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CTRI Number  CTRI/2019/04/018708 [Registered on: 24/04/2019] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 19/11/2019
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PREOPERATIVE USE OF ORAL ANALGESIC WITH AND WITHOUT INTRAVENOUS STEROID FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN, NAUSEA AND VOMITING IN PATIENTS OF CESAREAN SECTION UNDER SPINAL ANAESTHESIA. 
Scientific Title of Study   PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PREOPERATIVE USE OF ORAL GABAPENTIN WITH AND WITHOUT INTRAVENOUS DEXAMETHASONE FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN, NAUSEA AND VOMITING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CESAREAN SECTION UNDER SPINAL ANESTHESIOLOGY 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Sachitha D 
Designation  Postgraduate student 
Affiliation  bangalore medical college and research institute 
Address  #110, 6th street, bank avenue, babusabpalya, banaswadi

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560043
India 
Phone  9535052754  
Fax    
Email  sach_d_red@yahoo.co.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Soumya Rohit 
Designation  Assistant professor 
Affiliation  bangalore medical college and research institute 
Address  BMCRI, Fort, K.R Road, Bangalore

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560002
India 
Phone  9611106641  
Fax    
Email  dr.soumyarohit@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Sachitha D 
Designation  Postgraduate student 
Affiliation  bangalore medical college and research institute 
Address  #110, 6th street, bank avenue, babusabpalya, banaswadi


KARNATAKA
560043
India 
Phone  9535052754  
Fax    
Email  sach_d_red@yahoo.co.in  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Bangalore medical college and research institute,fort, K.R. road, bangalore 560002  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Sachitha D 
Address  #110, 6th street, bank avenue, babusabpalya, banaswadi, bangalore 560043 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Self] 
 
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 
Sachitha D  Bangalore medical college and research institute  OT Complex, department of OBG, 3rd floor, Vani vilas hospital, BMCRI, Fort, K.R road, bangalore 560043
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9535052754

sach_d_red@yahoo.co.in 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Bangalore medical college and research institute  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: O998||Other specified diseases and conditions complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  dexamethasone  The analgesic effects of steroids is through peripheral inhibition of phospholipase enzymes which decreases the products of the cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways in the inflammatory response. Dexamethasone modulates neurotransmitter or glucocorticoid receptor density in the nucleus of the solitary tract, the raphe nucleus and the area postrema thereby exerting its antiemetic effect. Dexamethasone crosses the placenta to the fetus and is excreted in the breast milk, without any adverse outcomes. 
Intervention  gabapentin  Gabapentin, is a structural analogue of neurotransmitter GABA (gamma amino butyric acid) and acts on the same receptors. It binds to α2δ subunit of the spinal voltage gated calcium channel and decreases the calcium influx, which decreases the release of glutamate and substance P (excitatory neurotransmitters) from primary nociceptive afferents, thereby modulating nociceptive transmission. Antiemetic effect is by mitigation of tachykinin neurotransmitter activity. Although the trans placental transfer of gabapentin does occur, no increased risks for adverse fetal or neonatal outcomes have been attributed to its use. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  40.00 Year(s)
Gender  Female 
Details  1) Women with singleton, uncomplicated pregnancy at term (>37 completed weeks).
2) Women belonging to American society of anaesthesia category I-II and willing to give informed written consent.
3) Women scheduled to undergo elective cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1) pregnancy with obstetric complications like hypertention, diabetes, oligohydramnios, polyhydramnios, antepartum haemorrhage, etc
Patients with contraindication to neuraxial anesthesia.
2) Patients known to be epileptics or on antiepileptic medications.
3) Patients with deranged renal function tests or liver function tests.
4) Patients with psychiatric disorder or unable to give consent.
5) Patients scheduled to undergo emergency cesarean delivery.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Investigator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1) Pain assessment using Numerical Rating Scale (NRS).
2) PONV assessment using PONV Impact Scale Score.
 
postoperative period
 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1) Neonatal outcome using APGAR Score.
2) Maternal Sedation using Ramsay Sedation Score.
 
postoperative period 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "60"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="60" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   01/05/2019 
Date of Study Completion (India) 31/10/2019 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   none yet 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary   Postoperative pain is the most common and unpleasant complication in women undergoing cesarean section. Systemic and neuraxial medications, non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs, often in combination are used to treat pain in this population, however they do not relieve pain completely. This study will add on to the existing techniques to alleviate postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing cesarean section  
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