Randomised Controlled TrialtcVNSn = 28
Cervical transcutaneous vagal neuromodulation in chronic pancreatitis patients with chronic pain: A randomised sham controlled clinical trial
Muthulingam JA, Olesen SS, Hansen TM, Brock C, Drewes AM, Frøkjær JB
PLOS ONE · 2021
Key finding
In a sham-controlled crossover trial, two weeks of cervical VNS did not relieve chronic pancreatitis pain over sham, though heart rate decreased with active stimulation (negative clinical result).
- Condition
- Pancreatitis
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 28
Cite this study
Muthulingam, J. A., Olesen, S. S., Hansen, T. M., Brock, C., Drewes, A. M., & Frøkjær, J. B. (2021). Cervical transcutaneous vagal neuromodulation in chronic pancreatitis patients with chronic pain: A randomised sham controlled clinical trial. PLOS ONE, 16(2), e0247653. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247653
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