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CTRI Number  CTRI/2016/04/006860 [Registered on: 22/04/2016] Trial Registered Retrospectively
Last Modified On: 31/03/2016
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cross Sectional Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   ENSURING CORRECT PLACEMENT OF EPIDURAL CATHETER FOR POST-OPERATIVE PAIN RELIEF 
Scientific Title of Study   A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF THE MENISCUS TEST IN PREDICTING THE CORRECT EPIDURAL CATHETER PLACEMENT 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Parmanand N Jain 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai 
Address  Tata Memorial Hospital DR.E. Borges Marg PAREL MUMBAI

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400012
India 
Phone  9869480429  
Fax    
Email  pnj5@hotmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Shreyas Bhor 
Designation  Junior Resident 
Affiliation  Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai 
Address  Tata Memorial Hospital DR.E. Borges Marg PAREL MUMBAI

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400012
India 
Phone  09096621721  
Fax    
Email  bhorshreyas@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Parmanand N Jain 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai 
Address  Tata Memorial Hospital DR.E. Borges Marg PAREL MUMBAI

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400012
India 
Phone  9869480429  
Fax    
Email  pnj5@hotmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Nil 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Tata Memorial Hospital 
Address  Dr E Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai 400012 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution and hospital 
 
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 
Parmanand N Jain  Tata Memorial Centre   MB210 Operation theatre complex 2nd floor,main building Tata Memorial Centre,Mumbai
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
9869480429

pnj5@hotmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Adult patients of both sexes of age 18-60 years ASA I and II patients Patients undergoing thoracoabdominal surgery ,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Adult patients of both sexes of age 18-60 years,
ASA I and II patients,
Patients undergoing thoracoabdominal surgery requiring postoperative epidural analgesia
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patient refusal to epidural analgesia
Morbidly obese patient
Emergency surgery
Contraindications to central neuraxial blockade
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To predict correct Epidural catheter placement  immediately after epidural catheter placement, epidural analgesia is tested.  
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To predict a functional epidural analgesia if Meniscus sign is positive  immediately in postoperative period, when patient is initiated on epidural analgesia. 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="400"
Sample Size from India="400" 
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)   10/03/2015 
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="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   Ongoing study 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary   To assess the efficacy of the ’Meniscus test’ in confirming the correct placement of epidural catheter in epidural space 
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