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The efficacy of current oral medication for CP\/CPPS remains limited. Recent studies demonstrated that vagus nerve stimulation may improve chronic pelvic and abdominal pain. Accordingly, transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) might represent a promising, non-invasive therapeutic approach for the clinical management of CP\/CPPS.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and analysis<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The trial of Transcutaneous Auricular vagus nerve Stimulation for moderate to severe Chronic Prostatitis\/CPPS is a prospective, randomised, sham-controlled trial with a 1:1 allocation ratio. Participants will be assigned randomly to either the taVNS group or the sham-taVNS group. The intervention period will consist of a 4-week treatment (a total of 40 sessions), followed by an 8-week follow-up period. 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