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Effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on conditioned pain modulation

Effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on conditioned pain modulation

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2300078673
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2023-12-14
Start date
2023-12-14
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-12-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

trigeminal neuralgia

Interventions

Healthy group:Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation
pain group:Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation

Sponsors

Department of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (Anhui Provincial Hospital)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with neuropathic pain diseases (such as trigeminal neuralgia, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, post herpetic neuralgia, etc.) or healthy people (2) age 18-70 (3) voluntary cooperation with experimental operation and scale filling (4) BMI between 18.5-30kg/m ²

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) There are some diseases that affect the measurement of pain, such as limb paresthesia (2) taking some drugs that affect the experiment 24 hours before the test, such as pain relief or sedative hypnotic drugs (3) coagulation dysfunction, patients with bleeding tendency (4) patients with poor sleep quality or mental distress such as anxiety and depression (5) patients with previous allergic events and mental illness

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Changes of individual pain threshold after transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation;Changes of individual CPM efficiency values before and after transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rhythm and other vital signs of the subject during stimulation;;Pittsburgh sleep quality index ;Anxiety and Depression Rating Scale; Pain catastrophization scale;Pupil diameter;

Countries

Zhong Guo

Contacts

Public ContactKang Fang

Department of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (Anhui Provincial Hospital)

kangfang199771@163.com+86 181 5512 7799

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026