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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/06/089781 [Registered on: 27/06/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 26/06/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cross Sectional Study 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   Use of pulse oximeter to predict hypotension during surgery 
Scientific Title of Study   Pleth variability index as a predictor of hypotension following Spinal anaesthesia in infra umbilical surgeries 
Trial Acronym  Nil 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Haripriya Ramachandran 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  MVJ Medical College 
Address  1st floor, OT complex, Department of Anaesthesiology, MVJ Medical College, Hoskote

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
562114
India 
Phone  08970766376  
Fax    
Email  haripri20@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Haripriya Ramachandran 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  MVJ Medical College 
Address  1st floor, OT complex, Department of Anaesthesiology, MVJ Medical College, Hoskote

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
562114
India 
Phone  08970766376  
Fax    
Email  haripri20@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Haripriya Ramachandran 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  MVJ Medical College 
Address  1st floor, OT complex, Department of Anaesthesiology, MVJ Medical College, Hoskote

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
562114
India 
Phone  08970766376  
Fax    
Email  haripri20@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
MVJ Medical College, Dandupalya, 30th Km Milestone Kolathur P.O, NH75, Hoskote, Karnataka- 562114 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr Haripriya 
Address  MVJ medical college, 30th mile, Kolathur post, Kolar Highway. Pin 562114 
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 Haripriya R  MVJ medical college and research hospital  1st Floor, OT complex, MVJ Medical college, 30th mile,Kolathur post, Kolar highway, Bengaluru
Bangalore Rural
KARNATAKA 
08970766376

haripri20@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
MVJ Medical college and research hospital  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: K409||Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Nil  Nil 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Adult patients between 18 and 60 years undergoing infra-umbilical surgeries under spinal anaesthesia.
ASA Physical Status 1 or 2.
Consent to participate in the study.
Patient undergoing infraumbilical surgeries requiring 15 mg of 0.5 per cent of Bupivacaine heavy in subarachnoid block
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patients with pre-existing hypotension or autonomic dysfunction.
History of cardiovascular disease affecting hemodynamic stability.
Use of beta-blockers or other medications affecting heart rate variability.
Obesity, with a BMI greater than 35, it may affect PVI readings.
Peripheral vascular disease.
Poor peripheral perfusion affecting the pulse oximetry signal.
• Patient refusal to participate in the study
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Determine the correlation between preoperative PVI values and the incidence of Spinal anaesthesia induced hypotension.  One year 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Establish a Pleth variability index (PVI) threshold for predicting hypotension.
Assess the sensitivity & specificity of PVI as a predictor
 
One year 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="100"
Sample Size from India="100" 
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)   01/09/2025 
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="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Yet Recruiting 
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   All patients will undergo general physical examination and routine investigation according to the institutional protocol. Informed consent will be taken. Patients will be kept nil per mouth for 6 hours before surgery. IV line will be secured with an 18 or 20 G intravenous catheter. Infusion of Ringer’s lactate will be started. In the operating room, ASA Standard monitors will be attached. Baseline PVI, PI, HR, BP and SPO2 will be measured in a supine position. Pulse oximetry and PVI values are automatically calculated from pulse oximetry in the operating room after the patients have rested for 5 min using a Masimo-finger pulse oximeter in the index finger. The preoperative PVI value taken at this point will be recorded as basal PVI. Spinal anaesthesia will be given with a 25G Quincke’s spinal needle in a sitting position with 15 mg of 0.5 per cent heavy bupivacaine.  HR, SBP, MAP, SPO2, and PVI will be measured every minute for an initial 10 minutes and then every 5 minutes up to 30 minutes in a supine position. The sensory level will be checked using a spirit swab for a cold sensation. The assessment of motor blockade will be done using a modified Bromage scale. The surgery will commence once the T6 dermatomal level is achieved. Hypotension is defined as SBP less than 90 mmHg or a 20 per cent fall from baseline or MAP less than 65 mmHg. Hypotension will be treated with Inj. Ephedrin 6 mg bolus and Fluid bolus of RL at 10 to 15ml per kg. 
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