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CTRI Number  CTRI/2023/02/049809 [Registered on: 17/02/2023] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 16/02/2023
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   Efficacy of pre operative Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block for post operative pain relief following laparoscopic surgeries  
Scientific Title of Study   Efficacy of Pre-emptive Ultrasound guided bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block for Post-operative analgesia following Laparoscopic Surgeries  
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  ANKITHA J HIREMATH 
Designation  POST GRADUATE 
Affiliation  DR. B R AMBEDKAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL  
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, DR. B R AMBEDKAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, K G HALLI, BENGALURU- 560045

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560045
India 
Phone  9980741849  
Fax    
Email  anku3025@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DR HARSOOR S S 
Designation  HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT AND PROFESSOR 
Affiliation  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, DR. B R AMBEDKAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, DR. B R AMBEDKAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, K G HALLI, BENGALURU- 560045

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560045
India 
Phone  9845279426  
Fax    
Email  harsoorss@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  ANKITHA J HIREMATH 
Designation  POST GRADUATE 
Affiliation  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, DR. B R AMBEDKAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, DR. B R AMBEDKAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, K G HALLI, BENGALURU- 560045

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560045
India 
Phone  9980741849  
Fax    
Email  anku3025@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
DR. B R AMBEDKAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, BENGALURU 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr Ankitha J Hiremath 
Address  DEPATMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, DR. B R AMBEDKAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, BENGALURU 
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 ANKITHA J HIREMATH  DR. B R AMBEDKAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   Department of Anaesthesiology, OT complex, 1st floor.
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9980741849

anku3025@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTE  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  BILATERAL ERECTOR SPINAE PLANE BLOCK  Patients posted for elective laparoscopic surgeries, will be given ultrasound guided erector spinae plane block using Bupivacaine 0.25% 20 ml on each side prior to the commencement of surgery  
Comparator Agent  NOT APPLICABLE  NOT APPLICABLE 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  80.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Patients posted for elective laparoscopic surgeries.
2. Age 18 years and more
3. American society of Anaesthesiologists class I and II 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Patietnts with history of known allergy to bupivacaine
2. Alcoholism, drug abuse, psycological or other emotional problems that are likely to invalidate the informed consent 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To assess the efficacy of pre-emptive ultrasound guided bilateral Erector Spinae
Plane Block(ESPB) with bupivacaine for post-operative analgesia in patients
undergoing laparoscopic surgeries 
From the time of block till the time of request of the first dose of rescue analgesia by the patient(within 24 hours) 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To see for the presence of post operative nausea and vomiting, time to
ambulation(able to walk with or without support) and the total need of rescue
analgesic in the first 24 hours after surgery. 
From the time of block upto 24 hours after the block 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="20"
Sample Size from India="20" 
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)   27/02/2023 
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="6"
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  
Pain in the post operative period is one of the major complaints which impedes
recovery of the patient from anaesthesia and surgery. The components of post
operative pain include- Somatic pain, Visceral pain, Referred pain.
Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive surgery. Although minimally
invasive, the amount of pain the patient suffers from in the immediate post-operative
period is quite significant.
Techniques like Thoracic Epidural Analgesia (TEA), Thoracic paravertebral
block, Quadratus lumborum block, Rectus sheath block (RSB) have been previously
used for providing post-operative analgesia following Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. However, these techniques are associated with major
complications.
Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB) is a interfascial plane block. A feature
unique to Erector Spinae Plane Block is that no nerve or plexus needs to be
identified to administer the block. This block targets the space between Erector
Spinae Sheath and Transverse process of the vertebra. The local anaesthetic
injected spreads craniocaudally blocking multiple vertebral levels. The drug also
spreads anteriorly blocking the dorsal rami, ventral rami and also the rami
communicates.
In this background the research question of the present study is to
evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound guided bilateral erector spinae plane block
using bupivacaine for post operative analgesia following laparoscopic surgeries.
 
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