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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/05/086136 [Registered on: 01/05/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 27/04/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Comparing effects of clonidine versus dexmedetomidine with bupivacaine via caudal block to prolong postoperative analgesia in children undergoing below umbilical surgeries. 
Scientific Title of Study   Comparison of caudal clonidine versus caudal dexmedetomidine with bupivacaine for prolongation of postoperative analgesia in children undergoing infraumbilical surgeries. 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  NIRMALKUMAR MISTRY 
Designation  POST GRADUATE RESIDENT 
Affiliation  B.J. MEDICAL COLLEGE AHMEDABAD 
Address  F3 ANAESTHESIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, CIVIL HOSPITAL AND B.J. MEDICAL COLLEGE, ASARWA, AHMEDABAD
PHASE -1,E-109, PG HOSTEL,CIVIL HOSPITAL,ASARWA
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT
380016
India 
Phone  7698300106  
Fax    
Email  nirmalmistry18@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  NILESH M SOLANKI 
Designation  ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 
Affiliation  B.J. MEDICAL COLLEGE AHMEDABAD 
Address  F3, DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA, BJ MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL,ASARWA

Ahmadabad
GUJARAT
380016
India 
Phone  9998991716  
Fax    
Email  nmscbaps@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  NIRMALKUMAR MISTRY 
Designation  POSTGRADUATE RESIDENT 
Affiliation  B.J. MEDICAL COLLEGE AHMEDABAD 
Address  F3, DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA, BJ MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL,ASARWA

Ahmadabad
GUJARAT
380016
India 
Phone  07698300106  
Fax    
Email  nirmalmistry18@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
F3, DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA, B.J. MEDICAL COLLEGE AND CIVIL HOSPITAL, ASARWA, AHMEDABAD, INDIA- 380016 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  NIRMALKUMAR MISTRY 
Address  F3, B.J. MEDICAL COLLEGE AND CIVIL HOSPITAL ,ASARWA,AHMEDABAD 
Type of Sponsor  Other [SELF] 
 
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 
NIRMALKUMAR MISTRY  CIVIL HOSPITAL, ASARWA, AHMEDABAD  F3, DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA,BJ MEDICAL COLLEGE ,ASARWA, AHMEDABAD- 380016
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT 
7698300106

nirmalmistry18@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
THE INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE B.J. MEDICAL COLLEGE AND CIVIL HOSPITAL AHMEDABAD  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: O||Medical and Surgical,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  CAUDAL EPIDURAL INJECTION OF BUPIVACAINE WITH CLONIDINE IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING INFRAUMBILICAL SURGERIES.  DOSE-BUPIVACAINE(0.25%) 1ML/KG (AS PAR ARMITAGE FORMULA)+ CLONIDINE 1MCG/KG DOSAGE FOR CAUDAL BLOCK, MAXIMUM TOTAL VOLUME OF 12ML . 
Comparator Agent  CAUDAL EPIDURAL INJECTION OF BUPIVACAINE WITH DEXMEDETOMIDINE IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING INFRAUMBILICAL SURGERIES.   DOSE-BUPIVACAINE(0.25%) 1ML/KG (AS PAR ARMITAGE FORMULA)+ DEXMEDETOMIDINE 1MCG/KG DOSAGE FOR CAUDAL BLOCK, MAXIMUM TOTAL VOLUME OF 12ML . 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  1.00 Year(s)
Age To  8.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details 
ASA I ,II AND III
PATIENTS SCHEDULED FOR INFRA-UMBILICAL SURGERIES
ELECTIVE SURGERIES.
CONSENT FROM LEGALLY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  ASA IV AND V
PARENTS AND PATIENT RELATIVE REFUSING TO GIVE CONSENT
PATIENTS HAVING PRE-EXISTING CARDIAC, NEUROLOGICAL AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES
PATIENTS HAVING COAGULOPATHY
PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL SPINE ANOMALY
LOCAL INFECTION/INFLAMMATION.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1.TO COMPARE DURATION OF ANALGESIA IN BOTH GROUP.
2.TO STUDY POSTOPERATIVE PAIN RELIEF IN BOTH GROUP.
 
24 HR POST OPERATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PAIN RELIEF SCORE.
 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1.INTRAOPERATIVE HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS.
2.TO COMPARE INTRA OPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO DRUG AND COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH TECHNIQUE.
3.TO COMPARE LEVEL OF SEDATION (RAM SAY SEDATION SCORE)
 
INTRAOPERATIVE HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETER TILL SURGERY COMPLETED.
24 HR POST OPERATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SEDATION SCORE & COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH TECHNIQUE AND DRUG.
 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
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   Phase 2/ Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   10/05/2025 
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="0"
Months="6"
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  

Bupivacaine is a long acting amide local anaesthetic. It is most frequently used for caudal anaesthesia in children that provides effective analgesia and motor blockade.Clonidine has been used for sedation, premedication and analgesia.Dexmedetomidine is a potent alpha 2 agonist (selective 2a subtype), widely used to provide analgesia, sedation and anxiolysis.Studies show increase in duration of post-operative analgesia on adding clonidine  & dexmedetomidine to local anaesthetic. Both are a safe adjuvant to bupivacaine in pediatric caudal anaesthesia.We therefore decided to study the effects of combination of Bupivacaine and clonidine for prolongation of post-operative analgesia in children were evaluated and compared with the effect of combination of bupivacaine and Dexmedetomidine for prolongation of post-operative analgesia. Hemodynamic changes and side effects  was also compared between both group, in children undergoing lower abdominal and perineal surgeries.

 
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