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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/04/065518 [Registered on: 10/04/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 06/12/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   prospective 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Usage of Color flow Doppler for confirming the final position of Epidural Catheter. 
Scientific Title of Study   Confirmation of epidural catheter placement in epidural space using ultrasound color flow doppler - a prospective observational study 
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 Mahendra kumar 
Designation  DNB resident 
Affiliation  Sakra World Hospital 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL, DEVARABISANAHALLI, BANGALORE
DEVARABISANAHALLI, VARTHUR HOBLI, BANGALORE
Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560103
India 
Phone  9566254266  
Fax    
Email  Mahendra1089462@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DR DHANANJAY DN 
Designation  SENIOR CONSULTANT 
Affiliation  SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY
SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL, DEVARABISANAHALLI, BANGALORE
Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560103
India 
Phone  08073687393  
Fax    
Email  DHANANJAYDN@GMAIL.COM  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  DR DHANANJAY DN 
Designation  SENIOR CONSULTANT 
Affiliation  Sakra World Hospital 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL, DEVARABISANAHALLI, BANGALORE

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560103
India 
Phone  8073687393  
Fax    
Email  DHANANJAYDN@GMAIL.COM  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL, DEVARABISANAHALLI, BANGALORE 560103, KARNATAKA, INDIA 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL, DEVARABISANAHALLI, BANGALORE 560103, KARNATAKA , INDIA 
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 
DR DHANANJAY DN  SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL  DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, 2ND FLOOR, OPERATION THEATRE, SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL, DEVARABISANAHALLI, BANGALORE 560103
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
8073687393

DHANANJAYDN@GMAIL.COM 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE, SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  undergoing elective surgeries under epidural anaesthesia 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: M179||Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  80.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  patients undergoing surgery under combined spinal epidural anaesthesia
belonging to ASA physical status 1,2 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  patients who deny informed consent
patients with history of lumbar spine surgery
allergy to local anaesthetics
coagulation abnormalities
suspected infection at local site
pregnancy
ASA physical status 3,4,5
covid positive patients 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Confirmation of Epidural catheter placement in the Epidural space using ULTRASOUND COLOUR DOPPLER.  AT THE TIME OF PROCEDURE 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Catheter tip visualization and
Catheter migration 
AT THE TIME OF THE PROCEDURE 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="84"
Sample Size from India="84" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "84"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="84" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   01/05/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) 20/07/2024 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Response - NO
Brief Summary
Modification(s)  
TRADITIONALLY, EPIDURAL SPACE IS IDENTIFIED BY LOSS OF RESISTANCE TECHNIQUE, WHIUCH WAS FIRST DESCRIBED BY SICARD AND FORESTIER IN 1921. INCORRECT PLACEMENT OF EPIDURAL CATHETER IS REPORTED TO OCCUR IN 12-40% OF THE CASES. FAILURE TO CORRECTLY PLACE A EPIDURAL CATHTER LEADS TO INADEQUATE ANALGESIA AND SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS LIKE DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE. 
SINCE, THE SUCCESS OF EPIDURAL ANALGESIA DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION OF THE EPIDURAL CATHETER IN THE EPIDUAL SPACE, A SIMPLE AND NON INVASIVE BEDSIDE METHOD TO CONFIRM ITS LOCATION WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. ULTRASOUND IS NON INVASIVE AND GIVES A SIGNIFICANT AND ACCURATE  INFORMATION REGARDING THE FLOW ACROSS ANY AREA. HENCE WE PROPOSE TO UTILISE THE ULTRASOUND TO CONFIRM THE CORRECT PLACEMENT OF THE EPIDURAL CATHETER USING THE COLOUR FLOW DOPPLER.
 
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