# Optimization of taVNS Intervention Strategies for Refractory Constipation

> **NCT07344402** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases** · enrollment: 100 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Refractory Constipation

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation
- **DEVICE:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07344402
- **Lead sponsor:** Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-09-01
- **Primary completion:** 2026-01-20
- **Final completion:** 2026-01-20
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07344402

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07344402, "Optimization of taVNS Intervention Strategies for Refractory Constipation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07344402. Licensed CC0.

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