# Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis

> **NCT00859859** · PHASE1 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Northwell Health** · enrollment: 23 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Rheumatoid Arthritis

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Vagus Nerve Stimulation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00859859
- **Lead sponsor:** Northwell Health
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE1
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2006-10
- **Primary completion:** 2009-02
- **Final completion:** 2009-02
- **Target enrollment:** 23 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The protocol was terminated early (prior to complete enrollment) after interim analysis proved data to be statistically insignificant
- **Last updated:** 2011-07-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00859859

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00859859, "Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00859859. Licensed CC0.

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