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NCT06821893: VAST
Vagus Auricular Stimulation for Tinnitus
NA trial testing Vibrational stimulation in Tinnitus in 40 participants. Completed in 27 July 2025.
27 June 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Washington University School of Medicine |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 40 |
| Start date | 27 January 2025 |
| Primary completion | 27 June 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 27 July 2025 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Vibrational stimulation
- Sham
Conditions studied
- Tinnitus — all drugs for Tinnitus →
Sponsor
Washington University School of Medicine
Who can join
Adults 18 to 70, any sex, with Tinnitus. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This pilot study is a randomized, double-blinded controlled trial of adult participants with chronic, moderate to severe bothersome subjective tinnitus. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an active auricular stimulation device group or a sham-control group.Both groups will also undergo virtual Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction(MBSR) over 8 weeks to promote tinnitus bother reduction, and general well-being. Outcome measures will be assessed at baseline, end of intervention, and at 1-month post-intervention.
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06821893 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Washington University School of Medicine
- Last refreshed: 14 November 2025
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