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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/12/078005 [Registered on: 12/12/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 16/09/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized Factorial Trial 
Public Title of Study   Comparison between ultrasound guided modified thoracoabdominal perichondrial approach nerve block versus oblique subcostal transverse abdominis plane block. 
Scientific Title of Study   To compare the postoperative analgesia between ultrasound guided modified thoracoabdominal nerve block through perichondrial approach versus oblique subcostal transabdominal plane block for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomised study. 
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 Sohail Hasan Laskar  
Designation  Post Graduate Trainee 
Affiliation  gauhati medical college and hospital 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Gauhati medical college and hospital.
bhangagarh guwahati
Kamrup
ASSAM
781032
India 
Phone  7575916541  
Fax    
Email  sohailhasan0712@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Faiza Ahmed Talukdar 
Designation  Professor and Head of Department 
Affiliation  Gauhati medical college and hospital 
Address  department of anesthesiology and critical care
bhangagarh guwahati
Kamrup
ASSAM
781032
India 
Phone  9864031429  
Fax    
Email  faizaahmedtalukdar@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Sohail Hasan Laskar  
Designation  Post Graduate Trainee 
Affiliation  gauhati medical college and hospital 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Gauhati medical college and hospital.
bhangagarh guwahati
Kamrup
ASSAM
781032
India 
Phone  7575916541  
Fax    
Email  sohailhasan0712@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
GAUHATI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, BHANGAGARH, GUWAHATI, KAMRUP METRO, PIN 781032, ASSAM 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr SOHAIL HASAN LASKAR 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Gauhati medical college and hospital, Guwahati, Assam. PIN- 781032 
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 
Dr Sohail Hasan Laskar  gauhati medical college and hospital  Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Gauhati medical college and hospital.
Kamrup
ASSAM 
7575916541

sohailhasan0712@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee Gauhati 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: O||Medical and Surgical,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  USG guided modified thoracoabdominal perichondrial approach nerve block  25 ml of ropivacaine 0.2% injected bilaterally 15 minutes before skin incision and will be assessed till 24 hours postoperatively. 
Comparator Agent  USG guided oblique subcostal transversus abdominis plane nerve block  25 ml of ropivacaine 0.2% injected bilaterally 15 minutes before skin incision and will be assessed till 24 hours postoperatively. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients in the American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) grading I and II
Patients posted for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia.
Availability of informed and written consent from the patient party.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  BMI more than 35 kg per m² at the time of the surgery.
Patient weighing less than 34kg at the time of surgery.
History of allergy to any local anaesthetic.
Patients having coagulopathy or bleeding disorder are to be excluded.
Patients having infection at the site of block are to be excluded.
Patients having neurological deficits or on analgesic for chronic pain.
Patients having neuropsychiatric disorders hearing impairment.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Participant, Investigator and Outcome Assessor Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To compare the duration of analgesia between the two groups in the first 24 postoperative hours.  To compare the duration of analgesia between the two groups
at 0 min,
at 15 mins,
at 30 mins,
at 60 mins,
at 6 hours,
at 12 hours and
at 24 hours
time intervals. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. To compare the total analgesic requirements between the two groups in the first 24 postoperative hours.
 
Within 24 hours. 
To compare the NRS pain scores between two groups at rest & at motion.  At 0 min,
at 15 mins,
at 30 mins,
at 60 mins,
at 6 hours,
at 12 hour and
at 24 hours.
 
Presence of post-operative shoulder pain postoperatively. (Yes/No)  Within 24 hours. 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="186"
Sample Size from India="186" 
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)   26/12/2024 
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)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
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   In this study we try to compare the post operative analgesic ability of USG guided modified thoracoabdominal nerve block via perichondrial approach with the USG guided oblique subcostal transversus abdominis plane block using ropivacaine 0.2% in patients who are undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy within the inclusion criteria limits. 
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