Clinical trialNCT06100172RecruitingInterventional

Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation After Lumbar Surgery

SponsorUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterEnrollment20Lumbar Spine InjuryOpioid UsePain, Postoperative

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Summary

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The purpose of this study, entitled "Delivering Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation as an Adjunct Non-Opioid Pain Management Therapy for Patients Undergoing Lumbar Surgery", is to demonstrate whether transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation (tAN) can non-invasively reduce the perception of pain in patients undergoing lumbar surgery. tAN is placed on and around the ear to non-invasively stimulate branches of the vagus and trigeminal nerves and modulate specific brain regions associated with pain.

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Investigators

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Alex Valadka, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States
Recruiting

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 29 Oct 2024
Primary completion: 31 Oct 2027
Completion: 31 Dec 2027
Last update posted: 15 Dec 2025
Registered enrollment: 20
Registry id: NCT06100172

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