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CTRI Number  CTRI/2020/02/023300 [Registered on: 13/02/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 03/01/2021
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   COMPARISON OF PAIN RELIEF OF ROPIVACAINE WITH OR WITHOUT ADJUVANT IN BILATERAL SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL PLEXUS BLOCK IN THYROIDECTOMY SURGERIES IN POST OPERATIVE PERIOD 
Scientific Title of Study   A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POST OPERATIVE ANALGESIC EFFICACY OF BILATERAL SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL PLEXUS BLOCK WITH 0.25% ROPIVACAINE VERSUS 0.25% ROPIVACAINE WITH DEXMEDETOMIDINE 0.5 mcg/kg FOR THYROIDECTOMY UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Kriti Lakhina 
Designation  Postgraduate student 
Affiliation  Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology, JLN Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan

Ajmer
RAJASTHAN
305001
India 
Phone  09999971517  
Fax    
Email  kriti.lakhina@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Neena Jain 
Designation  Senior Professor and guide 
Affiliation  Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology, JLN Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan

Ajmer
RAJASTHAN
305001
India 
Phone  09414008666  
Fax    
Email  drneenaj@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Neena Jain 
Designation  Senior Professor and guide 
Affiliation  Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology, JLN Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan

Ajmer
RAJASTHAN
305001
India 
Phone  09414008666  
Fax    
Email  drneenaj@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
JLN Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India-305001 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  JLN MEDICAL COLLEGE AJMER 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology, JLN Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan 
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
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 
Dr Kriti Lakhina  JLN Medical College  Department of Anaesthesiology, JLN Medical College, Ajmer
Ajmer
RAJASTHAN 
09999971517

kriti.lakhina@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethical Committee, JLN Medical College  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: E00-E07||Disorders of thyroid gland,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  0.25% isobaric ropivacaine alone and in combination with dexmedetomidine for bilateral superficial cervical plexus block  Compare the duration of analgesia and duration of study is around 1 year 
Intervention  BILATERAL SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL PLEXUS BLOCK  Post-operative analgesic efficacy is assessed and duration of study is around 1 year. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  16.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients undergoing thyroid surgery under general anaesthesia
Patient age between 16 – 60 years
ASA (American Society of Anaesthesiologists) physical status I and II
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Age < 16 and > 60 years
ASA physical status III, IV, V and VI.
Patients not willing to participate in the study
Patient with a known history of sensitivity and contraindications to drugs used
Patients with a known history of chronic analgesic consumption
Patients with a known history of psychiatric illness
Patients non-euthyroid at the time of surgery.
Patients with known coagulopathy
Infection at the site of block
Patients with substernal goitre
Patients with stridor or respiratory compromise
Patients with thyroid malignancy requiring block dissection
Patients having advanced heart block
Patients with severe ventricular dysfunction, and/or hypovolemia
Patients with co-mobidities like diabetes mellitus or chronic hypertension 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Pre-numbered or coded identical Containers 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Investigator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Duration of post operative analgesia  Duration of study is around 1 year 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. Total consumption of analgesic in 24h
2. Post-operative nausea and vomiting
3. Adverse effects like hematoma, intravascular injections, local anaesthetic toxicity, bradycardia, hypotension and sedation 
Duration of study is around 1 year 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="60" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/02/2020 
Date of Study Completion (India) 01/01/2021 
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   nil yet 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary   The aim of our study is to compare ropivacaine with or without dexmedetomidine in thyroid surgeries under general anaesthesia with respect to:

Primary outcome: Duration of analgesia

Secondary outcome: 
1. Total consumption of analgesic in 24h
2. Post-operative nausea and vomiting
3. Adverse effects like hematoma, intravascular injections, local anaesthetic toxicity, bradycardia, hypotension and sedation
 
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