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CTRI Number  CTRI/2019/09/021391 [Registered on: 24/09/2019] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 24/09/2019
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Ultrasound Guided Posterior Transversus Abdominis Plane(TAP) Block Vs Epidural Analgesia For Postoperative Pain Relief in Lower Abdominal Surgeries. 
Scientific Title of Study   A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Ultrasound Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane(TAP) Block Vs Epidural Analgesia For Postoperative Pain Relief in Lower Abdominal Surgeries.  
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Santosh Bhagasara 
Designation  Post Graduate Student 
Affiliation  Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur 
Address  Department Of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur.

Jodhpur
RAJASTHAN
342003
India 
Phone  9414112844  
Fax    
Email  drsantoshbhagasara@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Neelam Meena 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur 
Address  Department Of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur.

Jodhpur
RAJASTHAN
342003
India 
Phone  8302537601  
Fax    
Email  drneelamsiddhimeena@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Abhilasha Thanvi 
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur 
Address  Department Of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur.

Jodhpur
RAJASTHAN
342003
India 
Phone  9799855177  
Fax    
Email  abhilashathanvi@ymail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
DR. S.N. MEDICAL COLLEGE, JODHPUR  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  NA 
Address  NA 
Type of Sponsor  Other [NA] 
 
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 
Santosh Bhagasara  Mahatma Gandhi Hospital/Mathura Das Mathur Hospital  Main OT, New Gyne in MDM Hospital, Main OT in MGH
Jodhpur
RAJASTHAN 
9414112844

drsantoshbhagasara@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Dr. SNMC Ethical Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: N400||Benign prostatic hyperplasia without lower urinary tract symptoms, (2) ICD-10 Condition: K400||Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, (3) ICD-10 Condition: N813||Complete uterovaginal prolapse,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  GROUP A  GROUP A patients will be positioned supine. After skin closure, under strict asepsis and under USG guidance 20 ml 0.2% Ropivacaine will be injected with 22 G Quincke’s needle on each side of the abdominal wall in the plane between transversus abdominis and internal oblique muscles after hydro dissection with 0.9 % saline (2-5 ml). 
Comparator Agent  GROUP B  GROUP B patients will be positioned in lateral decubitus or sitting position and under strict asepsis lumbar epidural catheter will be placed at vertebral levels (as clinically indicated). After injection of a test dose of 2ml of 2 % Lignocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine, the patient will be induced and the surgery continued.10 ml of 0.2% Ropivacaine will be administered at skin closure. 
Intervention  nil  nil 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  80.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  ASA GRADE I, II,
Weight 50kg to 90kg,
Elective Lower Abdominal Surgeries, 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patient refusal.
Patients ASA grade III ,IV
Age >80 years
Patients on chronic opioid usage
Patients with allergies to local anaesthetics
Patients with significant coexisting diseases like ischemic heart disease, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, impaired renal functions and severe liver disease.
Any existence of contraindications to regional anaesthesia in the presence of anti-platelet, anticoagulant drug use, bleeding/clotting disorders.
Evidence of any neurological impairment.
Cases with failed blocks.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1) TO COMPARE THE QUALITY OF ANALGESIA AND DURATION OF ANALGESIA.
2) TOTAL OPIOID CONSUMPTION IN FIRST TWENTY FOUR HOURS. 
24 hours 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1) TO COMPARE THE EFFECT OF TAP BLOCK ON HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS AND OTHER VITAL PARAMETERS IN TERMS OF HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE, OXYGEN SATURATION(SPO2) AND RESPIRATORY RATE.

2) POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS INCLUDING LOCAL ANESTHETIC TOXICITY,POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING,HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY, HEMATOMA AT THE SITE OF INJECTION ETC.

3) PATIENT’S SATISFACTION 
24 hours 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="70"
Sample Size from India="70" 
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)   29/09/2019 
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="0"
Months="3"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   NA 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary   70 PATIENTS OF AGE 18 TO 80 YEARS OF BOTH SEXES UNDERGOING LOWER ABDOMINAL SURGERY WILL RANDOMLY ASSIGNED INTO TWO GROUPS (GROUP A & GROUP B) FOR POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA USING ULTRASONOGRAPHY GUIDED POSTERIOR TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINS PLANE BLOCK AND EPIDURAL BLOCK .EACH GROUP HAVING EQUAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS. RANDOMIZATION WILL BE DONE BY A COMPUTER GENERATED RANDOMIZATION. PATIENTS OF GROUP A WILL BE GIVEN TAP BLOCK WITH ROPIVACAINE AND PATIENTS OF GROUP B WILL BE GIVEN EPIDURAL BLOCK WITH ROPIVACAINE.
 
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