| CTRI Number |
CTRI/2025/09/094657 [Registered on: 12/09/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively |
| Last Modified On: |
11/09/2025 |
| Post Graduate Thesis |
Yes |
| Type of Trial |
Interventional |
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Type of Study
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Surgical/Anesthesia Dentistry |
| Study Design |
Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial |
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Public Title of Study
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comparing the pain on injection and pain during root canal treatment on giving normal, laser and cold injection. |
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Scientific Title of Study
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comparative evaluation of the effects of photobiomodulation and topical cooling of injection site, as pre-anesthetic modalities during the administration of local anesthesia in maxillary molars with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis- A randomized control trial |
| Trial Acronym |
NIL |
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Secondary IDs if Any
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| Secondary ID |
Identifier |
| NIL |
NIL |
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Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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| Name |
HITESH N |
| Designation |
POST GRADUATE STUDENT |
| Affiliation |
Coorg institute of dental sciences |
| Address |
Coorg institute of dental sciences, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics Room 7, K K campus, Maggula, Virajpet, kodagu-571218
Kodagu KARNATAKA 571218 India |
| Phone |
9538935359 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
nhitesh1369@gmail.com |
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Details of Contact Person Scientific Query
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| Name |
HITESH N |
| Designation |
POST GRADUATE STUDENT |
| Affiliation |
Coorg institute of dental sciences |
| Address |
Coorg institute of dental sciences, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics Room 7, K K campus, Maggula, Virajpet, kodagu-571218
KARNATAKA 571218 India |
| Phone |
9538935359 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
nhitesh1369@gmail.com |
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Details of Contact Person Public Query
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| Name |
Dr GIRISH T N |
| Designation |
Professor |
| Affiliation |
Coorg institute of dental sciences |
| Address |
Coorg institute of dental sciences, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics room 7, Kanjithanda Kushalappa campus, Maggula, Virajpet, kodagu
Kodagu KARNATAKA 571218 India |
| Phone |
9845305950 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
drgirishtn@gmail.com |
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Source of Monetary or Material Support
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| Coorg institute of dental sciences, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics Room 7, Kanjithanda Kushalappa campus, Maggula, Virajpet, Kodagu, Karnataka, pincode-571218, INDIA |
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Primary Sponsor
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| Name |
HITESH N |
| Address |
Coorg institute of dental sciences, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics Room 7, Kanjithanda Kushalappa campus, Maggula, Virajpet, Kodagu, Karnataka |
| Type of Sponsor |
Other [self] |
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Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Countries of Recruitment
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India |
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Sites of Study
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| No of Sites = 1 |
| Name of Principal
Investigator |
Name of Site |
Site Address |
Phone/Fax/Email |
| HITESH N |
Coorg institute of dental sciences |
Room 7, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics, Kanjithanda Kushalappa campus, Maggula, Virajpet, Kodagu, Karnataka Kodagu KARNATAKA |
9538935359
nhitesh1369@gmail.com |
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Details of Ethics Committee
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| No of Ethics Committees= 1 |
| Name of Committee |
Approval Status |
| INSTITUTION REVIEW BOARD, COORG INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES |
Approved |
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Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
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Health Condition / Problems Studied
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| Health Type |
Condition |
| Healthy Human Volunteers |
patients in good health with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis of maxillary molars. |
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Intervention / Comparator Agent
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| Type |
Name |
Details |
| Comparator Agent |
2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine |
appyling 2% lignocaine gel on injection site followed by administration of 2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine and evaluating pain on injection, onset of anesthesia and anesthetic efficacy in maxillary molars. |
| Intervention |
cold 2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine |
one time intervention by appling ice stick over injection site and administration of cold 2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine and evaluation of onset, anesthetic efficacy, and pain on injection during infiltration anesthesia in maxillary molars. |
| Intervention |
photobiomodulation & 2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine |
one time intervention by Photobiomodulation with diode laser (980nm) for 20 secs with low level laser tip over the injection site and administration of 2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine and evaluation of onset, anesthetic efficacy and pain on injection during infiltration anesthesia in maxillary molars |
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Inclusion Criteria
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| Age From |
20.00 Year(s) |
| Age To |
40.00 Year(s) |
| Gender |
Both |
| Details |
Patients with good health in the age group of 20-40 years. Patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis of maxillary molars. Patients with preoperative pain score greater than 54mm as measured on HP-VAS scale.
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| ExclusionCriteria |
| Details |
Individuals with systemic and mental illness.
