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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/12/099914 [Registered on: 29/12/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 27/12/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   To study how the fasciculations and post operative myalgia caused by Succinylcholine is being reduced by using Rocuronium 
Scientific Title of Study   To study the effect of precurarization with optimal dose of rocuronium on the incidence of succinylcholine induced fasciculations and myalgia. 
Trial Acronym  nil 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  DR HARSHINI T 
Designation  POST GRADUATE 
Affiliation  VINAYAKA MISSIONS KIRUPANANDHA VARIYAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 
Address  Room number 14, Vinayaka missions kirupanandha variyar medical college and hospital
Room number 14, Vinayaka missions kirupanandha variyar medical college and hospital
Salem
TAMIL NADU
606308
India 
Phone  9884965164  
Fax    
Email  harshini.thirumoorthy@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DR ARUN KUMAR B 
Designation  PROFESSOR  
Affiliation  VINAYAKA MISSIONS KIRUPANANDHA VARIYAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 
Address  ROOM NUMBER 14 VINAYAKA MISSIONS KIRUPANANDHA VARIYAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPIAL SALEM
ROOM NUMBER 14 VINAYAKA MISSIONS KIRUPANANDHA VARIYAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPIAL SALEM
Salem
TAMIL NADU
606308
India 
Phone  9884965164  
Fax    
Email  cruise2010.mmc@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  DR ARUN KUMAR B 
Designation  PROFESSOR  
Affiliation  VINAYAKA MISSIONS KIRUPANANDHA VARIYAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 
Address  ROOM NUMBER 14 VINAYAKA MISSIONS KIRUPANANDHA VARIYAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPIAL SALEM
ROOM NUMBER 14 VINAYAKA MISSIONS KIRUPANANDHA VARIYAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPIAL SALEM
Salem
TAMIL NADU
606308
India 
Phone  9884965164  
Fax    
Email  cruise2010.mmc@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
ROOM NUMBER 14 VINAYAKA MISSIONS KIRUPANANDHA VARIYAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL SALEM 636308  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  vinayaka missions kirupanandha variyar medical college and hospital 
Address  Room number 14, Vinayaka missions kirupanandha variyar medical college and hospital, chinnaseragapadi, salem 606308 
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 
Dr Harshini  Vinayaka missions kirupanandha variyar medical college and hospital  Room number 15 vinayaka missions kirupanandha vaiyar medical college andhospital chinnaseragapadi salem 636308
Salem
TAMIL NADU 
9884965164

harshini.thirumoorthy@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Instituitional Ethics Committee Vinayaka missions Kirupanandha Variyar Medical College and Hospitals Salem  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: O||Medical and Surgical,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Rocuronium  Precurarization dose of Rocuronium 0.04mg/kg IV is given 30 seconds prior to Succinylcholine 2mg/kg IV during to intubation 
Comparator Agent  Succinylcholine  Succinylcholine 2mg/kg IV given prior to intubation 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  20.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients giving valid consent
ASA 1 and 2
Elective surgeries 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patient refusal
ASA 3 and 4
Emergency surgeries
Patients having chronic pain and on medications for spasticity
Patients with ischemic heart disease
Patients with neurologic illnesses 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF PRECURARIZATION WITH OPTIMAL DOSE OF ROCURONIUM ON THE INCIDENCE OF SUCCINYLCHOLINE INDUCED FASCICULATIONS AND MYALGIA  baseline, post operative day 0 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
TO STUDY THE EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF FASCICULATIONS AND MYALGIA  POST OPERATIVE UPTO 24HOURS 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="40"
Sample Size from India="40" 
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)   07/01/2026 
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="0"
Months="6"
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   To help in studying how a prior doze of Rocuronium before Succinylcholine during induction helps to reduce the amount of fasciculations and myalgia postoperatively to help in grading the severity of fasciculations and myalgia in the groups with and without a prior precurarization with Rocuronium 
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