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CTRI Number  CTRI/2020/08/027064 [Registered on: 10/08/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 30/07/2020
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Comparision of two doses of a medicine for treating acute asthma attack in children between age of 2 to 5 years  
Scientific Title of Study   Comparison of two doses of intravenous magnesium sulphate in improving the clinical outcome of children 2 to 5 years of age with acute severe asthma - a Pilot Randomized Control Trial  
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
JIP/IEC/2018/383  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Chakicherla Sai Monica 
Designation  Junior resident 
Affiliation  Jipmer 
Address  Depart of pediatrics JIPMER
Pondicherry
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605001
India 
Phone  8978446854  
Fax    
Email  csm.chakicherla@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DrVenkatesh chandrsekharan 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  Jipmer 
Address  Depart of pediatrics JIPMER
Pondicherry
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605001
India 
Phone  9842534154  
Fax    
Email  cvenkatesh@hotmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Chakicherla Sai Monica 
Designation  Junior resident 
Affiliation  Jipmer 
Address  Depart of pediatrics JIPMER
Pondicherry
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605001
India 
Phone  8978446854  
Fax    
Email  csm.chakicherla@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Nil 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Jawaharlal Institute of Pondicherry Medical Education and Research 
Address  Dhanvantri Nagar, Pondicherry-6 
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 
Monica  Jawaharlal Institute of Pondicherry Medical Education and Research  167 room number Pediatrics Casualty
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY 
8978446854
04132272067
csm.chakicherla@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
JIPMER IEC  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: J459||Other and unspecified asthma,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Magnesium sulphate   50 mg per kg dose intravenous magnesium sulphate over 30 minutes once 
Comparator Agent  Magnesium sulphate  25 mg per kg per dose intravenous over 30 minutes once 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  2.00 Year(s)
Age To  5.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Children with acute severe asthma with PRAM score 8 or more and continue to be 8 or more one hour post intervention  
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Clinical suspicion of pneumonia
Acute kidney injury or hypotension
Congenital heart disease and structural airway anomalies that produce wheeze  
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Permuted block randomization, fixed 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Participant, Investigator and Outcome Assessor Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Proportion of children in whom intensive care admissions are prevented   During period of hospitalization for study half an hour, two hours, four hours 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To correlate serum magnesium levels to the amount of magnesium sulphate infused and clinical outcome   one hour Before and one hour after injecting magnesium  
Side effects of intravenous magnesium sulfate in above age group.  During hospital stay. 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="20"
Sample Size from India="20" 
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)   15/08/2020 
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="0"
Months="7"
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)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary     

Purpose of study:comparing two doses of a drug called magnesium sulphate  given through vein and determining which is effective for treating a severe case of asthma in  children of 2 to 5 years of age.

-   Procedure/methods of the study: If your child is 2 to 5 years of age with severe breathing difficulty due to asthma initial emergency treatment will be given and again condition will be reassessed. If breathing difficulty is still severe, your child will be enrolled in the study and be given a drug called magnesium sulphate injection will be given. Your child will be allotted to one group randomly among the two research groups. For one group 25mg/kg dose of drug will be given. Other group will receive 50mg/kg. As a parent you will not know the dose of drug that is administered. Condition will be assessed at every hour till four hours. Even at the end of four hours if the respiratory difficulty is not improving then your child`s treatment will be intensified as per your treating doctor in a intensive care setting.

 
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