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CTRI Number  CTRI/2022/08/044958 [Registered on: 26/08/2022] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 25/08/2022
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   It is a study to see the effect of erector spinae plane block in post herpetic neuralgia patients.  
Scientific Title of Study   A study to Evaluate Efficacy of Erector Spinae Plane Block for Postherpetic Neuralgia.  
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Shashi Kiran 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  Pgims rohtak 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Pt.B.D.Sharma PGIMS,Rohtak Rohtak HARYANA 124001 India

Rohtak
HARYANA
124001
India 
Phone  9416763899  
Fax    
Email  drshashi64@rediffmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Shivani Sunaria 
Designation  Post graduate student 
Affiliation  Pgims rohtak 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Pt.B.D.Sharma PGIMS,Rohtak Rohtak HARYANA 124001 India

Rohtak
HARYANA
124001
India 
Phone  9992689503  
Fax    
Email  drshivanisunariya@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Shivani Sunaria 
Designation  Post graduate student 
Affiliation  Pgims rohtak 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Pt.B.D.Sharma PGIMS,Rohtak Rohtak HARYANA 124001 India

Rohtak
HARYANA
124001
India 
Phone  9992689503  
Fax    
Email  drshivanisunariya@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Pt. B. D .Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Pt BD Sharma PGIMS Rohtak 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Pt. B. D .Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana 
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 Shivani Sunaria  Pt BDS PGIMS Rohtak  Department of anesthesiology and critical care, Pt BDS PGIMS Rohtak Haryana - 124001
Rohtak
HARYANA 
9992689503

drshivanisunariya@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Biomedical research ethics committee, Pt BD Sharma Institute of research Committee Rohtak   Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: B028||Zoster with other complications,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Not Applicable   Not Applicable  
Intervention  USG guided Erector spinae plane block for postherpetic neuralgia   Post herpetic neuralgia is chronic neuropathic pain that occurs at the site of herpes zoster rash persisting after healing of cutaneous lesions. USG guided Erector spinae plane block is interfascial plane block that targets dorsal and ventral rami of spinal nerves. The total duration of this intervention is around 1/2 an hour. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  30.00 Year(s)
Age To  80.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Thirty patients of either sex above thirty years of age having persistent pain after acute phase of unilateral thoracic herpes zoster not responding to four weeks of analgesics and conservative therapy 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patients with known contraindications for block interventions eg infection at site of block, coagulopathy, history of adverse reaction to fentanyl and ropivacaine, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, patients not consenting for ESPB 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Other 
Method of Concealment   Other 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Pain assessment before procedure using Visual analog Scale and thirty minutes, one week and four weeks after procedure using Numerical Rating Scale.  a)Before procedure.
b)Thirty minutes after procedure.
c)One week after procedure.
d)Four weeks after procedure. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Not Applicable  Not Applicable 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="30"
Sample Size from India="30" 
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)   01/09/2022 
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   This is a prospective, open labelled study to be conducted in Department of anesthesiology, Pt BD Sharma PGIMS Rohtak. Thirty patients of either sex with age above 30 yrs with post herpetic neuralgia of thoracic region will be included in the study when there is no response to 4-week analgesic and conservative treatment. After explaining about the intervention and taking informed written consent patients will be given USG guided erector spinae plane block. Pain assessment will be done before the procedure and after the procedure (30 min, 1 week, 4 week).  
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