Trials / Not Yet Recruiting
Not Yet RecruitingNCT07214194
Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Enhance Memory in Aging
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 150 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Stanford University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The aim of this study is to determine whether non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation enhances memory formation in cognitively healthy older adults and whether the effects of stimulation depend on gut and brain health.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) | Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation will be delivered with a well-validated device. taVNS delivers stimulation on the left ear, with the placement of the stimulating electrode differing between the active and sham conditions. Stimulation will occur during each learning trial (total of 30 trials per phase). |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2027-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2028-07-01
- Completion
- 2028-07-01
- First posted
- 2025-10-09
- Last updated
- 2025-10-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Regulatory
- FDA-regulated device study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07214194. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.