Effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on perioperative psychological symptoms in patients undergoing elective thoracoscopic lung resection: A randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2400090542

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2024-10-08

Start date

2024-10-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-10-15

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Conditions

Pulmonary nodule

Interventions

Experimental group:Patients in the experimental group were stimulated with transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation. the stimulation mode was to stimulate the patients left cymba conchae with pulse widt

Control group:In the control group, the stimulation electrodes were placed at the corresponding sites, and the instrument was turned on to give a short pseudo-stimulation for 30 s, and then the instru

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 85 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age > 18 years 2. ASA grade I-III 3. Patients undergoing thoracoscopic lung surgery under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Refusing to sign the test consent 2. Neuropsychiatric disorders or a previous history of neurological or psychiatric disorders 3. Auricular dermatitis or auricular concha injury 4. Long-term use of psychotropic drugs, such as cortisol or antidepressant or anxiety drugs. 5. Metal implants in the body ( such as pacemakers ) 6. Severe neurological, renal, cardiovascular or liver diseases. 7. A Mini-Mental State Examination score (range: 0-30, with lower scores indicatingworse cognitive function) lower than 15 8. Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of perioperative anxiety;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Anxiety score;Depression score;Postoperative sleep quality score;Stress index;Pain score;Postoperative recovery quality score;Incidence of postoperative delirium;Postoperative fatigue score;Postoperative cough score;Incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs);	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactJunli Cao

Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University

caojl0310@aliyun.com+86 151 6216 0809

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026