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CTRI Number  CTRI/2020/05/025287 [Registered on: 21/05/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 18/05/2020
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Other (Specify) [Dressing Technique with Topical Antibiotic Solution and Saline ]  
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Comparing two dressing techniques used for Pin site Dressing in patients on Linear External Fixators applied for Fractures.  
Scientific Title of Study   "Efficacy of Saline dressing Vs Povidone Iodine dressing in preventing pin site infection in patients on linear external fixators- A Randomized Controlled Trial" 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  DrRavishankar J 
Designation  Junior Resident 
Affiliation  JIPMER 
Address  Department of Orthopedics, JIPMER

Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  9442399120  
Fax    
Email  ravishankarhealthcare@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Deep Sharma  
Designation  Additional Professor and Head  
Affiliation  JIPMER 
Address  Department of Orthopedics, JIPMER

Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  9489146554  
Fax    
Email  drdeep_sharma@yahoo.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  DrRavishankar J 
Designation  Junior Resident 
Affiliation  JIPMER 
Address  Department of Orthopedics, JIPMER

Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  9442399120  
Fax    
Email  ravishankarhealthcare@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Department of Orthopedics , Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  JIPMER 
Address  JIPMER, Puducherry 
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 
DrRavishankar J  JIPMER Hospital  Department of Orthopedics , PMRC Block, Puducherry.
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY 
9442399120

ravishankarhealthcare@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE FOR INTERVENTIONAL STUDIES-JIPMER  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: M968||Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  nil  nil 
Intervention  Povidone Iodine Dressing  Povidone Iodine Dressing is applied to the Schanz Pin based on Computer Generated Random Sequence 
Intervention  Saline dressing   Saline Dressing is applied to the Schanz pin ,based on computer generated Random Sequence 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  0.00 Day(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients in whom Schanz pins (Linear External Fixator) have been applied in JIPMER 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1.Patient or their caregivers who cannot understand the therapeutic method of dressing during supervised dressing sessions,
2.Patients not willing for regular follow up , within the period of data collection ,
3.Known allergy to Iodine and known medical ailment where Iodine is contraindicated 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Infection Days rate in each patient  1.5 years from start of the study 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Infection Days rate in each patient   1.5 years from the start of the study  
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="200"
Sample Size from India="200" 
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 2/ Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   21/05/2020 
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="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   Nil 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary   This study is done to test the Efficacy of saline dressing Vs Povidone iodine dressing to the pin sites in patients on Linear External Fixator , since there is no Consensus about the use of dressing type to the pins in the available literature, this study aims to provide Clarity upon the use of the two different dressing technique in the Schanz pin (linear external Fixator) 
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