Effect Of Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Field Stimulation on Symptom Control/Nervous System Activity in Patients w/Diabetes Types 1/2
NCT ID: NCT06783504
Last Updated: 2025-02-10
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
60 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2026-02-10
2027-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
TRIPLE
Study Groups
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ACTIVE (electrical charge)
The PENFS device is placed behind the patient's left ear and connected to stimulation needles on the auricle. The appliance transmits low-frequency electrical impulses throughout the auricle.
PERCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL FIELD NERVE STIMULATION
The IB-Stim is a percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulator (PENFS) system intended to be used in patients 11-18 years of age with functional abdominal pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The IB-Stim is intended to be used for 120 hours per week up to 3 consecutive weeks, through application to branches of Cranial Nerves V, VII, IX and X, and the occipital nerves identified by transillumination, as an aid in the reduction of pain when combined with other therapies for IBS.
Sham percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation (no electrical charge)
The PENFS device is placed behind the patient's left ear and connected to stimulation needles on the auricle. The appliance will not transmit any electrical impulses.
Sham percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation
SHAM (no electrical charge)
Interventions
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PERCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL FIELD NERVE STIMULATION
The IB-Stim is a percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulator (PENFS) system intended to be used in patients 11-18 years of age with functional abdominal pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The IB-Stim is intended to be used for 120 hours per week up to 3 consecutive weeks, through application to branches of Cranial Nerves V, VII, IX and X, and the occipital nerves identified by transillumination, as an aid in the reduction of pain when combined with other therapies for IBS.
Sham percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation
SHAM (no electrical charge)
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Diagnosed with gastroparesis for twelve months or longer
* Diagnosed with diabetes either Type 1 or Type 2
* Documented delayed gastric emptying (\>10% retention of the test meal at four hours) on a standardized scrambled-egg scintigraphy gastric emptying test performed in the last two years.
* Upper GI endoscopy indicating no mechanical obstruction performed in the last five years.
* Symptoms of nausea and vomiting consistent with clinical diagnosis of gastroparesis (as opposed to other causes of nausea and vomiting such as mechanical obstruction, acute viral illness, chemotherapy, psychogenic vomiting.
* Documented Hb A1c within three months of screening or at the time of screening (\<=8.0)
Exclusion Criteria
* Pregnant females
* Medical records indicate intestinal pseudo-obstruction
* Diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia
* History of prior gastric surgery
* History of vagotomy
* History of organ transplantation
* History of seizures
* Diagnosed with primary swallowing disorders
* Subjects who are dependent on drugs like Marinol for their condition
* Those diagnosed with psychogenic vomiting and not related to gastroparesis
* Medically unstable subjects
* Those at high surgical risk
* Subjects taking narcotic analgesics daily.
* Those with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (Hgb A1c\>8) within three months of screening or at the time of screening.
* Subjects diagnosed with hemophilia, psoriasis vulgaris are excluded
* Those having a cardiac pacemaker will be excluded from the study.
18 Years
60 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Indiana University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Thomas V. Nowak
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Principal Investigators
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Thomas V Nowak, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
IU School of Medicine/IU Health
Locations
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Indiana University Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Santucci NR, King C, El-Chammas KI, Wongteerasut A, Damrongmanee A, Graham K, Fei L, Sahay R, Jones C, Cunningham NR, Coghill RC. Effect of percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation on mechanosensitivity, sleep, and psychological comorbidities in adolescents with functional abdominal pain disorders. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2022 Aug;34(8):e14358. doi: 10.1111/nmo.14358. Epub 2022 Mar 16.
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Other Identifiers
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18260
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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