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CTRI Number  CTRI/2022/09/045450 [Registered on: 13/09/2022] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 12/09/2022
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Multiple Arm Trial 
Public Title of Study   A clinical trial to study the effect of two drugs, dexamethasone and dexmedetomidine given as a regional anesthesia in patients undergoing surgeries for forearm and hand. 
Scientific Title of Study   COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DEXAMETHASONE AND DEXMEDETOMIDINE AS ADJUVANTS TO 0.5% ROPIVACAINE IN AXILLARY BLOCK. A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED DOUBLE BLIND STUDY  
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  SHIVANANDA N V 
Designation  SENIOR CONSULTANT 
Affiliation  MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD 
Address  MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD ITPL MAIN ROAD KRISHNARAJAPURA BANGALORE
MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD ITPL MAIN ROAD KRISHNARAJAPURA BANGALORE
Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560066
India 
Phone  9686585584  
Fax    
Email  shivananda.nadiminti@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  SHIVANANDA N V 
Designation  SENIOR CONSULTANT 
Affiliation  MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD 
Address  MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD ITPL MAIN ROAD KRISHNARAJAPURA BANGALORE
MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD ITPL MAIN ROAD KRISHNARAJAPURA BANGALORE
Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560066
India 
Phone  9686585584  
Fax    
Email  shivananda.nadiminti@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  SHIVANANDA N V 
Designation  SENIOR CONSULTANT 
Affiliation  MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD 
Address  MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD ITPL MAIN ROAD KRISHNARAJAPURA BANGALORE
MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD ITPL MAIN ROAD KRISHNARAJAPURA BANGALORE
Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560066
India 
Phone  9686585584  
Fax    
Email  shivananda.nadiminti@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  MANIPAL HOSPITAL BANGALORE 
Address  MANIPAL HOSPITAL 98, HAL OLD AIRPORT ROAD, KODIHALLI, BANGALORE 560017 
Type of Sponsor  Private hospital/clinic 
 
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 
SHIVANANDA N V  MANIPAL HOSPITAL WHITEFIELD  ANAESTHESIA ORTHOPAEDICS PLASTIC SURGERY GENERAL SURGERY ONCOSURGERY
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9686585584

shivananda.nadiminti@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
MANIPALHOSPITAL   Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: M719||Bursopathy, unspecified, (2) ICD-10 Condition: M200||Deformity of finger(s), (3) ICD-10 Condition: M849||Disorder of continuity of bone, unspecified, (4) ICD-10 Condition: M674||Ganglion, (5) ICD-10 Condition: L99||Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue in diseases classified elsewhere, (6) ICD-10 Condition: M679||Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  ROPIVACAINE WITH DEXAMETHASONE   30ML OF 0.5% ROPIVACAINE AND 2ML OF DEXAMETHASONE (8MG) ADMINISTERED IN AXILLARY BRACHAIL PLEXUS BLOCK 
Intervention  ROPIVACAINE WITH DEXMEDETOMIDINE   30ML OF 0.5% ROPIVACAINE WITH 2ML OF DEXMEDETOMIDINE (1mcg/kg) ADMINISTERED IN AXILLARY BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK 
Comparator Agent  ROPIVACAINE WITH NORMAL SALINE  30ML OF 0.5% ROPIVACAINE WITH 2ML NORMAL SALINE ADMINISTERED IN AXILLARY BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  20.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  ASA 1 & 2
ELECTIVE ELBOW, FOREARM, WRIST AND HAND SURGERIES UNDER AXILLARY BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  ALLERGY TO DRUGS USED IN THE STUDY
HISTORY OF LONGTERM OPIOIDS OR OTHER ANALGESIC CONSUMPTIONS
PATIENTS ON SYSTEMIC CORTICOSTEROIDS FOR 2WEEKS OR MORE WITHIN 6MONTHS OF SURGERY
PATIENTS WITH BLEEDING OR COAGULATION DISORDERS
PATINETS WITH ANY NEUROLOGICAL OR MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
ANY CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR BLOCKS USED IN THE STUDY
INFECTION OF LESION AT THE SITE OF THE BLOCK
TECHNICAL FAILURE OF THE BLOCK
PREGNANT PATIENTS, PATIENTS WITH HEART BLOCK, HYPOTENSION, BRADYCARDIA, CARDIAC FAILURE  
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Investigator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
TO FINDOUT WHETHER DEXAMETHASONE AND DEXMEDETOMIDINE WHEN COMBINED WITH 0.5% ROPIVACAINE PROLONG THE DURATION OF SENSORY AND MOTOR BLOCK  24HOURS 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
EFFECT ON ONSET OF ACTION   24HOURS 
EFFECT ON POST OPERATIVE ANALGESIC REQUIREMENTS   24HOURS 
INCIDENCE OF BRADYCARDIA, HYPOTENSION AND ARRHYTHMIAS  24HOURS 
EFFECT ON PATIENT SATISFACTION   24HOURS 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="78"
Sample Size from India="78" 
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)   14/09/2022 
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   NOT APPLICABLE 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Response - YES
  1. What data in particular will be shared?
    Response - Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after de-identification (text, tables, figures, and appendices).

  2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
    Response -  Study Protocol
    Response -  Statistical Analysis Plan

  3. Who will be able to view these files?
    Response - Researchers whose proposed use of the data has been approved by an independent review committee identified for this purpose.

  4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
    Response - To achieve aims in the approved proposal.

  5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
    Response - Proposals should be directed to [shivananda.nadiminti@gmail.com].

  6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 10-09-2024 and end date provided 10-06-2025?
    Response - Beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication.

  7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
    Additional Information - NIL
Brief Summary   THE AIM OF THE STUDY IS TO COMPARE THE EFFICACY OF ADDING DEXAMETHASONE AND DEXMEDETOMIDINE AS ADJUVANTS TO 0.5% ROPIVACAINE IN REDUCING THE ONSET AND EXTENDING THE DURATION OF AXILLARY BLOCK AND ALSO TO COMPARE THE PAIN SCORE AND POST OPERATIVE ANALGESIC REQUIREMENT. 
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