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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/05/066908 [Registered on: 07/05/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 30/07/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Yoga & Naturopathy 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Effect of trataka and eye exercise on myopic patient  
Scientific Title of Study   Effect of Bahiranga Trataka Kriya and Bates eye exercise on Refractive Error in patients with myopia – A Randomized Clinical Trial 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Sandeep kumar gupta 
Designation  PG student  
Affiliation  Maharishi Aurobindo Subharti College And Hospital Of Naturopathy Yogic Sciences. 
Address  Zp-77Ground Floor, Sector-Zp, Sushant City Meerut

Meerut
UTTAR PRADESH
250002
India 
Phone  7860134487  
Fax    
Email  skg754709@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query  
Name  DR NAIR DHIREN AJIT  
Designation  ASSISSTANT PROFESSOR 
Affiliation  Maharishi Aurobindo Subharti College And Hospital Of Naturopathy Yogic Sciences. 
Address  Maharishi Aurobindo Subharti College And Hospital Of Naturopathy Yogic Sciences. CSSH, SVSU

Meerut
UTTAR PRADESH
250002
India 
Phone  7899143619  
Fax    
Email  danny.a.nair@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query  
Name  DR ABHAY M SHANKAR GOWDA 
Designation  PRINCIPAL 
Affiliation  Maharishi Aurobindo Subharti College And Hospital Of Naturopathy Yogic Sciences. 
Address  Swami Vivekanand Subharti University Subhartipuram, NH.58, Delhi-Haridwar Bypass Road, Meerut Meerut UTTAR PRADESH

Meerut
UTTAR PRADESH
250002
India 
Phone  9448300347  
Fax    
Email  naturopathy@subharti.org  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Dr. Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Pg Department, Maharishi Aurobindo Subharti College And Hospital Of Naturopathy Yogic Sciences, Swami Vivekanand Subharti university, Subhartipuram NH58 delhi haridwar bypass meerut uttar pradesh 250005 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Sandeep Kumar Gupta 
Address  Zp-77Ground Floor Sector-Zp Sushant City Meerut 
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 
Sandeep Kumar Gupta  Maharishi Aurobindo Subharti College And Hospital Of Naturopathy And Yogic Science, CSSH, SVSU  Swami Vivekanand Subharti University Subhartipuram, NH.58, Delhi-Haridwar Bypass Road, Meerut
Meerut
UTTAR PRADESH 		 7860134487

