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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/04/066493 [Registered on: 29/04/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 16/04/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Retrospective 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Commoness of Brain infections during and after COVID 19 era 
Scientific Title of Study   Prevalence of Central Nervous system infections in the COVID 19 and post COVID 19 period 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Dinesh Upadhya 
Designation  Associate Professor and Coordinator 
Affiliation  Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 
Address  Room no 1,Centre for Molecular Neurosciences, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal,Udupi- 576104, Karnataka, India
Room no 1, Centre for Molecular Neurosciences, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal,Udupi- 576104, Karnataka, India
Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  8747012060  
Fax    
Email  dinesh.upadhya@manipal.edu  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Dinesh Upadhya 
Designation  Associate Professor and Coordinator 
Affiliation  Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 
Address  Room no. 1, Centre for Molecular Neurosciences, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal,Udupi 576104, Karnataka, India
Room no.1, Centre for Molecular Neurosciences, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal,Udupi 576104, Karnataka, India

KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  8747012060  
Fax    
Email  dinesh.upadhya@manipal.edu  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Dinesh Upadhya 
Designation  Associate Professor and Coordinator 
Affiliation  Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 
Address  Centre for Molecular Neurosciences, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal,Udupi. 576104, Karnataka, India
Centre for Molecular Neurosciences, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal,Udupi 576104 Karnataka, India

KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  8747012060  
Fax    
Email  dinesh.upadhya@manipal.edu  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Kasturba Hospital, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Udupi- 576104, Karnataka, India 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Self sponsored 
Address  Dr. Dinesh Upadhya, Centre for Molecular Neurosciences Kasturba Medical college, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Udupi 576104, Karnataka, India Manipal Udupi 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Aswathi Ramesh  Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital  Madhav Nagar Manipal Udupi 576104, Karnataka, India
Udupi
KARNATAKA 
9455025411

aswathi.ramesh2@learner.manipal.edu 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: G009||Bacterial meningitis, unspecified, (2) ICD-10 Condition: G053||Encephalitis and encephalomyelitisin diseases classified elsewhere, (3) ICD-10 Condition: G049||Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis, unspecified, (4) ICD-10 Condition: G062||Extradural and subdural abscess, unspecified, (5) ICD-10 Condition: G07||Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere, (6) ICD-10 Condition: G08||Intracranial and intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitis, (7) ICD-10 Condition: G01||Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere, (8) ICD-10 Condition: G02||Meningitis in other infectious andparasitic diseases classified elsewhere, (9) ICD-10 Condition: G039||Meningitis, unspecified, (10) ICD-10 Condition: G048||Other encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis, (11) ICD-10 Condition: G09||Sequelae of inflammatory diseasesof central nervous system,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  1.00 Day(s)
Age To  90.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients with all age groups (Newborn to 90
years old) diagnosed with Central Nervous
System infections based on clinical features
and initial CSF and neuro-imaging results at
Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, between 01
November 2020- 31 September 2023 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Central Nervous System infections not
suspected or criteria for Central Nervous
System infections not met.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Case Record Numbers 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Individual data of various Central Nervous System infections in a tertiary care hospital will be
recorded 
1 year 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Individual data of various Central Nervous System infections during COVID 19 and post COVID 19 period   1 year 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="972"
Sample Size from India="972" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/05/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   This study is relevant because the majority of the literature available regarding these central nervous system infectious diseases is based on populations from developed countries. There is a regional and seasonal variability in parameters like incidence, clinical presentation, etiology, response to treatment, etc. Therefore, specific regional data is absolutely essential to afford the best-suited medical support and healthcare to our patients, and this study aims to try and fulfill, at least to a certain extent, the menacing research gap that underlies its lack even in the best of our healthcare institutions 
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