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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/06/068940 [Registered on: 14/06/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 11/08/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Yoga & Naturopathy 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Comparison of the immediate effects of regular and inexperienced vastra dhauti practitioners on stomach movement 
Scientific Title of Study   IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF VASTRA DHAUTI ON GASTRIC MOTILITY COMPARED BETWEEN REGULAR AND NOVICE VASTRA DHAUTI PRACTITIONERS - A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY  
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 Mahendra K M 
Designation  PG STUDENT 
Affiliation  Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences 
Address  Department of Yoga Division of research Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences Ujire Belthangady Dakshina kannada Karnataka India 574240

Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA
574240
India 
Phone  9036869615  
Fax    
Email  drmahishetty29@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Ashwin V P 
Designation  ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 
Affiliation  Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences 
Address  Department of Yoga Division of research Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences Ujire Belthangady Dakshina kannada Karnataka India 574240

Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA
574240
India 
Phone  9538372524  
Fax    
Email  ashwinvp09@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Ashwin V P 
Designation  ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 
Affiliation  Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences 
Address  Department of Yoga Division of research Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences Ujire Belthangady Dakshina kannada Karnataka India 574240

Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA
574240
India 
Phone  9538372524  
Fax    
Email  ashwinvp09@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Nature cure Hospital Shanthivana Dharmasthala dakshina kannada Karnataka India 574240 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  DR MAHENDRA K M 
Address  Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences Ujire Belthangady Dakshina kannada 574240 
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 Mahendra K M  Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Nature cure Hospital  Department of Yoga Division of research Dharmasthala
Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA 
9036869615

drmahishetty29@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences Institutional Ethical Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Healthy individuals  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Vastra dhauti  In comparator group am taking novice vastra dhauti practitioners which includes 30 subjects The procedure of intervention is the practitioner swallows a soft cotton cloth that is about 2 meters long and 4 centimeters wide and removes the same and it is practiced in an empty stomach And it is practiced only one time and the duration of the intervention will 3 to 5 minutes 
Intervention  Vastra dhauti  In intervention group am taking experienced vastra dhauti practitioners which includes 30 subjects The procedure of intervention is the practitioner swallows a soft cotton cloth that is about 2 meters long and 4 centimeters wide and removes the same and it is practiced in an empty stomach And it is practiced only one time and the duration of the intervention will 3 to 5 minutes 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  24.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Age between eighteen to twenty four years
Gender includes both Male and female
Healthy individuals
Subjects who are willing to participate 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Systemic illness
Recent surgeries
Peptic ulcer 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Electrogastrogram  3 times Electrogastrogram data will be taken
first before the intervention
second immediately after the intervention
third after 15 minutes of intervention 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
NIL  NIL 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "60"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="60" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   28/06/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) 22/05/2025 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) 21/05/2025 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="7"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Completed 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
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   IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF VASTRA DHAUTI ON GASTRIC MOTILITY COMPARED BETWEEN REGULAR AND NOVICE VASTRA DHAUTI PRACTITIONERS -A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY 
The study is to understand immediate effect of vastra dhauti on electrogastrogram changes of gastric motility compared between regular and novice vastra dhauti practitioners
The study subjects will be identified and screened as per the demands of the inclusion & exclusion criteria

Total subjects are divided into 2 groups 
Group 1: 30 subjects of regular vastra dhauti practitioners
Group 2: 30 subjects of novice vastra dhauti practitioners

subjects will be assessed using electrogastrogram
 
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