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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/02/080510 [Registered on: 13/02/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 12/02/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   A clinical trial to comparatively study 0.5 percentage hyperbaric levobupivacaine, 0.75 percentage hyperbaric ropivacaine and 0.5 percentage hyperbaric bupivacaine with fentanyl in subarachnoid block for lower limb surgeries. 
Scientific Title of Study   Comparative study of 0.5 percentage hyperbaric levobupivacaine, 0.75 percentage hyperbaric ropivacaine and 0.5 percentage hyperbaric bupivacaine with fentanyl in subarachnoid block for lower limb surgeries. 
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 M Rupinder Singh 
Designation  Professor Anaesthesia  
Affiliation  Dayanand Medical College and Hospital 
Address  Department of Anaesthesia Dayanand Medical College and Hospital Civil Lines Ludhiana 141001 Punjab

Ludhiana
PUNJAB
141001
India 
Phone  9814046459  
Fax    
Email  drmrupindersinghdmch@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Japneet Bakhshi 
Designation  PG Resident Anaesthesia 
Affiliation  Dayanand Medical College and Hospital 
Address  Department of Anaesthesia Dayanand Medical College and Hospital Civil Lines Ludhiana 141001 Punjab India

Ludhiana
PUNJAB
141001
India 
Phone  9501444357  
Fax    
Email  bakhshijapneet@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Japneet Bakhshi 
Designation  PG Resident Anaesthesia 
Affiliation  Dayanand Medical College and Hospital 
Address  Department of Anaesthesia Dayanand Medical College and Hospital Civil Lines Ludhiana 141001 Punjab India

Ludhiana
PUNJAB
141001
India 
Phone  9501444357  
Fax    
Email  bakhshijapneet@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Dayanand Medical college and hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab 141001, India 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dayanand Medical College and Hospital 
Address  Tagore Nagar, Civil lines, Ludhiana. 141001 Punjab India 
Type of Sponsor  Private 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 M Rupinder Singh  Dayanad Medical College and Hospital  Department of Anaesthesia, first floor, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital Tagore Nagar, Civil Lines Ludhiana 141001 Ludhiana PUNJAB
Ludhiana
PUNJAB 
9814046459

drmrupindersinghdmch@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Research and Ethical committee, dayanand medical college and hospital  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: S00-T88||Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Comparative study of 0.5% hyperbaric levobupivacaine, 0.75% hyperbaric ropivacaine and 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine with fentanyl in subarachnoid block for lower limb surgeries.  Patients in group B will receive 2.5 ml of 0.5 % of hyperbaric bupivacaine with 0.5ml ( 25mcg) of fentanyl intrathecally (total volume-3ml) 
Comparator Agent  Comparative study of 0.5% hyperbaric levobupivacaine, 0.75% hyperbaric ropivacaine and 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine with fentanyl in subarachnoid block for lower limb surgeries.  Patients in group L will receive 2.5ml of 0.5% of hyperbaric levobupivacaine with 0.5( 25mcg) of fentanyl intrathecally (total volume-3ml). 
Comparator Agent  Comparative study of 0.5% hyperbaric levobupivacaine, 0.75% hyperbaric ropivacaine and 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine with fentanyl in subarachnoid block for lower limb surgeries.  Patients in group R will receive 2.5ml of 0.75% of hyperbaric ropivacaine with 0.5( 25 mcg ) of fentanyl intrathecally(total volume -3ml) 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) gradeI, II and III. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Patient refusal for subarachnoid block.
2. Patients with allergy to local anaesthetic drugs or any history of anaphylacticreaction to the drugs used.
3. Patients with coagulopathy evidenced by history and laboratory investigations.
4. Patients with infection at injection site
5. Patients with spinal deformities like kyphoscoliosis and scoliosis etc.
6. Patients with history of pre-existing neurological disease.
7. Unable to comprehend sensory and motor block.
8. Patient’s refusal for consent.
9. Patients with failed spinal anaesthesia and subsequent conversion to general anaesthesia. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Other 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Investigator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Onset of sensory and motor block  0 min, 2min, 4min, 6min, 8min , 10min ,15min and thereafter every 15min till two dermatome regression from maximum level of sensory block occurs 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1.To determine highest level and duration of sensory block.
2. Duration of motor block
 
 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="200"
Sample Size from India="200" 
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   Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   12/03/2025 
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="0"
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   Bupivacaine is the most commonly used intrathecal local anaesthetic ,but due to CNS and CVS toxicity associated with it lead to research of better alternatives for spinal anaesthesia. Studies have reported that hyperbaric 0.5% ropivacaine produce reliable subarachnoid block but of shorter duration than 0.5 % hyperbaric bupivacaine and 0.5 % hyperbaric levobupivacaine.A prospective randomized double blind study is planned to be conducted on 195 adult ASA grade I, II, III patients posted for lower limb surgeries under spinal anaesthesia after taking a written informed consent. Enrolled patients will be randomly divided into three equal groups to receive either   2.5ml of 0.5% hyperbaric levobupivacaine with , 2.5ml  of 0.75% hyperbaric ropivacaine and 2.5ml of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine with 25µg fentanyl (total volume-3ml) in subarachnoid block. Patient will be observed for duration of sensory block, time of onset of sensory and motor block, maximum sensory level, time to achieve maximum sensory level, time to complete motor block, time required for complete motor regression, duration of analgesia and hemodynamic parameters. This study will help us to compare 0.5% hyperbaric levobupivacaine, 0.75% hyperbaric ropivacaine and 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine in combination with fentanyl in terms of clinical efficacy and safety profile for use in lower limb surgeries under subarachnoid block

 
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