# Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) for Food Craving in Obese Individuals.

> **NCT03217929** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Federal University of São Paulo** · enrollment: 54 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Obesity
- Craving

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Active-taVNS
- **DEVICE:** Sham-taVNS

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03217929
- **Lead sponsor:** Federal University of São Paulo
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2017-10
- **Primary completion:** 2018-10
- **Final completion:** 2019-10
- **Target enrollment:** 54 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2017-07-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03217929

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03217929, "Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) for Food Craving in Obese Individuals.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03217929. Licensed CC0.

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