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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/03/063904 [Registered on: 11/03/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 05/03/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Follow Up Study 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   Study of factors which will determine outcome in patients with infection of limbs 
Scientific Title of Study   Predictors of outcome in limb cellulitis with/without deep soft tissue infection presenting to the Emergency Medicine department of a tertiary care centre in India 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Prithvishree Ravindra 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE, Manipal 
Address  Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  9035296971  
Fax    
Email  prithvishree@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Prithvishree Ravindra 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE, Manipal 
Address  Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal


KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  9035296971  
Fax    
Email  prithvishree@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Safa Abubacker 
Designation  Postgraduate 
Affiliation  Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE, Manipal 
Address  Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  9605728997  
Fax    
Email  safa.aboobacker@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka- 576104 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr Prithvishree Ravindra 
Address  Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka- 576104 
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 Prithvishree Ravindra  Kasturba Hospital, Manipal  Ground floor, Trauma and emergency block, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, tiger circle, Madhavnagar, Manipal
Udupi
KARNATAKA 
9035296971

prithvishree@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee- 2 (Student research)  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: L039||Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis,unspecified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients presenting with unilateral redness, warmth and edema of limbs suggestive of cellulitis
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patient with cellulitis more than 2 weeks, patients not consenting to participate 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
7 day Mortality ( Survived / Dead )  At day 7 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
28 day Mortality (Survived/Dead)  At day 28 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="228"
Sample Size from India="228" 
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)   20/03/2024 
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="2"
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 aims to analyse the clinical as well as laboratory parameters that have a direct impact on the prognosis of patients having limb cellulitis with/without deep soft tissue infections. After informed consent, patient coming to the Emergency Medicine Department meeting the inclusion criteria will be enrolled. Their admission vital signs and examination findings will be noted. The lab investigations will be sent as per treating physicians’ discretion. The reports of the lab investigations will be collected as
per the data collection tool. The patients will be followed up through the admission for parameters such as time to first antibiotic, time to surgery, treatment given, 7 day mortality, outcome. Microbiological diagnosis will be noted. At discharge, the ventilator requirement, oxygen requirement, vasopressor requirement, mortality will be noted. Patients discharged prior to 28 days, will have a telephonic follow up to 28-day mortality.
 
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