# Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Augment Recovery From Minimally Conscious or Persistently Vegetative States After Traumatic Brain Injury

> **NCT01260090** · PHASE2,PHASE3 · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **VA New York Harbor Healthcare System**

## Conditions studied

- Minimally Conscious States Due to Traumatic Brain Injury
- Persistently Vegetative States Due to Traumatic Brain Injury

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Vagus nerve stimulation;
- **DEVICE:** No stimulation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01260090
- **Lead sponsor:** VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** PHASE2,PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2011-01
- **Primary completion:** 2013-07
- **Final completion:** 2013-10
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** When Hurricane Sandy hit the area, the funding was pulled.
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-27


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01260090

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01260090, "Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Augment Recovery From Minimally Conscious or Persistently Vegetative States After Traumatic Brain Injury". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01260090. Licensed CC0.

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