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CTRI Number  CTRI/2019/09/021305 [Registered on: 18/09/2019] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 28/10/2019
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   It is a study to see the effect of giving local anaesthesia drug in the intercostal space to block pain carrying nerves near the mid chest bone for reducing the pain after heart operation. it will be done using a imaging device for better visualization of the nerves. 
Scientific Title of Study   ULTRASOUND GUIDED PARASTERNAL MODIFIED INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK: ROLE AS A PREEMPTIVE ANALGESIC ADJUNT IN FAST TRACKING FOR MITIGATING POSTOPERATIVE STERNOTOMY PAIN 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
SCT/IEC/1267/AUG2018  Other 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  santhosh 
Designation  SENIOR RESIDENT 
Affiliation  SCTIMST 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA SCTIMST TRIVANDRUM 695011

Thiruvananthapuram
KERALA
695011
India 
Phone  9894462248  
Fax    
Email  santhoshvilvan@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  SUBINSUKESAN 
Designation  ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 
Affiliation  SCTIMST 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA SCTIMST TRIVANDRUM 695011

Thiruvananthapuram
KERALA
695011
India 
Phone  8289983726  
Fax    
Email  subin@sctimst.ac.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  santhosh 
Designation  SENIOR RESIDENT 
Affiliation  SCTIMST 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA SCTIMST TRIVANDRUM 695011


KERALA
695011
India 
Phone  9894462248  
Fax    
Email  santhoshvilvan@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY(SCTIMST) MEDICAL COLLEGE POST TRIVANDRUM KERALA INDIA-695011 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  SCTIMST 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA SCTIMST 
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 
SANTHOSH  SCTIMST  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA BLOCK C SCTIMST TRIVANDRUM
Thiruvananthapuram
KERALA 
9894462248

santhoshvilvan@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
ECR189INSTKL2013RR16  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: I252||Old myocardial infarction,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  NOT APPLICABLE  NA 
Intervention  PARASTERNAL INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK  ULTRASOUND GUIDED INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK. IT IS A SINGLE SHOT INJECTION TECHNIQUE WHERE 1 ML OF LOCAL ANAESTHETIC AGENT LEVOBUPIVACAINE WILL BE INJECTED AROUND THE INTERCOSTAL NERVE USING ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE,BEFORE SURGICAL INCISION. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  40.00 Year(s)
Age To  70.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  CABG
40-70 YRS 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Emergency Surgeries.
Redo-surgeries.
Open Sternum
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction < 35%
Preoperative use of narcotics or illicit drug abuse.
History of chronic intractable non-cardiac pain.
Liver or Kidney disease
Allergy to Amide group of anaesthetics, Morphine or Fentanyl.
Arrhythmia history or rhythm disturbances documented in ECG.
Haemodynamically unstable patients already on preoperative inotropic support or
Intra-arterial balloon pumps (IABP).
Anticipated surgery or surgery lasting more than 6hrs.
Intubation time more than 12hrs or planned for overnight ventilation.
Patients refusing to participate.
Patients refusing the offered therapeutic options in either group.
Patients refusing for parting with medical data for analysis.
Patients refusing to participate after the start of study and desire to leave the study at any point of time.
Patients currently enrolled in another study.
Patients with inability to provide informed written consent.
Inability to complete Pain assessments.
Post-operative complications with underlying cardio-respiratory cause requiring return to operative room for re-explorations or reinstitution of mechanical ventilation.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Participant, Investigator, Outcome Assessor and Date-entry Operator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Quality and effectiveness of pain relief will beevaluated for 48 hrs after the surgery with routine in-hospital analgesic protocol using following parameters:
11-point 0-10 Verbal Numeric RatingEffects of the blockade on sedation, ventilation and requirement of concomitant analgesics will be assessed using following methods:
a) Alertness of patients in peri-tracheal extubation period, as assessed by Ramsay Sedation score in the initial 48 hours after the block.

 
Quality and effectiveness of pain relief will beevaluated for 48 hrs after the surgery with routine in-hospital analgesic protocol using following parameters:
11-point 0-10 Verbal Numeric RatingEffects of the blockade on sedation, ventilation and requirement of concomitant analgesics will be assessed using following methods:
a) Alertness of patients in peri-tracheal extubation period, as assessed by Ramsay Sedation score in the initial 48 hours after the block.

 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. Over-sedation leading to ETCO2 or PaCO2 build up during the ventilator weaning phase or peri-tracheal extubation period
2. Any requirement for temporary discontinuation of opioid infusion.
3. Any postoperative requirement for other supplemental analgesics
 
4 HRLY 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="90"
Sample Size from India="90" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="90" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   20/09/2019 
Date of Study Completion (India) 27/10/2019 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="1"
Days="30" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   NIL 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary  

Design: Prospective, Double Blinded Intervention study Setting: A tertiary referral centre, a university hospital and single-centre (SCTIMST).

90 Patients coming for elective CABG surgery will be randomized into two groups and a ultrasound guided parasternal modified intercostal nerve block will be performed either with 0.5%levobupivacaine or saline. All other routine standard anaesthetic and analgesic protocols will be followed intraoperatively and postoperatively.

 Objective of the study would be to do

1.       To assess the quality and effectiveness of postoperative pain relief offered by ultrasound guided single shot Parasternal modified-intercostal nerve block after tracheal extubation, when the block would be administered before surgical incision providing preemptive analgesia.

2.       Effects of the blockade on sedation, ventilation and requirement of concomitant analgesics

To assess the patient cooperation and patient comfort while performing the deep inspiratory exercises, coughing, and incentive spirometry, in the immediate post Tracheal-extubation and period unto 48 Hrs. post-surgery 
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