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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/07/090013 [Registered on: 02/07/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 02/07/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   To compare the efficacy of Bupivacaine vs Bupivacaine with Dexamethasone in erector spinae block for postoperative pain in paediatric patients undergoing video assisted thoracoscopic surgeries. 
Scientific Title of Study   Efficacy of Bupivacaine vs Bupivacaine with Dexamethsaone in Erector spinae block for postoperative pain in paediatric patients undergoing video assisted thoracoscopic 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  erryash@gmail.com 
Designation  JUNIOR RESIDENT 
Affiliation  DR DY PATIL VIDYAPEETH, PUNE 
Address  Department of Anaesthesia, 5th floor, Hi-tech building, Dr D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411018
India 
Phone  9971098871  
Fax  -  
Email  erryash@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Sonal Khatavkar 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  DR DY PATIL VIDYAPEETH, PUNE 
Address  Department of Anaesthesia, 5th floor, Hi-tech building, Dr D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411018
India 
Phone  9820434472  
Fax  -  
Email  ksonal0711@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Sonal Khatavkar 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  DR DY PATIL VIDYAPEETH, PUNE 
Address  Department of Anaesthesia, 5th floor, Hi-tech building, Dr D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune


MAHARASHTRA
411018
India 
Phone  9820434472  
Fax  -  
Email  ksonal0711@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Central pharmacy, 5th floor, Hi-tech building, Dr D.Y. Paril Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India Pincode-411018 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  DR ASHISH ERRY 
Address  Department of Anesthesia, 5th floor, Hi-tech building, Dr D.Y. Patil Medical College and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune 
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 ASHISH ERRY  DR DY PATIL HOSPITAL and RESEARCH CENTRE  Department of Anaesthesia, 5th floor, Hi-tech building, Dr D.Y.Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune 411018
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
9971098871
-
erryash@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
INSTITUITIONAL ETHICS SUB-COMMITTEE  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: B951||Streptococcus, group B, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Bupivacaine  Bupivacaine 0.125 0.5ml/kg in erector spinae block post operatively  
Intervention  Dexamethasone  Dexamethasone 0.2 mg/kg added to Bupivacaine 0.125% 0.5ml/kg for erector spinae block in pediatric patients undergoing VATS for post operative analgesia 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  1.00 Year(s)
Age To  10.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients ASA 1 & 2
Patients undergoing VATS 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patients m0re than 10 years of age
Patients with coagulopathies
ASA 3 & 4
Parents who did not give consent
Patients allergic to either dexamethasone or bupivacaine 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Permuted block randomization, variable 
Method of Concealment   An Open list of random numbers 
Blinding/Masking   Participant Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To compare efficacy of Bupivacaine vs Dexamethasone with Bupivacaine in erector spinae block in pediatric patients undergoing VATS  After giving erector spinae block FLACC score was used to asses postoperative pain and rescue analgesia given accordingly and time noted to compare the efficacy. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
NIL  NIL 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="50"
Sample Size from India="50" 
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   Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   13/07/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  13/07/2025 
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 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   It is a prospective, randomized, single blinded comparative study to compare the analgesic efficacy of dexamethasone as an adjuvant to bupivacaine versus bupivacaine in erector spinae block post operatively in pediatric patients undergoing VATS.
Parameters that will be compared between the two groups will be the duration of analgesia, time to rescue analgesia and number of rescue analgesia given.
 
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