# Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Lupus

> **NCT02917265** · PHASE2 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Aikaterini Thanou** · enrollment: 7 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** TENS for vagus stimulation
- **DEVICE:** TENS for sham stimulation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02917265
- **Lead sponsor:** Aikaterini Thanou
- **Sponsor class:** INDIV
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2015-11
- **Primary completion:** 2017-05
- **Final completion:** 2018-11
- **Target enrollment:** 7 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** poor recruitment
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-03

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02917265

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02917265, "Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Lupus". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02917265. Licensed CC0.

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