Autopsy report · NCT04282226

Brain Effect of Vagal Nerve Stimulation at Rest and Pain

“There was a serious delay in the study due to the COVID pandemic. So the grant period was over.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Withdrawn before it enrolled anyone. Its dates are the sponsor's plans, not events that happened.

Vital statistics

Status

Withdrawn

Phase

Na

Sponsor

Queen Mary University of London

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Healthy Volunteer

Interventions

active transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (tVNS); sham transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (tVNS)

Participants

0

Sites

1

Countries

United Kingdom

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