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CTRI Number  CTRI/2013/12/004221 [Registered on: 17/12/2013] Trial Registered Retrospectively
Last Modified On: 27/11/2013
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   OUTCOME FOLLOWING CERVICAL FUSION SURGERY FOR CERVICAL DISC OR TRAUMA 
Scientific Title of Study   FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF CERVICAL FUSION IN CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION AND TRAUMA 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  DR THOMAS DEVASIA 
Designation  POST GRADUATE RESIDENT 
Affiliation  FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS, FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, KANKANADY, MANGALORE - 575002

Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA
575002
India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email  DRTHOMASDEVASIA@GMAIL.COM  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DR JACOB CHACKO 
Designation  PROFESSOR AND HOD 
Affiliation  FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS, FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, KANKANADY, MANGALORE - 575002

Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA
575002
India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email  CHACKOJAKES@GMAIL.COM  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  DR JACOB CHACKO 
Designation  PROFESSOR AND HOD 
Affiliation  FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS, FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, KANKANADY, MANGALORE - 575002

Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA
575002
India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email  CHACKOJAKES@GMAIL.COM  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, MANGALORE - 575002 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  DR THOMAS DEVASIA 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS, FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, MANGALORE - 575002 
Type of Sponsor  Other [SELF] 
 
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 THOMAS DEVASIA  ORTHOPAEDICS OPD 9  DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS, FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, KANKANADY, MANGALORE - 575002
Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA 
9535082191

DRTHOMASDEVASIA@GMAIL.COM 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION AND CERVICAL TRAUMA,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  ANTERIOR CERVICAL DECOMPRESSION AND FUSION  STUDY FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF ANTERIOR CERVICAL DECOMPRESSION AND FUSION IN PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL TRAUMA OR CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  80.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. 18 YEARS AND ABOVE INCLUDING BOTH SEXES
2. PATIENTS WITH TRAUMA TO CERVICAL SPINE OR CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION WITH NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS WHO ARE WILLING FOR SURGERY AND FOLLOW UP. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. PREVIOUS CERVICAL SURGERY
2. INFECTION, BONE DISEASE, NEOPLASM, PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES.
3. SPINAL ANOMALIES.
4. MENTAL OR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER
5. SEVERE OSTEOPOROSIS
6. SERIOUS CO-MORBID CONDITIONS PRECLUDING SURGICAL INTERVENTION IN THESE TYPES OF CASES.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
REDUCTION OF PAIN AND IMPROVEMENT IN NEUROLOGY.  IMMEDIATE POST OPERATIVE 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
IMPROVEMENT IN NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME AND FUNCTION FOLLOWING ANTERIOR CERVICAL DECOMPRESSION AND FUSION.  POST-OPERATIVE AT 6 WEEKS, 3 MONTHS, 6 MONTHS 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="25"
Sample Size from India="25" 
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)   07/10/2011 
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="2"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Closed to Recruitment of Participants 
Publication Details    
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary   This study is intended to observe the role of cervical fusion with anterior cervical decompression in cases of cervical disc herniation and in cases of trauma, its effects on cervical mobility, complications and the neurological improvement. A sample size of minimum 25 patients will be selected using purposive sampling technique, all of whom will undergo cervical decompression surgery followed with cervical fusion. Clinical and radiological improvement will be studied during follow up at 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months.  
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