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Efficacy of Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Low Weight Eating Disorders
Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Summary
This project includes a 4-week randomized trial comparing pre-meal vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) to pre-meal sham stimulation. The aims will assess if taVNS results in greater satisfaction, greater calorie consumption, less self-reported fullness, decrease in eating disorder symptoms, and less anxiety than sham stimulation.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
14 Years - 22 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
30
Start Date
2022-12-13
Completion Date
2026-10
Last Updated
2025-10-07
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
taVNS
Participants will receive vagal nerve stimulation approximately 3 days a week for 30 minutes over the course of 4 weeks while they are attending treatment for Anorexia Nervosa in the Eating and Weight Disorder Intensive Program.
Sham
Participants will receive sham stimulation approximately 3 days a week for 30 minutes over the course of 4 weeks while they are attending treatment for Anorexia Nervosa in the Eating and Weight Disorder Intensive Program.
Locations (1)
Department of Psychiatry, Eating and Weight Disorders Program
New York, New York, United States