# Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Auricular Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve in Kidney Transplant Recipients

> **NCT04256837** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Northwell Health** · enrollment: 47 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Vagus Nerve Stimulation

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Transcutaneous electrical auricular vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04256837
- **Lead sponsor:** Northwell Health
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2020-01-13
- **Primary completion:** 2021-01-07
- **Final completion:** 2021-01-07
- **Target enrollment:** 47 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The study expired and was not renewed with the IRB
- **Last updated:** 2022-12-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04256837

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04256837, "Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Auricular Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve in Kidney Transplant Recipients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04256837. Licensed CC0.

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