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

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Vagus Nerve Stimulation

In brief

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

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07457372

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

0

Starts

2026-09-01

Expected to finish

2028-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 35 as we are focused on recruiting undergraduate and graduate students.

You may not qualify if…

• Participants will be excluded if they have epilepsy, clinically significant tachycardia or arrhythmia, diabetes (Type 1 or Type 2) or another metabolic disease, current pregnancy, any implanted electronic medical device (for example, pacemaker or defibrillator), or a known skin allergy to adhesives that would prevent CGM placement. Participants will also be excluded if they have a history of major depressive disorder if taVNS could reasonably be expected to alter mood symptoms

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota Duluth — Duluth, Minnesota, United States

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