| CTRI Number |
CTRI/2026/02/102963 [Registered on: 04/02/2026] Trial Registered Prospectively |
| Last Modified On: |
04/02/2026 |
| Post Graduate Thesis |
No |
| Type of Trial |
Observational |
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Type of Study
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Cross Sectional Study |
| Study Design |
Single Arm Study |
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Public Title of Study
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Use of heart ultrasound in liver transplantation:Current status and practices in India |
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Scientific Title of Study
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Transesophageal echocardiography in liver transplantation: Current status and practices among anaesthesiologists in India |
| 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 |
Dr Priyanka Chuttani |
| Designation |
Assistant Professor Anaesthesia and CCM |
| Affiliation |
ILBS New Delhi |
| Address |
Deptt of Anaesthesia Room number 3316 Academic block Third floor ILBS Phase II
Deptt of Anaesthesia Room number 3316 Academic block Third floor ILBS Phase II
South
DELHI
110070
India |
| Phone |
01146300000 |
| Fax |
Nil |
| Email |
pchuttani@gmail com |
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Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
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| Name |
Dr Priyanka Chuttani |
| Designation |
Assistant Professor Anaesthesia and CCM |
| Affiliation |
ILBS New Delhi |
| Address |
Deptt of Anaesthesia Academic block room number 3316 third floor ILBS phase II
Deptt of Anaesthesia Academic block room number 3316 third floor ILBS phase II
South
DELHI
110070
India |
| Phone |
01146300000 |
| Fax |
Nil |
| Email |
pchuttani@gmail com |
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Details of Contact Person
Public Query
|
| Name |
Dr Priyanka Chuttani |
| Designation |
Assistant Professor Anaesthesia and CCM |
| Affiliation |
ILBS New Delhi |
| Address |
Deptt of Anaesthesia Academic block Room number 3316 third floor ILBS phase II
Deptt of Anaesthesia Academic block Room number 3316 third floor ILBS phase II
South
DELHI
110070
India |
| Phone |
01146300000 |
| Fax |
Nil |
| Email |
pchuttani@gmail com |
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Source of Monetary or Material Support
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| Institute of Liver And Biliary Sciences D1 Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070, India |
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Primary Sponsor
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| Name |
Institute of Liver And Biliary Sciences |
| Address |
Sector D1 Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070, India |
| Type of Sponsor |
Research institution and hospital |
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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 |
| Dr Priyanka Chuttani |
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences |
Deptt of Anaesthesia Room number 3316 Academic block Third floor Phase II
South
DELHI |
011-46300000
pchuttani@gmail.com |
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Details of Ethics Committee
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| No of Ethics Committees= 1 |
| Name of Committee |
Approval Status |
| Institutional Ethics Committee |
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 |
Anaesthesiologists |
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Intervention / Comparator Agent
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| Type |
Name |
Details |
| Intervention |
Nil |
Nil |
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Inclusion Criteria
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| Age From |
25.00 Year(s) |
| Age To |
80.00 Year(s) |
| Gender |
Both |
| Details |
All anaesthesiologists working in various liver transplant centers who are conducting more than 50 liver transplants annually across nation |
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| ExclusionCriteria |
| Details |
Those who are unwilling to consent, participate and those who donot respond for more than 4 weeks |
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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 |
| to conduct a survey on the utility of Transesophageal echocardiography in liver transplant centers with more than 50 liver transplants in a year across India |
day 0 |
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Secondary Outcome
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| Outcome |
TimePoints |
| To evaluate the complications related to its use,hurdles in TEE use in various institutions, role in modifying the clinical outcomes |
day 0 |
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Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="100"
Sample Size from India="100"
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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N/A |
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Date of First Enrollment (India)
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15/02/2026 |
| 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 |
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Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" |
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Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
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Not Yet Recruiting |
| 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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Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography TEE has been increasingly used for major surgeries over the past 20 years. Though its use is more frequent in cardiac surgeries it has grown more significantly during liver transplant surgeries too now a days. The Society of Cardiovascular Anaesthesia in conjunction with the American Society of Anaesthesiologists first suggested the benefit of TEE use in non cardiac surgeries presenting with hemodynamic instability. The Society for the advancement of Transplant Anaesthesia SATA has created a working group on TEE to describe guidelines for its best possible use in liver transplantation. The anaesthetic management of liver transplantation is more challenging due to prior poor cardiac condition and intraoperative major hemodynamic shifts that necessitates the use of TEE. TEE assess dynamic cardiac function and contractility volume status valvular function pericardial tamponade and major vessel thromboembolism. TEE use is very much safe with minimal complications but the use is very limited due to unfamiliarity of this modality among the anaesthesiologists less expertise and training . |