NCT05618067

The Impact of Improved Vagal Function on Periaqueductal Gray Connectivity

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is being to see if participating in breathing exercise training and practicing this training will help with Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS). The information may help doctors to learn more about how the different parts of people's brains communicate.

Conditions

• Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	breathing exercise training	Participants will engage in weekly breathing exercises. They will be trained once a week for 4 weeks, and will use an app called Inner Balance and an device called Firstbeat Bodyguard 3 to track data about their hearts while practicing the exercises at home for 10 minutes a day, twice a day, once before bedtime.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-04-01
• Primary completion: 2028-12-01
• Completion: 2028-12-01
• First posted: 2022-11-16
• Last updated: 2026-02-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States