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CTRI Number  CTRI/2021/08/035440 [Registered on: 05/08/2021] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 12/12/2022
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 between two groups of medicines for post-operative pain management for lower abdominal surgeries 
Scientific Title of Study   A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EPIDURAL ROPIVACAINE AND ROPIVACAINE WITH DEXMEDITOMIDINE FOR POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA IN LOWER ABDOMINAL SURGERIES IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, CHENGALPATTU DISTRICT- A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Sai Teja Mathi 
Designation  MD Anaesthesia 
Affiliation  Shri sathya sai medical College and research institute 
Address  Departmemt of Anaesthesiology,Shri sathya sai medical college

Kancheepuram
TAMIL NADU
603108
India 
Phone  7729090130  
Fax    
Email  stmsaiteja@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DrSVijay Narayanan 
Designation  MD Anaesthesia 
Affiliation  Shri sathya sai medical College and research institute 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology,Shri sathya sai medical college, Ammapettai

Kancheepuram
TAMIL NADU
603108
India 
Phone  9444877188  
Fax    
Email  dr.vijay@live.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Sai Teja Mathi 
Designation  MD Anaesthesia 
Affiliation  Shri sathya sai medical College and research institute 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology,Shri sathya sai medical college , Ammapettai

Kancheepuram
TAMIL NADU
603108
India 
Phone  7729090130  
Fax    
Email  stmsaiteja@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Shri Sathya Sai medical College and research institute, Ammapettai, Chengalpattu district 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr Mathi Saiteja 
Address  Department of Anesthesiology, Shri Sathya Sai medical college and research institution, Ammapettai.  
Type of Sponsor  Other [Self funding] 
 
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 
Mathi Saiteja  Shri sathya sai medical college and RI  Department of Anesthesiology,Shri sathya sai medical college and RI, ammapettai, nellikuppam post, kancheepuram district. 603108
Kancheepuram
TAMIL NADU 
7729090130

stmsaiteja@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Shri sathya sai medical college and RI ethical committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: O||Medical and Surgical,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Dexmeditomidine  Dexmeditomidine 50micrograms is given diluting it to 1cc with distilled water along with Ropivacaine 20cc epidurally after placing the epidural catheterat the starting of the surgery intraoperatively  
Comparator Agent  Dexmeditomidine with ropivacaine  To compare the analgesic effects of the study drug dexmeditomidine when combined with ropivacaine 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  20.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Adult patient aged between 20-60 years of both sex
2. Patients belonging to ASA class 1 and 2 posted for elective lower abdominal surgeries.
3. Weight >50kgs.
4. Height 150-180cms.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Patient refusal for regional anesthesia.
2. Pregnancy and lactation.
3. Patient posted for emergency surgeries.
4. Obese patient with BMI >30.
5. Patients having
a) Raised intra cranial pressure
b) Severe hypovolemia
c) Bleeding coagulopathy
d) Local infections
e) Uncontrolled hypertension/ diabetes mellitus
f) Neurological disorders and deformities of spine
g) Cardiac diseases, Hepatic diseases
h) Allergic to local anesthetic and Dexmedetomidine 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking
Modification(s)  
Participant Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To compare the analgesic effect of the study drugs and control used in the post operative period  18 months 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To compare the hemodynamic state of the study population in the post operative pe  18 months 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="121"
Sample Size from India="121" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="122" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   26/08/2021 
Date of Study Completion (India) 23/11/2022 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details    
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Response - NO
Brief Summary
Modification(s)  
To study the synergistic effect of DEXMEDITOMIDINE to ROPIVACAINE 0.5% in epidural anesthesia as post operative analgesia for lower abdominal surgeries. 
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