Status:

RECRUITING

Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Device in CKD Population

Lead Sponsor:

NYU Langone Health

Conditions:

Chronic Kidney Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this pilot interventional study is to collect preliminary data on the application of a transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) device in patients with chronic kidney di...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • • Individual 18-80 years of age with CKD stage 3-5 (eGFR \<60 mL/min/1.73m2) on most recent outpatient labs.

Exclusion

  • Pacemaker dependent
  • Prisoners
  • Pregnant women. A pregnancy test will be offered if a subject is concerned about being pregnant.
  • Not capable of informed consent
  • Know autonomic function disorder (e.g. Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction)
  • ICD or PPM precluding assessment of heart rate variability (e.g. chronic atrial fibrillation)
  • Recent myocardial infarction (4 weeks or less)
  • Maintenance dialysis
  • Epilepsy
  • Patients on labetalol (labetalol will interfere with catecholamine measurements)
  • Patients with diabetes
  • At least 50% of cohort must not be on beta blockers. This will help to distinguish the confounding effects of beta blockers.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 9 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 7 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05981183

Start Date

August 9 2023

End Date

January 7 2026

Last Update

December 31 2025

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NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, United States, 11215