skg754709@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
UECM  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: H521||Myopia, ,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Bahiranga trataka kriya  The Bahiranga trataka kriya is practised in a room that is completely dark and free of draughts and insects. • Put a candle at eye level two to three feet in front of you. The flame must be completely steady and flickering at all times. • Sit in a relaxed meditation position, ideally in siddhasana, and place your hands in the jnana mudra position on your knees. • Become fully relaxed. As with any meditation practise, close your eyes and get ready. • Make yourself peaceful and silent, and prepare to maintain complete stillness for the entire practise. • Spend some time practising kaya Sthairyam (body steadiness). Then open your eyes and look at the candles middle section, which is just above the wick. • Try not to blink and maintain a completely steady gaze. • If the eye becomes uncomfortable or fatigued, drop the eyelids. • Stare for as long as you can for five minutes, or for longer if you can do it without closing your eyes. • Only when absolutely necessary should one close their eyes. • If any thoughts arise, push them out of the mind as soon as they do. • Throughout the entire practise, Sakshi should remain a silent observer. • When you do finally close your eyes, keep them centred on the image of the flame in Chidakasha in front of you. • If it shifts, bring it back to the centre and keep staring at it until the impression goes away. • As soon as you can do so, stabilise the image and carefully examine the colour. • Sometimes you might not see light, but rather an impression that is even darker than Chidakasha. • Keep your thoughts absolutely absent. Just focus on that one thing at a time. • Let thoughts come and go, and dont get caught up in them. • Unless the guru has instructed you to practise for a longer period of time, practise for fifteen to twenty minutes. • Trataka are performed first thing in the morning while fasting. • On an empty stomach, a positive outcome will occur. • imagine breathing in and out of the Ajna chakra through the mindeyebrow centre if your eyes are feeling heavy. • Continue to be conscious of your breathing as you close your eyes and look at the counter-image, breathing into and out of the image via the centre of your brow one session per day for total 30 days 
Comparator Agent  BATES EYE EXERCISE  The bates eye exercise is practised in a room that is completely dark and free of draughts and insects. • Sit in a relaxed meditation position, ideally in siddhasana, and place your hands in the jnana mudra position on your knees Become fully relaxed. • As with any meditation practise, close your eyes and get ready. • Make yourself peaceful and silent, and prepare to maintain complete stillness for the entire practise. • Gently rub you both the hand and when palm become heat the patient gently covers the closed eyes with the palms of their hands to provide complete darkness and feels heat on your eye ball aiding relaxation. • The colours, shades of colour and the phenomena "seen" by the patient while palming are apparently of diagnostic value cup your hands over your eyes, so that no light gets into the eyes, and rest the arms on a table or pillow for comfort. • Now try to imagine pure darkness and relax the eyes. Rest in this palming posture for at least 5 minutes . 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  30.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Mild To Moderate Myopic Patients
2. Willing To Participate 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patient undergone recent eye surgery
• Corneal opacity
• Ocular pathology
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Patient with high myopia
• Glaucoma 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Retinoscope
Autorefractometer 		 baseline and 4 week 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Visual Functioning Questionnaire – 25  baseline & 4 week 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="140"
Sample Size from India="140" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "140"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="129" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/05/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) 30/07/2025 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) 30/07/2025 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  		 Not Applicable 
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
Modification(s)  		 In 2010, 1.45 billion people, or 27% of the world’s population, had myopia, which is defined as having a myopia of more than or equal to 0.50 D. Myopia is the most common cause of distance refractive error globally. India is the second-most populous nation in the world, with 492 million people, or about 41% of its total population, under the age of 18. The issues faced by this youthful generation must be promptly addressed because they are a valuable resource for the growth of the country. The human eye collects light rays as they pass through the retina and converts them into an image. However, in myopia, light rays fall in front of the retina, creating visual blurring. One of the three often seen refractive defects, along with hypermetropia (long-sightedness) and astigmatism, is myopia, also known as near-sightedness or short-sightedness When the light rays entering the eye are improperly focused onto the retina, refractive errors arise. When a person has myopia, light rays entering the eye fall in front of the retina, making distant objects look blurry while near items can be 6 seen clearly. Currently available treatments for decreasing the growth of myopia include spectacle lenses, contact lenses, and pharmacological medications. pharmacological agents Recent well-designed studies using 0.5% atropine, a non-selective muscarinic antagonist, with multi-focal glasses (0.41 D) compared to multi-focal glasses alone (1.19 D) or SVLs alone (1.40 D), demonstrated statistically and clinically significant reductions in the progression of myopia. drastically reduces.Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) a range of several medical and health care systems includes Ayurveda, which has roots in ancient India more than 5,000 years, emphasises a specific treatment based on each patient’s circumstances. It involves therapies such as yoga, meditation, naturopathy, massage, nutrition, and herbal remedies, use extremely small amounts of a drug that induces symptoms in order to activate the body’s natural healing process. Trataka, which means "to look at or gaze," is a preparatory practise for meditation that entails fixating on a single point, such as a small item, a black dot, or a candle flame. The Bates method, established by New York ophthalmologist William Horatio Bates (1860-1931), is one of the most extensively utilised eye exercises for alternative therapies. According to Dr William Bates, the most crucial aspect in getting optimal visual acuity at varied distances is to achieve a state of complete relaxation. Proper eye motions allow patients’ eyes to rest, moisturise, and massage. Palming, visualisation, movement (or ‘shifting’, and sunbathing are all part of the Bates method). Previous research has found that combining yoga practises(Near and far focusing with Kapalbhati), with other eye relaxing techniques can improve visual acuity. Therefore it is necessary to conduct a study so that the research gap can be fullfilled.
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