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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/04/083993 [Registered on: 03/04/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 01/04/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Other (Specify) [abdominal massage ]  
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   Effect of abdominal massage 
Scientific Title of Study   A study to assess the effectiveness of abdominal massage on enteral nutrition tolerance and ventilator associated pneumonia among mechanically ventilated patients in ICU’s at GGSMC&H, Faridkot: A Randomized control 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  Anshika Rani 
Designation  PG student 
Affiliation  Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Faridkot 
Address  University College of Nursing near Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital Sadiq Road Faridkot

Faridkot
PUNJAB
151203
India 
Phone  7696429121  
Fax    
Email  anshikakanugo3@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Satinder Kaur  
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Faridkot 
Address  University College of Nursing near Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital Sadiq Road Faridkot

Faridkot
PUNJAB
151203
India 
Phone  7508156312  
Fax    
Email  sats81@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Gurbir Kaur 
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Faridkot 
Address  University College of Nursing near Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital Sadiq Road Faridkot

Faridkot
PUNJAB
151203
India 
Phone  9779854495  
Fax    
Email  gurbirbrar88@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
University College of Nursing, Faridkot, Sadiq Road, Faridkot 151203, Punjab 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Ms Anshika Rani 
Address  University College of Nursing Faridkot, Sadiq Road, Faridkot 151203, Punjab 
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 Haramritpal Kaur  Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital (Faridkot)  Intensive Care Units (ICUs), 1st and 2nd floor (medical surgical department), GGSMCH, Faridkot, Punjab
Faridkot
PUNJAB 
98780 88013

amritk_dr@yahoo.co.in 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
"Institutional Research And Ethical Committee" of University College of Nursing (Faridkot)  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: J969||Respiratory failure, unspecified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  abdominal massage   the intervention of abdominal massage will be of five steps massage in which effeurage (in which long, sweeping strokes is applied with the palms, thumbs and fingertips), petrissage (kneading, rolling, and compressing the muscles ), friction (that uses the fingers, thumbs, or palms of the hand to apply firm, circular motions and deeper) tapotement (uses the hands and fists to apply rhythmic tapping, beating, or striking motions ) and vibration (rapid shaking to rhythmic rocking with help of the hands ) is performed for 15 minutes before the 30 minutes of 2 consecutive nasogastric feeding for 3 consecutive days to decrease the gastric residual volume less than 50 ml and risk of ventilator associated pneumonia less than 6 points among mechanically ventilated patients.  
Comparator Agent  Conventional group  no intervention  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients who are:
Unconscious and on Mechanical ventilator.
Above 18 years and below 60 years in age.
Mechanically ventilated for at least 48 hours.
receiving nasogastric feeding.
Admitted in ICU’s of GGSMC&H, Faridkot.
Available during period of study.

 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patients who are:
NPO.
Have chest trauma.
Having abdominal trauma.
have undergone abdominal surgery.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. enteral nutrition tolerance assessment using self-structured enteral nutrition assessment sheet.
2. ventilator associated pneumonia assessment using CPIS score 
3 days 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
ventilator associated pneumonia assessment using CPIS score  at 3rd days 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="80"
Sample Size from India="80" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="0" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/04/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="1"
Days="10" 
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   The study will be conducted to determine the effects of abdominal massage on enteral nutrition tolerance and ventilator associated pneumonia among mechanically ventilated patients admitted to the ICUs at GGSMC & H, Faridkot.The major goal of the study is to assess the effect of abdominal massage on enteral nutrition tolerance and ventilator associated pneumonia among ICU’s patients who are on ventilator at GGSMC&H, Faridkot. The quantitative approach will be used to carry out randomized control trial. The convenient random sampling technique will be used to select 80 subjects randomly allocated (by lottery method) 40 in each interventional and conventional group as per inclusion and exclusion criteria.  
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