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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/12/099700 [Registered on: 23/12/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 22/12/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Case Control Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   A Comparative analysis of Astigmatism in Neurotypical and developmentally atypical infants 
Scientific Title of Study   Astigmatism in neurotypical and infants with developmental anomalies.  
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Poonam Rani 
Designation  Phd scholar 
Affiliation  Sankara College of Optometry 
Address  Department of Optometry Room Number 9 Vipul world ferozpur road Ludhiana

Ludhiana
PUNJAB
141102
India 
Phone  9988174612  
Fax    
Email  poonam.chauhan5560@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Aditya Goyal 
Designation  Principal 
Affiliation  Sankara College of Optometry 
Address  Department of Optometry Room Number 9 Vipul world Ferozpur road Ludhiana

Ludhiana
PUNJAB
141102
India 
Phone  9988174612  
Fax    
Email  adityagoyal@hotmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Poonam Rani 
Designation  Phd scholar 
Affiliation  Sankara College of Optometry 
Address  Department of Optometry Room number 9 Vipul world Ferozpur road Ludhiana

Ludhiana
PUNJAB
141102
India 
Phone  9988174612  
Fax    
Email  poonam.chauhan5560@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Sankara Eye Hospital 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Sankara Eye Hospital 
Address  Vipul world Firozpur road Ludhiana  
Type of Sponsor  Research institution and hospital 
 
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 Aditya Goyal  Sankara Eye Hospital  Department of Optometry Room number 9 Vipul world Firozpur road Ludhiana
Ludhiana
PUNJAB 
09988174612

poonam.chauhan5560@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Sankara Eye Hospital Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Medical Trust Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: H188||Other specified disorders of cornea,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  1.00 Month(s)
Age To  12.00 Month(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  A. Case group
Inclusion criteria
1.Birth weight less than 2.5kg
2.Gestational age less than 37 weeks
3.Medically stable infants
4.Infants diagnosed with Retinopathy of prematurity
B. Control Group
1. Birth weight more than 2.5kg
2. Gestation age more than 37 weeks
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  A. Case Group
Exclusion Criteria 1. Corneal opacity
2.Cataract or any other anterior segment pathology
3. Infants with strabismus or nystagmus
B. Control group
Exclusion Criteria 1. Corneal opacity
2.Cataract or any other anterior segment pathology
3. Infants with strabismus or nystagmus 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To assess the type of astigmatism in infants with different term periods of birth.
To assess the type of astigmatism in infants with different birth weights.
To follow up on infants with preterm and low birth weight infants over a period of 6 monthly period to assess the type of astigmatism and any changes in it.
Assess and correlate the type of astigmatism with developmental anomalies.
 
Patient will be assessed at 1 month, 6 month and 12 month
 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Nil  Nil 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="324"
Sample Size from India="324" 
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)   22/01/2026 
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="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   This study will evaluate astigmatism status in  preterm and full term infants at 1 day  6 month and 12 month of birth time. The main aim of this study is to assess the type of astigmatism in infants with different term periods of birth and different birth weights and to follow up on infants with preterm and low birth weights infants over a period of 6 month to assess the type of astigmatism and any changes in it This study will also evaluate the correlation of astigmatism with developmental anomalies. The sample size would be 162 in each group of preterm and full term infants. 
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