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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/10/074609 [Registered on: 01/10/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 21/09/2024
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   Comparison of scalpel and electrocautery usage for incision in abdominal surgeries 
Scientific Title of Study   To Assess the Outcome of Scalpel Incision and Electrocautery Incision in Abdominal 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  Ashna Nagpal 
Designation  Junior Resident 
Affiliation  Datta Meghe Institute Of Higher Education And Research 
Address  Department Of General Surgery, AVBRH Hospital,Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College,DMIHER, Sawangi, Wardha
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha
Wardha
MAHARASHTRA
442004
India 
Phone  8825055095  
Fax    
Email  anagpal770@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr PANKAJ GHARDE 
Designation  PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY 
Affiliation  DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY, AVBRH HOSPITAL,JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, DMIHER, SAWANGI, WARDHA
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, SAWANGI, WARDHA
Wardha
MAHARASHTRA
442004
India 
Phone  9372717775  
Fax    
Email  pankaj_nandini75@yahoo.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr PANKAJ GHARDE 
Designation  PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY 
Affiliation  DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY, AVBRH HOSPITAL,JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, DMIHER, SAWANGI, WARDHA
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, SAWANGI, WARDHA
Wardha
MAHARASHTRA
442004
India 
Phone  9372717775  
Fax    
Email  pankaj_nandini75@yahoo.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, SAWANGI, WARDHA, MAHARASHTRA 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  ASHNA NAGPAL 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, DMIHER, WARDHA, SAWANGI, MAHARASHTRA 442004 
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 
DR ASHNA NAGPAL  ACHARYA VINOBA BHAVE RURAL HOSPITAL, DMIHER, WARDHA, SAWANGI, MAHARASHTRA  DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY, AVBRH HOSPITAL, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, DMIHER, SAWANGI, WARDHA, MAHARASHTRA
Wardha
MAHARASHTRA 
8825055095

anagpal770@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE  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  NIL  NIL 
Comparator Agent  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1 Patients willing to give consent for the research.
2 Patients posted for surgeries with incision within 10cm in length.
3 All the males and females posted for routine and emergency surgeries.
4 Patients between the age of 18 to 60 years. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1.Patients with previous midline laparotomy.
2• Concurrent anticoagulant.
3• Corticosteroid therapy.
4• Factors that could affect wound healing like anemia and hypoproteinemia.
5• Patients with comorbodities
6• Patients with active wound infections anywhere in the body at the time of surgery
were excluded from the study.
7• Patients with high BMI
8• Patients with Psychiatric illness 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Random Number Table 
Method of Concealment   An Open list of random numbers 
Blinding/Masking   Participant Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Blood loss during the incison shall be calculted. Wound related pain . Wound infections. presence of erythema, induration and pain.  7 days  
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Clinical assessment of the wound shall be done on POD 3,5 & 7 for surgical site
infection till the patient is discharged & on the first follow-up visit to hospital.
Wound infections shall be considered.
Grade 1 in the presence of erythema, induration & pain.
Grade 2 same findings as grade 1 & with serous fluid.
Grade 3 in the presence of contaminated fluid in less than half wound.
Grade 4 same as grade 3 in more than half wound 
7 days 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="72"
Sample Size from India="72" 
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)   02/10/2024 
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="2"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Yet Recruiting 
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   THE STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL AND TEACHING HOSPITAL IN  CENTRAL INDIA ON PATIENTS ADMITTED FOR EMERGENCY AND ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES.
THE STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ETHICS COMMITTEE.

TO STUDY THE OUTCOME OF SCALPEL AND CAUTERY INCISIONS IN ABDOMINAL SURGERIES 


THE STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR A 2 YEAR PERIOD

THE STUDY WILL FOCUS ON FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES : 
1. EVALUATION OF TISSUE NECROSIS AND WOUND DEHISCENCE IN INCISION GROUP
2. EVALUATION OF TISSUE NECROSIS AND WOUND DEHISCENCE IN ELECTROCAUTERY GROUP 
3. TP EVALUATE THE SURGICAL SITE INFECTION
4. TO EVALUATE PAIN AND INFECTION IN BOTH THE GROUPS 


 
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