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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/07/091144 [Registered on: 18/07/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 02/08/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cohort Study 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   Tracking Heart Function from Before Birth to Infancy Using Special Heart Imaging Techniques 
Scientific Title of Study   Longitudinal assessment of myocardial function and cardiac mechanics at term pregnancy using myocardial deformation imaging; beginning from fetal life through infancy 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Nisha Kotian 
Designation  Assistant Professor  
Affiliation  Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 
Address  Department of Cardiovascular Technology, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  9035071090  
Fax    
Email  kotian.nisha@manipal.edu  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Nisha Kotian 
Designation  Assistant Professor  
Affiliation  Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 
Address  Department of Cardiovascular Technology, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  9035071090  
Fax    
Email  kotian.nisha@manipal.edu  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Nisha Kotian 
Designation  Assistant Professor  
Affiliation  Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 
Address  Department of Cardiovascular Technology, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  9035071090  
Fax    
Email  kotian.nisha@manipal.edu  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, Opposite canara mall, Madav Nagar, Hebri road , Eshwar nagar- 576104, Manipal , Karnataka, India  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Kasturba Hospital Manipal 
Address  Opposite canara mall, Madav Nagar, Hebri road , Eshwar nagar- 576104, 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 
Nisha Kotian  Kasturba Hospital , Manipal   Department of OBG, Fetal medicine, Ground floor , Women and children block
Udupi
KARNATAKA 
9035071090

kotian.nisha@manipal.edu 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital, Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Fetuses of term pregnant women 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Nil  Nil 
Intervention  Nil  Nil 
Intervention  Nil  Nil 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Female 
Details  Fetuses of the term Pregnant women will be considered, and then followed up immediately after delivery, at 1.5 months and 3.5 months respectively 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Maternal factors:
1. Multiple pregnancy.
Fetal factors:
1. Preterm fetuses
2. Major fetal anomalies having impact on fetal cardiac function
3. Fetal arrhythmias.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Intrapartum fetal compromise, intrapartum CTG abnormalities, meconium-stained liquor, any CTG abnormality requiring immediate resuscitation or delivery
Strain
 
Primary outcomes will be assessed during labour/delivery (intrapartum events) and at pre-delivery, immediately post-delivery, 1.5 months, and 3.5 months postpartum (strain analysis). 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Adverse perinatal outcome  During & immediately after labor/ delivery 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="210"
Sample Size from India="210" 
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)   31/07/2025 
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="4"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details
Modification(s)  
N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary
Modification(s)  
The study aims to to assess myocardial function and cardiac mechanics using speckle tracking echocardiography starting from prenatal life to infancy, where the fetal echocardiography will be done and the myocardial function will be assessed and then the participant is followed up and the echocardiography is performed immediately after birth, at 1.5 months and 3.5 months respectively 

 
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