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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/02/080876 [Registered on: 19/02/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 13/02/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cross Sectional Study 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   STUDY TO CHECK HEARING LOSS IN CHILDREN WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME 
Scientific Title of Study   TO STUDY ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHILDREN WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND HEARING LOSS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL 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 SHREYANSHI GUPTA  
Designation  JUNIOR RESIDENT  
Affiliation  KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE, MANIPAL  
Address  DEPARTMENT OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, KMC MANIPAL, MADHAV NAGAR, EESHWAR NAGAR, UDUPI, KARNATAKA

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  7055228246  
Fax    
Email  guptashreyanshi07@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DR AJAY BHANDARKAR  
Designation   
Affiliation  KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE, MANIPAL  
Address  DEPARTMENT OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, KMC MANIPAL, MADHAV NAGAR, EESHWAR NAGAR, UDUPI, KARNATAKA

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  9845144015  
Fax    
Email  bm.ajay@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  DR SHREYANSHI GUPTA  
Designation  JUNIOR RESIDENT  
Affiliation  KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE, MANIPAL  
Address  DEPARTMENT OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, KMC MANIPAL, MADHAV NAGAR, EESHWAR NAGAR, UDUPI, KARNATAKA

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  7055228246  
Fax    
Email  guptashreyanshi07@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
MAHE GRANT, KASTURBA HOSPITAL, MAHE , MANIPAL, KARNATAKA, INDIA  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  MAHE KASTURBA HOSPITAL 
Address  KASTURBA HOSPITAL, MAHE, MANIPAL, KARNATAKA, 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 SHREYANSHI GUPTA   DEPARTMENT OF ENT, 4TH FLOOR, NEW OPD BLOCK, KASTURBA HOSPITAL, MANIPAL   KASTURBA HOSPITAL, MADHAV NAGAR, MANIPAL, UDUPI DISTRICT, KARNATAKA, INDIA
Udupi
KARNATAKA 
7055228246

guptashreyanshi07@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee-2 (student research)  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: N04||Nephrotic syndrome,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  NIL  NIL 
Comparator Agent  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  2.00 Year(s)
Age To  12.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Diagnosed cases of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome
2. Age 2 to 12 years 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Age less than 2 year and more than 12 year
2. Children with congenital hearing loss
3. Children of Nephrotic syndrome associated with hearing loss secondary to ASOM/CSOM and ear trauma or surgical interventions related to hearing
4. Children with previously known hearing impairment
5. Children with any other medical or surgical illness causing hearing impairment
6. Patients with known comorbidities
7. Children with history of Acute febrile illness (Meningitis, Encephalitis, etc)
8. Children with history of ear infection with history of Ototoxic drug intake
9. nephrotic patients with renal insufficiency
10. children with known neurological disorders that may affect hearing
11. children with cognitive impairment, language barrier
12. Refusal or Inability to Provide Informed Consent 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Evaluation of hearing loss in children diagnosed with Nephrotic syndrome using Chirp ABR (Chirp- Auditory brainstem response) and TP-OAE (Transitory evoked otoacoustic emission.
 
24/02/2025 TO 01/03/2026
 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1) Evaluation hearing loss in primary (newly diagnosed) cases & cases on multiple relapses (steroid dependent) in children with Nephrotic Syndrome.
2) Correlation of the dose of steroids with the occurrence of hearing loss in different severity. 
24/02/2025 TO 01/03/2026 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="88"
Sample Size from India="88" 
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)   24/02/2025 
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="1"
Months="1"
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   1. source of data: data will be collected from OP/IP  patients attending Department of Pediatrics and Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery.
2. The study particularly invites participation of all diagnosed Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome- on treatment with steroids and newly diagnosed cases of Nephrotic syndrome meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Every patient’s parent or guardian will be given and informed consent form that should be duly signed. 
3. Once consent is signed the patient will be sent to ENT OPD and the history will be taken and basic ear examination will be done using hearing evaluation proforma by the investigator. Microscopic examination of the ear will be done if needed. 
4. the patient will be advised to undergo specific hearing tests:
- Chirp ABR 
- TP-OAE 
5. The patients will be divided into two groups- Newly diagnosed cases of Nephrotic syndrome and children with Nephrotic syndrome on multiple relapses on steroid treatment. 
6. All reports will be collected in a proforma and data will be analyzed. 
 
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