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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/03/081861 [Registered on: 06/03/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 05/02/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   Effect of Ropivacaine injection in controlling bleeding during tonsillectomy surgery 
Scientific Title of Study   Efficacy Of Ropivacaine As A Local Infiltrative Drug On Tonsillectomy Haemorrhage- A Randomized Controlled Trial. 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Sulekha Naresh 
Designation  M.S. ENT Postgraduate  
Affiliation  Post graduate  
Address  SRM medical college hospital and research centre, Department of ENT, Potheri, Kattankulathur, chengalpattu

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
603203
India 
Phone  8056048496  
Fax    
Email  zulunaresh@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  M. Sivaranjani 
Designation  M.S. ENT 
Affiliation  Associate professor  
Address  SRM medical college hospital and research centre, Department of ENT, Potheri, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
603203
India 
Phone  8056048496  
Fax    
Email  sivaranjani57@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Sulekha Naresh 
Designation  M.S. ENT Postgraduate  
Affiliation  Post graduate 
Address  SRM medical college hospital and research centre, Department of ENT, Potheri, Kattankulathur, chengalpattu

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
603203
India 
Phone  8056048496  
Fax    
Email  zulunaresh@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
SRM medical college hospital and research centre, Potheri, kattankulathur, chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India, 603 203 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Sulekha Naresh 
Address  SRM medical college hospital and research centre, Potheri, Kattankalathur, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, 603203 
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 
Sulekha Naresh  SRM medical college hospital and research centre  Department of ENT, Potheri, Kattankalathur, 603 203
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
8056048496

zulunaresh@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional ethics committee- students, SRM medical college hospital and research centre   Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: J351||Hypertrophy of tonsils,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Ropivacaine infiltration- given  Local infiltration with 0.5% Ropivacaine will be given in peritonsillar space during tonsillectomy. 
Comparator Agent  Ropivacaine infiltration- not given  Local infiltration with 0.5% Ropivacaine will not be given in peritonsillar space during tonsillectomy 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  5.00 Year(s)
Age To  30.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients who offered informed written consent/ parental informed written consent to undergo procedure.
Patients between the age group of 5 to 30 years
Patients with chronic tonsillitis with or without adenoid hypertrophy 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patients with acute pharyngeal infection
Patients with anemia, systemic hypertension
Patients with associated cardiac, hepatic, or haematological diseases.
Patients with history of hypersensitivity to amide group of anaesthetic drugs 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Other 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Participant Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. Intra-operative bleed
2. Post tonsillectomy haemorrhage 
1. Baseline
2. 24 hours, 48 hours 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Post operative analgesia  6 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "60"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="60" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3/ Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   06/03/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) 15/08/2025 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
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 randomized controlled trial, single blinded, studying the efficacy of Ropivacaine as local infiltrative drug on tonsillectomy haemorrhage. The study will be done for 18 months and all participants undergoing tonsillectomy will be included and randomised into two groups- Group A and Group B. In Group A, Ropivacaine will be given and in Group B, it will not be used. Outcomes such as intra-operative bleed, post operative haemorrhage, post operative analgesia will be assessed.  
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