Individuals with known allergy or contraindication to lignocaine.
Pregnant and lactating mothers.
Individuals who have taken analgesics 12hrs before endodontic procedure.
Individuals under barbiturates and benzodiazepine medication.
Presence of chronic endodontic lesions in relation to the tooth.
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Method of Generating Random Sequence
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Not Applicable |
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Method of Concealment
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Not Applicable |
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Blinding/Masking
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Not Applicable |
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Primary Outcome
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| Outcome |
TimePoints |
| Evaluate the onset, anesthetic efficacy and injection pain during administration of cold anesthesia and photobiomodulation. |
Evaluate the onset, anesthetic efficacy and injection pain during administration of cold local anesthesia and photobiomdulation at the baseline. |
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Secondary Outcome
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| Outcome |
TimePoints |
| Intergroup comparison of the effects of the anesthesia. |
Compare the effect of anesthesia in males & females at the baseline. |
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Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="72" Sample Size from India="72"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" |
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Phase of Trial
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Phase 2 |
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Date of First Enrollment (India)
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23/09/2025 |
| 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 |
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Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="0" Months="10" Days="0" |
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Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
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Not Applicable |
| Recruitment Status of Trial (India) |
Not Yet Recruiting |
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Publication Details
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N/A |
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Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement
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Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?
Response - NO
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Brief Summary
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An important requirement prior to initiating endodontic or operative
dental treatment is the ability to achieve and maintain profound anesthesia. Also
Injection of local anaesthetics is one of the most feared or anxiety-inducing
stimuli in dental operatory. The fear of pain attributed to injection of
anaesthetic agents is cited as an obstacle in providing appropriate dental
care. Accomplishing profound pulpal anesthesia without any pain
during endodontic treatment is a challenge.Local anaesthesia is defined as a loss of sensation in an area of
the body caused by a depression of excitation in nerve endings, or an
inhibition of the conduction process in peripheral nerves. Buccal
infiltration using 2% lignocaine hydrochloride with epinephrine (LE) is
considered to be one of the standard anesthetic techniques for achieving pulpal
anesthesia during root canal therapy of maxillary molars. But in patients with irreversible
pulpitis there is increased chance of anesthetic failure. The increased failure
rate can be attributed to 2 major reasons. The first reason is having local
acidosis caused by tissue inflammation. This leads to ion trapping of local
anesthetic molecules in ionized form, causing a decrease in the number of local
anesthetic molecules crossing the nerve membrane.Secondly, and a
more accepted reason, is the activation of nociceptors by inflammatory
mediators. A successful treatment outcome can be achieved only by overcoming
patients’ fear along with complete and profound anesthesia. This might be
possible with cryotherapy which is defned as the application of cold to a
localized part of the body in order to block the conduction of nerve impulses .
Exertion of cold not only reduces pain from edema and local inflammation but
also accelerates and potentiates the nerve blocking effect of the local
anesthetics. The
efficacy of cold refrigerated lignocaine (4–6 °C) has been found to be
effective with a faster onset and longer duration of inferior alveolar nerve
block in mandibular molars diagnosed with SIP in an earlier study. In addition, literature evidence also
suggests that topical cooling of injection site with ice sticks prior to
infiltration anesthesia significantly reduced the pain on injection. The combination of topical ice application and injection of
precooled LE effectively decreases the pain on injection. Further,
administration of precooled 2% lignocaine HCl with epinephrine at 4–6 °C
significantly reduces the time of onset of anesthesia associated with higher
success rates, thereby eliminating the need for any supplemental injections
when compared to conventional room temperature lignocaine HCl with epinephrine. Photobiomodulation has been considered nowadays as an adjunct to
local anesthesia in the management of endodontic pain.Photobiomodulation processes can be studied at the local, regional,
and systemic levels. As one of the intracellular processes, increasing
mitochondrial metabolic activity leads to increased production of adenosine
triphosphate (ATP), nitric oxide (NO), and reactive oxygen species (ROS). A
photo-induced ROS stress response has been proposed as an essential component
in laser induced analgesia.Hence, the purpose of this study is to compare and evaluate the
combined effect of topical cooling of the injection site and administration of
cold 2% lignocaine hydrochloride with 1:80,000 epinephrine against
photobiomodulation of injection site prior to administration of 2% lignocaine
hydrochloride with 1:80,000 epinephrine on onset of action, anesthetic
efficacy, and pain on injection during infiltration anesthesia of maxillary molars
with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. |