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CTRI Number  CTRI/2018/02/011892 [Registered on: 13/02/2018] Trial Registered Retrospectively
Last Modified On: 12/02/2018
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Case Control Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   A study to asses causes of death in rural villages 
Scientific Title of Study   A 12-MONTH PROSPECTIVE COMMUNITY BASED SURVEILLANCE OF ALL-AGE DEATHS USING VERBAL AUTOPSY 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Shilpa K 
Designation  DNB family medicine resident 
Affiliation  bangalore baptist hospital 
Address  Bangalore Baptist Hospital Hebbal Bangalore Phone: 080-22024700

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560024
India 
Phone  9986073633  
Fax    
Email  shilpagowda2009@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Gift Norman 
Designation  HOD Community Health Department 
Affiliation  Bangalore Baptist hospital 
Address  Community Health Department Bangalore Baptist Hospital Bellary road hebbal Bangalore

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560024
India 
Phone  9591761106  
Fax    
Email  normangift@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Gift Norman 
Designation  HOD Community Health Department 
Affiliation  Bangalore Baptist hospital 
Address  Community Health Department Bangalore Baptist Hospital Bellary road hebbal Bangalore

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560024
India 
Phone  9591761106  
Fax    
Email  normangift@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Bangalore baptist hospital Bellary road Hebbal bangalore-560024 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  bangalore baptist hospital 
Address  Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Hebbal, Bangalore Phone: 080-22024700  
Type of Sponsor  Private hospital/clinic 
 
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 
DrShilpaK  Bangalore Baptist Hospital  Dept of Family Medicine Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Hebbal, Bangalore
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9986073633

silpagowda2009@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional review Board Bangalore Baptist Hospital  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  All-age deaths occuring in 2014-2015 in 50 villages of Devanahalli taluk.,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  0.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  all age deaths occuring in 30 villages of devanahalli taluk 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  migrants/ visitors whose death occur in devanahalli.
refusal to participate in the study. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Cause of Death  cross sectional data collected at single point of time 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
crude death rate  cross sectional data collected at single point of time. 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="165"
Sample Size from India="165" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "202"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="202" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   01/08/2014 
Date of Study Completion (India) 04/04/2016 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   "none yet"  
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary   Understanding what the most prevalent causes of death are in a given population can help target preventive interventions and provide health services

NEED AND JUSTIFICATION FOR THE STUDY:

Routine registration systems are incomplete or inaccurate.

Many of the completed death certificates failed to provide relevant information to allow adequate ICD-10 coding [4].

To identify preventable premature deaths.

To identify the vulnerable group for increased risk of mortality

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

 A prospective surveillance study to ascertain the death rate and most probable cause of death and the determinants in Devanahalli taluk using verbal autopsy.

Study design:  Descriptive study.

 
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