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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/01/061973 [Registered on: 29/01/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 22/01/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized Factorial Trial 
Public Title of Study   Comparison between one sedative and one opioid as additive to a local anaesthetic drug while giving spinal anaesthesia for surgeries involving female reproductive tract 
Scientific Title of Study   Comparison between dexmedetomidine and fentanyl as adjuvant to intrathecal levobupivacaine on spinal block characteristics in gynaecological surgeries 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr V A Sabapathy 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital Chinnaseeragapadi Salem  
Address  Room number 15 Department of Anaesthesiology

Salem
TAMIL NADU
636308
India 
Phone  9442566989  
Fax    
Email  sabapathyv.appavoo@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Rasika Priya M 
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital Chinnaseeragapadi Salem  
Address  Room number 15 Department of Anaesthesiology

Salem
TAMIL NADU
636007
India 
Phone  8129340367  
Fax    
Email  rasikamadhan1985@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Arjun Ganesan 
Designation  Post Graduate Resident Anaesthesiology 
Affiliation  Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital Chinnaseeragapadi Salem  
Address  Room number 15 Department of Anaesthesiology

Salem
TAMIL NADU
636308
India 
Phone  6282556025  
Fax    
Email  dr.arjunganesan@outlook.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital Chinnaseeragapadi Salem  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital 
Address  Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital Chinnaseeragapadi Salem  
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 Arjun Ganesan  Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital Chinnaseeragapadi Salem   Room Number 15 Department of Anaesthesiology
Salem
TAMIL NADU 
6282556025

dr.arjunganesan@outlook.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital   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  Comparison between alpha 2 agonist drug and opioid drug  Comparison between dexmedetomodine and fentanyl as adjuvant to intrathecal levobupivacaine on spinal block characteristics in gynaecological surgeries 
Comparator Agent  Dexmedetomidine  Mixture of 0.5% hyperbaric levobupivacaine 3 millilitre with dexmedetomidine 5 micrograms intrathecally single shot stat dose 
Comparator Agent  Fentanyl  Mixture of 0.5% hyperbaric levobupivacaine 3 millilitre with fentanyl 25 micrograms intrathecally single shot stat dose 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Female 
Details  1. ASA grade I and 2.
2. Age between 18-60 years.
3. Gynaecological surgeries.
4. Patient giving valid informed consent.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Age more than 60 years and less than 18 years
2.ASA grade 3 & 4.
3.Patient refusal.
4.Patients with local infection at puncturing site.
5.Patients with Ischemic and Rheumatic heart diseases.
6.Patients with coagulation defects and patients on anticoagulants.
7.Patients allergic to local anesthetic drugs.
8. Surgeries converted to general anaesthesia. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
The time for first rescue analgesia after the spinal anaesthesia will be prolonged.  24 hours 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Total dose of rescue analgesia required in 24 h post-operatively will be reduced.  24 hours 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
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   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   01/02/2024 
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   N/A 
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 - All of the individual participant data collected during the trial, after de-identification.

  2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
    Response - Informed Consent Form

  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 - For individual participant data meta-analysis.

  5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
    Response (Others) -  -

  6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 31-12-2023 and end date provided 15-12-2025?
    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   Comparison Between Dexmedetomidine and Fentanyl as adjuvant to intrathecal Levobupivacaine on spinal block characteristics in gynaecological procedures. Comparing the duration of sensory blockade and motor blockade after administration of spinal anaesthesia and also post spinal anaesthesia, after how much time the first rescue analgesia was required by the patient. 
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