# Body Versus Machine: Deep Breathing Versus Vagus Stimulation for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia

> **NCT03180554** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Charles Ethan Paccione, M.S., M.A.** · enrollment: 105 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Widespread Pain
- Fibromyalgia

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (tVNS)
- **OTHER:** Motivational nondirective resonance breathing (MNRB)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03180554
- **Lead sponsor:** Charles Ethan Paccione, M.S., M.A.
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2019-03-15
- **Primary completion:** 2020-10-09
- **Final completion:** 2020-10-09
- **Target enrollment:** 105 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-01-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03180554

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03180554, "Body Versus Machine: Deep Breathing Versus Vagus Stimulation for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-30 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03180554. Licensed CC0.

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