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CTRI Number  CTRI/2022/01/039249 [Registered on: 07/01/2022] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 16/09/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   A CLINICAL TRIAL TO STUDY THE EFFICACY OF TWO BLOCKS FOR LUMBAR DISECTOMY SURGERIES  
Scientific Title of Study   “COMPARISON OF EFFICACY OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED ERECTOR SPINAE BLOCK VERSUS ULTRASOUND-GUIDED THORACOLUMBAR INTERFASCIAL PLANE BLOCK FOR PERIOPERATIVE ANALGESIA IN LUMBAR DISCECTOMY SURGERIES” 
Trial Acronym  UGESBVUGTIPB 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr GOKULAKANNAN M 
Designation  Junior resident 
Affiliation  Institute of medical sciences 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE,INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES,BHU

Varanasi
UTTAR PRADESH
221005
India 
Phone  8056567635  
Fax    
Email  gokulakannan95@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DR A P SINGH 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  Institute of medical sciences 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE,INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES,BHU

Varanasi
UTTAR PRADESH
221995
India 
Phone  9839412975  
Fax    
Email  bhuapsingh@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  DR ABHINAY JAYANTI 
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  Institute of medical sciences 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE,INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES,BHU

Varanasi
UTTAR PRADESH
221995
India 
Phone  7379141929  
Fax    
Email  abhinay2288@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Institute of medical sciences, Banaras hindu University,Varanasi  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  IMS BHU 
Address  Institute of medical sciences,Banaras hindu University,Varanasi-221005 
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 Gokulakannan   Trauma centre and superspecialty hospital,IMS,BHU  Department of anaesthesiology,Institute of medical sciences (IMS),BHU
Varanasi
UTTAR PRADESH 
8056567635

gokulakannan95@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional ethical committee,Faculty of medicine,Institute of medical sciences,Banaras hindu University   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  Erector spinal block  USG guided erector spinae block will be performed at the level of third lumbar vertebra with 20ml of 0.2% ropivacaine with dexmeditomedine 1mcg/kg  
Comparator Agent  Thoracolumbar interfacial plane block  USG guided thoracolumbar interfascial plane block will be performed at the level of third lumbar vertebra with 20 ml 0.2% ropivacaine with dexmeditomedine 1mcg/kg 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  25.00 Year(s)
Age To  50.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  ASA grade 1,2
Cases of prolapsed intervertebral disc(PIVD) undergoing disectomy 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patient’s age <25 years and >50 years.
Patients with Bleeding diasthesis.
Patient allergic to LA agents.
Patients with Psychiatric disorders.
Presence of infection at the injection area.
Patients with H/O previous spine surgeries.
Refusal of consent 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Double Blind Double Dummy 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Visual analogue scale  30 minutes,hours 1,6,12,24 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Total rescue analgesia requirement in 24 hours   24 hours 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
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)   10/01/2022 
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="0"
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
Modification(s)  
The study will be conducted in Department of Anaesthesiology, IMS, BHU,Varanasi after obtaining written and informed consent and institutional ethical approval. After CTRI registration,60 patients undergoing lumbar disectomy surgeries, of age 25 to 50 years will be included. Patients will be excluded from study if patient has local infection or significant coagulopathy/bleeding disorders,allergy to Local anaesthetics,psychiatric disorders,history of previous spine surgery and patient refusal. Patient will be divided randomly using computer generated number and concealed using sequentially numbered, sealed opaque envelop technique into two equal groups.
Group (E) will receive USG guided erector spinae block at the level of third lumbar vertebra with 20ml of 0.2% ropivacaine with dexmeditomedine 1mcg/kg on either side.

Group (T) will receive USG guided thoracolumbar interfascial plane block at the level of third lumbar vertebra with 20 ml 0.2% ropivacaine with dexmeditomedine 1mcg/kg on either side.

After 20 minutes,block effect will be checked and those patients for whom block is unsuccessful ,will be excluded from the study.
Then patient will be placed in supine position and anesthesia is induced with propofol 2 mg/kg titrated to effect plus fentanyl 2 mcg/kg will be administered for analgesia and muscle relaxation will be achieved with vecuronium 0.1 mg/kg following which oral endotracheal intubation will be done. Anesthesia will be maintained with isoflurane 1MAC and nitrous oxide in 30% oxygen.Inj.Fentanyl 1mcg/kg will be repeated every hourly intraoperatively.

For rescue analgesia in postoperative period,Injection tramadol 1mg/kg will be given.

In intraoperative period,hemodynamic parameters  (Heart rate,systolic/diastolic/mean blood pressure) will be monitored at minutes 3,5,15,30,60,then hourly,total fentanyl consumption intraoperatively and duration of surgery are noted.

In postoperative period,VAS score will be monitored at 30 minutes,hours 1,6,12,24 (at rest and in motion),time for requirement of first rescue analgesia,total rescue analgesia needed in 24 hours,block related complications and time of mobilisation of patient are noted.

The study will end after mobilisation of patient,after all data has been collected.
 
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