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CTRI Number  CTRI/2023/01/048832 [Registered on: 09/01/2023] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 11/07/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cross Sectional Study 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   Changes of breathing tube position in Laparoscopic procedures 
Scientific Title of Study   Impact of intra abdominal pressure and reverse trendelenburg position on endotracheal tube migration during laproscopic procedures - An Observational study 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Annu Theagrajan 
Designation  Assistant Professor of Anaesthesiology 
Affiliation  Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology, 3rd Floor Hospital Building, #7, Works Road, New colony, Chromepet. Chennai

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600044.
India 
Phone  9901834935  
Fax    
Email  drannuprahlad@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Annu Theagrajan 
Designation  Assistant Professor of Anaesthesiology 
Affiliation  Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology, 3rd Floor Hospital Building, #7, Works Road, New colony, Chromepet. Chennai

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600044.
India 
Phone  9901834935  
Fax    
Email  drannuprahlad@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Raghuraman M S 
Designation  Professor of Anaesthesiology 
Affiliation  Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology, 3rd Floor Hospital Building, #7, Works Road, New colony, Chromepet. Chennai

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600044.
India 
Phone  6379141854  
Fax    
Email  drraghuram70@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital 
Address  #7, Works Road, New colony, Chromepet. Chennai – 600044. INDIA.  
Type of Sponsor  Private 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 Annu Theagrajan  Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital  4th Floor OT Complex, Department of Anaesthesiology, #7, Works Road, New colony, Chromepet. Chennai – 600044. INDIA.
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
9901834835

drannuprahlad@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee  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  Nil  Nil 
Comparator Agent  Nil  Nil 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  80.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  All patients undergoing laproscopic surgery in reverse Trendelenburg position at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patient Refusal
Hyperactive airway
Patients in whom the procedure has been converted to open surgery 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Changes in depth of endotracheal tube after pneumoperitoneum and reverse Trendelenburg positioning  The primary outcome will be assessed during the following events
1.Supine position after intubation
2.15 degree Trendelenburg positioning
3. after pneumoperitoneum creation
4. 25 mins after pneumoperitoneum
5. After deflation in reverse Trendelenberg position
6. After deflation in supine position
6. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
NIL  NIL 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="16"
Sample Size from India="16" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "20"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="20" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   12/01/2023 
Date of Study Completion (India) 11/01/2024 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) 11/01/2024 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   Not Applicable 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Response - NO
Brief Summary   Intrabdominal pressure ( pneumoperitoneum) created during laproscopic procedures can cause cephalad movement of the diaphragm and subsequently can cause migration of endotracheal tube tip towards carina thereby increasing the risk of endobronchial migration. similarly, the patient position can also cause endotracheal tube migration within the tracheobronchial tree. Previous studies have assessed in other positions. Hence we wish to assess these changes in Reverse Trendelenburg. 
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