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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/05/086518 [Registered on: 07/05/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 06/05/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cross Sectional Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   TO STUDY THE ACYLCARNITINE AND AMINOACID PROFILE IN SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE: TERM AND PRETERM NEONATES 
Scientific Title of Study   ACYLCARNITINE AND AMINOACID PROFILE IN SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE: TERM AND PRETERM NEONATES 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  VARIKUTI CHERITHA REDDY  
Designation  POST GRADUATE RESIDENT 
Affiliation  DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS, MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE, NEW DELHI

New Delhi
DELHI
110002
India 
Phone  8886044842  
Fax    
Email  cheritha1999@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DR SEEMA KAPOOR 
Designation  Director professor 
Affiliation  MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS, MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE, NEW DELHI

New Delhi
DELHI
110002
India 
Phone  011-23236031  
Fax    
Email  drseemakapoor@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  VARIKUTI CHERITHA REDDY  
Designation  POST GRADUATE RESIDENT 
Affiliation  DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS, MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE, NEW DELHI

New Delhi
DELHI
110002
India 
Phone  8886044842  
Fax    
Email  cheritha1999@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Department of pediatrics,Maulana azad medical college 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Department of pediatrics 
Address  Maulana azad medical college,new delhi 
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
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 Varikuti Cheritha Reddy  Lok Nayak hospital  department of pediatrics and inborn unit of neonatology maulana azad medical college and associated lok nayak hospital, new delhi
New Delhi
DELHI 
8886044842

cheritha1999@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee, maulana azad medical college  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  small for gestational age: terms and preterm neonates 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  0.00 Day(s)
Age To  2.00 Day(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  small for gestational age neonates born preterm and term 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  neonates on any parenteral nutrition
neonates on human milk fortifiers prior to enrollment
neonates with shock and on mechanical ventilation 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Case Record Numbers 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
levels of acylcarnitines in term and preterm small for gestational ages babies with various gestational ages and birth weights
levels of aminoacids in term and preterm small for gestational ages babies with various gestational ages and birth weights.
Percentile charts from 0.5 to 99.5 th percentile across gestational ages and birth weights

 
small for gestational age term and preterm neonates at 24 plus 6hours of life 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
NIL  NIL 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="520"
Sample Size from India="520" 
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)   17/05/2025 
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="1"
Months="0"
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   This study is a cross sectional analytical study to find the levels of acylcarnitine and aminoacid levels in small for gestational age term and preterm neonates around 260 in each group to be conducted in department of pediatrics maulana azad medical college New Delhi
The primary outcome variables are to find levels of acylcarnitine and aminoacid levels in term and preterm small for gestational age neonates.
The secondary outcome variables are to find percentile charts from 0.5 to 99.5 th percentile across gestational ages and birth weights and correlation of levels with both birth weight and gestational age.
 
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