# Neural Alteration Response to Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) in Depressed Patients

> **NCT03592446** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Xidian University** · enrollment: 60 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Depression

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Transcutaneous electrical vagus nerve stimulation
- **DEVICE:** Sham vagus nerve stimulation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03592446
- **Lead sponsor:** Xidian University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2018-09-01
- **Primary completion:** 2020-07-30
- **Final completion:** 2020-07-30
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2018-07-19


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03592446

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03592446, "Neural Alteration Response to Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) in Depressed Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03592446. Licensed CC0.

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