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CTRI Number  CTRI/2018/03/012690 [Registered on: 21/03/2018] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 20/03/2018
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Medical Device 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   studying clinical efficacy of ultrasound guided epidural  
Scientific Title of Study   Ease of lumbar epidural catheter insertion with prepuncture ultrasound as guidance compared with conventional palpatory technique-A randomised controlled trial 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Jagadish A 
Designation  JR 
Affiliation  JIPMER 
Address  Department of anaesthesia, JIPMER

Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  9445920019  
Fax    
Email  jaga2992@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DR SrinivasanS 
Designation  Assistant professor 
Affiliation  JIPMER 
Address  anaesthesia office,old building, Department of anaesthesia, JIPMER, dhanvantri nagar, puducherry.
department of anaesthesia, JIPMER
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  9626493045  
Fax    
Email  srinianaes@yahoo.co.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Jagadish A 
Designation  JR 
Affiliation  JIPMER 
Address  Department of anaesthesia, JIPMER


PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  9445920019  
Fax    
Email  jaga2992@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
JIPMER 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  JIPMER 
Address  Dhanvantri nagar,Gorimedu,puducherry-605006 
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 
Jagadish A  Jipmer  Dhanvantri nagar,Gorimedu,pondicherry
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY 
9445920019

jaga2992@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institute ethics commitee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Elective surgical patient requring lumbar epidural,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Group p  Placing epidural using normal palpatory method 
Intervention  Group u  Prepuncture ultrasound guided epidural placement 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Asa 1-3,
Elective procedure requring lumbar epidural 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  H/o lumbar spine surgery,
Patient refusal,
Coagulation abnormalities,
Local site infection,
Severe hepatic and renal impairment. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Other 
Blinding/Masking    
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. insertion attempts  1. insertion attempts 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. successful epidural catheter insertion
2. dural puncture
3.ease of insertion 
1.time taken
2.frequency
3.ease of insertion acclrding to likerts scale 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="80"
Sample Size from India="80" 
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)   01/06/2018 
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="1"
Days="1" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   not yet 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary   The purpose of the study  is to compare clinical efficacy of the pre-puncture ultrasound and palpatory method 0f securing epidural.
 
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