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To study the effectiveness of addition of the drug clonidine to the local anesthetic drug ropivacaine for use in ultrasound guided transversus abdominis plane block in adult patients undergoing kidney transplantation surgery

To study the efficacy of clonidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine in ultrasound guided transversus abdominis plane block in adult renal transplant recipients- a double blinded randomised controlled trial.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2017/07/009102
Enrollment
40
Registered
2017-07-24
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Adult end stage chronic kidney disease patients undergoing renal transplant surgery

Interventions

Intervention1: ropivacaine plus clonidine in TAP block: The skin of the patients on the side of operation was prepared from subcostal to inguinal region and area above iliac crest with 2.5% chlorhexid

Sponsors

All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients undergoing renal transplantation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Refusal to participate 2.Infection at site of proposed block 3.Hypersensitivity to ropivacaine, clonidine or opioids 4.Inability to understand the functioning and use of Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)pump or Visual analogue scale

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Post-operative 24 hour intravenous morphine consumptionTimepoint: 0 hour,2 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours in post- operative period

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Intra-operative total intravenous fentanyl consumptionTimepoint: End of surgery;Number of boluses of intravenous morphine as rescue analgesia in 24 hour post-operative periodTimepoint: 0 hour,2 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours in post-operative period;Post-operative 24 hour pain scores on visual analogue scale (VAS 0-100)Timepoint: 0 hour,2 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours in the post-operative period;Side effects in the post operative period such as hypotension (blood pressure less than 25% of baseline), significant bradycardia (heart rate less than 50 beats/minute associated with hypotension),sedation (score more than 3 in Ramsay sedation scale), respiratory depression (respiratory rate less than 8 breath/minute or SpO2 less than 90% with oxygen by face mask), pruritus, post operative nausea and vomitingTimepoint: 0 hour, 2 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours in the post-operative period;Time to first analgesic use in the post operative periodTimepoint: Time point at which first analgesic was required in the post-operative period

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactMahesh Kumar Arora

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New delhi

mkarora442@gmail.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026