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NCT07444177
Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Appetite
NA trial testing Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) in Appetite Regulation in 60 participants. Completed in 12 February 2026.
12 February 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Seoul National University Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | crossover |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | basic science |
| Enrollment | 60 |
| Start date | 12 January 2026 |
| Primary completion | 12 February 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 12 February 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across South Korea |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS)
- Sham Stimulation
Conditions studied
- Appetite Regulation — all drugs for Appetite Regulation →
- Food Intake — all drugs for Food Intake →
- Obesity — all drugs for Obesity →
- Eating Behaviour — all drugs for Eating Behaviour →
Sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital
Who can join
Adults 20 to 50, female only, with Appetite Regulation or Food Intake. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This study tests a new way to help control appetite. Researchers will use a wearable device on the ear. This device sends gentle electrical pulses to a nerve. This is called vagus nerve stimulation. The main goals of this study are: * To see if this device helps people eat less. * To check if it lowers feelings of hunger. * To measure how it changes responses to food cues. Healthy adult women will join this study. Each person will have two study visits. At one visit, the device will be turned on. At the other visit, the device will be off. This is a fake or "sham" treatment. During each visit, researchers will: * Give a standard meal for 30 minutes. * Measure how much food each person eats. * Ask questions about hunger and fullness. * Use computer tasks to check food cravings. This study may find a safe, medicine-free way to manage eating habits.
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 NCT07444177 (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 Seoul National University Hospital
- Last refreshed: 4 March 2026
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