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CTRI Number  CTRI/2020/06/025661 [Registered on: 05/06/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 07/06/2022
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Role of dexamethasone as an additive agent in erector spinae block for pain relief in patients undergoing back pain surgery: A randomized clinical trial 
Scientific Title of Study   Role of dexamethasone in erector spinae block in patients undergoing diskectomies: A randomized clinical trial.  
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Nitasha Mishra 
Designation  assistant professor 
Affiliation  AIIMS, Bhubaneswar 
Address  department of anesthesia, pain and critical care, room no 7, 5th floor, hospital building, AIIMS, Sijua, Patrapada, Bhubaneswar

Khordha
ORISSA
751019
India 
Phone  08373938016  
Fax    
Email  nitsmishra@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Nitasha Mishra 
Designation  Assistant professor 
Affiliation  AIIMS, Bhubaneswar 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA, PAIN AND CRITICAL CARE, room no 7, 5th floor, hospital building, AIIMS, Sijua, Patrapada, Bhubaneswar
c43, cosmopolis apartments, bhubaneswar
Khordha
ORISSA
751019
India 
Phone  08373938016  
Fax    
Email  nitsmishra@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Nitasha Mishra 
Designation  assistant professor 
Affiliation  AIIMS, Bhubaneswar 
Address  Department of anesthesia, critical care and pain, room no 7, 5th floor, hospital building, AIIMS, Sijua, Patarapada, Bhubaneswar
c43, cosmopolis apartments, bhubaneswar
Khordha
ORISSA
751019
India 
Phone  08373938016  
Fax    
Email  nitsmishra@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA , AIIMS, BHUBANESWAR 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  department of anesthesia AIIMS BBSR 
Address  department of anesthesia, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution 
 
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 
NITASHA MISHRA  AIIMS, BHUBANESWAR  DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA, PAIN AND CRITICAL CARE, AIIMS, SIJUA , PATRAPADA, BHUBANESWAR
Khordha
ORISSA 
8373938016

nitsmishra@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE( IEC) AIIMS, BBSR  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: M478||Other spondylosis,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  DEXAMETHASONE 8MG  DEXMATHASONE WILL BE GIVEN AS ADJUVANT TO LOCAL ANESTHETIC IN ONE GROUP VS PLACEBO IN THE OTHER GROUP 
Intervention  ERECTOR SPINAE BLOCK   ERECTOR SPINAE BLOCK IS A INTERFACIAL BLOCK WHERE THE LOCAL ANESTHETIC IS DEPOSITED BENEATH THE ERECTOR SPIANE MUSCLE, ITS USUALY GIVEN FOR POST OPEARTIVE PAIN IN ABDOMINAL AND THORACIC SURGERIES 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients age: 18-65 years, American Society of Anesthesiologists 1 or 2 classifications undergoing single or two levels lumbar/ thoracic diskectomy surgery will be enrolled under this study.  
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1) Refusal to consent
2) Infection at the infiltration site
3) Any history of allergy to local anesthetics
4) Failed back surgery syndromes
5) History of chronic pain, narcotic abuse or alcohol dependence.
6) Opioid use in the last 24 hours before surgery.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Participant, Investigator and Outcome Assessor Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Primary outcome :
Time to first rescue analgesia or time at which first rescue analgesia was provided based on VAS ≥4
 
POST OPERATIVE 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Visual analogue score at 1hr, 2hr, 4hr, 6hr and 24h after surgery at rest and movement, incidence of post- operative nausea vomiting and time required for mobilisation will be compared between the two groups.   POST OPERATIVE 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="50"
Sample Size from India="50" 
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   Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   10/06/2020 
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="6"
Days="30" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   NIL 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary   ERECTOR SPINAE BLOCK HAS BEEN RECENTLY FOUND TO BE USEFUL FOR POST OPERATIVE PAIN MANGEMENT IN SPINE SURGERY PATIENST. THROUGH THIS STUDY WE PLAN TO EVELAUTE THE ROLE OF DEXAMETHASONE AS AN ADUVANT IN SPINE SURGERY  
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