Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Functional Dyspepsia

NCT ID: NCT04668534

Last Updated: 2020-12-16

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-11-01

Study Completion Date

2022-03-28

Brief Summary

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Patients with dyspeptic symptoms vary from 10% to 20% globally. Up to 70% of patients with dyspepsia who undergo endoscopy have unremarkable examination and are diagnosed with functional dyspepsia (FD). Given the lack of information related to its pathophysiology, the treatment is largely empirical and of limited efficacy. Previous small study showed therapeutic potential of transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) for FD. This study aims to investigate whether taVNS can improve the dyspeptic symptoms of patients with FD.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Functional Dyspepsia

Keywords

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Functional Dyspepsia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Treatment group 1

Based on the infection of Hp or not, patients will receive quadruple therapy (amoxicillin, clarithromycin, pantoprazole, and bismuth) or PPI (pantoprazole) plus taVNS (produced by by Xi'an Bashui Health Technology Co., Ltd) at left tragus. Patients were given taVNS thirty minutes twice a day in the morning and the night for four weeks (duty circle: 30s "on" periods and 30s "off" periods; frequency: 10 Hz; current intensity: minimal pain threshold; pulse width: 500 μs).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

taVNS 10

Intervention Type DEVICE

Patients were given taVNS (by Xi'an Bashui Health Technology Co., Ltd) thirty minutes twice a day in the morning and the night for four weeks (duty circle: 30s "on" periods and 30s "off" periods; frequency: 10 Hz; current intensity: minimal pain threshold; pulse width: 500 μs)

Treatment group 2

Based on the infection of Hp or not, patients will receive quadruple therapy (amoxicillin, clarithromycin, pantoprazole, and bismuth) or PPI (pantoprazole) plus taVNS (produced by by Xi'an Bashui Health Technology Co., Ltd) at left tragus. Patients were given taVNS thirty minutes twice a day in the morning and the night for four weeks (duty circle: 30s "on" periods and 30s "off" periods; frequency: 25 Hz; current intensity: minimal pain threshold; pulse width: 500 μs).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

taVNS 25

Intervention Type DEVICE

Patients were given taVNS (by Xi'an Bashui Health Technology Co., Ltd) thirty minutes twice a day in the morning and the night for four weeks (duty circle: 30s "on" periods and 30s "off" periods; frequency: 25 Hz; current intensity: minimal pain threshold; pulse width: 500 μs)

Control group

Based on the infection of Hp or not, patients will receive quadruple therapy (amoxicillin, clarithromycin, pantoprazole, and bismuth) or PPI (pantoprazole) plus taVNS (produced by by Xi'an Bashui Health Technology Co., Ltd) at left earlobe. Patients were given taVNS thirty minutes twice a day in the morning and the night for four weeks (duty circle: 30s "on" periods and 30s "off" periods; frequency: 10 Hz; current intensity: minimal pain threshold; pulse width: 500 μs).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type DEVICE

Patients were given taVNS (by Xi'an Bashui Health Technology Co., Ltd) thirty minutes twice a day in the morning and the night for four weeks (duty circle: 30s "on" periods and 30s "off" periods; frequency: 10 Hz; current intensity: minimal pain threshold; pulse width: 500 μs)

Interventions

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taVNS 10

Patients were given taVNS (by Xi'an Bashui Health Technology Co., Ltd) thirty minutes twice a day in the morning and the night for four weeks (duty circle: 30s "on" periods and 30s "off" periods; frequency: 10 Hz; current intensity: minimal pain threshold; pulse width: 500 μs)

Intervention Type DEVICE

taVNS 25

Patients were given taVNS (by Xi'an Bashui Health Technology Co., Ltd) thirty minutes twice a day in the morning and the night for four weeks (duty circle: 30s "on" periods and 30s "off" periods; frequency: 25 Hz; current intensity: minimal pain threshold; pulse width: 500 μs)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Control

Patients were given taVNS (by Xi'an Bashui Health Technology Co., Ltd) thirty minutes twice a day in the morning and the night for four weeks (duty circle: 30s "on" periods and 30s "off" periods; frequency: 10 Hz; current intensity: minimal pain threshold; pulse width: 500 μs)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. 18-65 years old
2. Patients who met the Rome IV diagnostic criteria of FD
3. Moderate to severe FD (functional dyspepsia symptom diary ≥10)
4. Normal upper endoscopy and abdominal ultrasonography within one year.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Injury or inflammation on the ear
2. Asthma or COPD not under control
3. History of cardiac pacemaker planting or other medical digital devices
4. History of VNS treatment
5. Patients with local or systemic diseases which may cause dyspeptic symptoms:

Known active peptic ulcer, cholecystitis, gallstone, gastrointestinal obstruction, gastroparesis, and etc.; Known acute or chronic injury of liver or kidney; Obvious hematological abnormality, or endocrine and metabolic diseases; Known malignancy; Obvious cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases (such as coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, cerebral infarction and etc.; Other conditions which may be associated with dyspeptic symptoms (such as NSAIDs associated dyspepsia)
6. Patients with serious mental disorders or tendency to suicide
7. Pregnancy or lactic women
8. Inability to give informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Air Force Military Medical University, China

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Yanglin Pan

Associated professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Lanzhou University Second Hospital

Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases

Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Yanglin Pan, M.D.

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 13991811225

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Xiaojun Huang, M.D.

Role: primary

Yanglin Pan, M.D.

Role: primary

Na Liu, M.D.

Role: primary

References

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Shi X, Zhao L, Luo H, Deng H, Wang X, Ren G, Zhang L, Tao Q, Liang S, Liu N, Huang X, Zhang X, Yang X, Sun J, Qin W, Kang X, Han Y, Pan Y, Fan D. Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation Is Effective for the Treatment of Functional Dyspepsia: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2024 Mar 1;119(3):521-531. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002548. Epub 2023 Oct 3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37787432 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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KY20202087-F-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id