNS) for patients suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder ...
Detailed Description
The effects of TaVNS on GAD, CP and IBS. Participants were investigated during a 4-week period and a 2-month follow-up. Groups (GAD, CP, IBS) were assessed using questionnaires: Anxiety (Generalized A...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age range 20-65 years old
- Patient suffering from either Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Chronic Pain scoring and Irritable Bowel Syndrome from moderate
- Patients meet the scoring standard questionnaires: mild to severe
- Patient can understand and answer the questions
- Patient exhibits symptoms for at least six months
Exclusion
- Reading difficulties
- Diagnosed left ear lesion
- Measured blood pressure under 100/60 with or without anti-high blood pressure medicine
- Active implant such as cochlear implant
- Wounds and skin disease in the left ear
- Recent head trauma or concussion
- Cardiac pacemaker
- Severe alcoholism
- Left cervical vagotomy
- Cholinergic or B blocking medicine
- Recreative drugs
- Diagnosed concomitant psychiatric comorbidity
- Diagnosed concomitant personal disorders
- Diagnosed pregnancy
- Diagnosed concomitant severe neurological or medical diseases such as neoplasms in activity, neurodegenerative diseases and chronic infectious diseases uncompensated
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 15 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
11 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03440255
Start Date
July 1 2017
End Date
September 15 2017
Last Update
February 22 2018
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Kinesis Health Associates
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2Y 1C9