Comparison of two drugs( ropivacaine and levobupivacaine )in children for relief of pain, with regional block (caudal)in surgery below umbilical under general anaesthesia

Comparison of post-operative analgesia with caudal ropivacaine and levobupivacaine in paediatric patients undergoing infraumbilical surgery under general anaesthesia

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2019/08/020801

Enrollment

Registered

2019-08-21

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-10-17

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: N399- Disorder of urinary system, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: Caudal ropivacaine: Patient will be positioned in lateral decubitus position. A dry gauze swab is placed in the anal cleft to protect the anus and genitalia from disinfectants . A tria

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: pediatric patients of either sex with ASA physical status I&II, 2 to 6 yrs of age undergoing infraumbilical surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: local infection at injection site, Neurological disorders, allergy to local anaesthetic drug, sacral or vertebral abnormality, coagulopathy or anti-coagulation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Quality of analgesia by MOPS Score after administration of 0.25% caudal levobupivacaine 2. Quality of analgesia by MOPS Score after administration of 0.25% caudal ropivacaine 3. Duration of post operative analgesia by time to first rescue analgesia.Timepoint: MOPS scoring will be done every 30 minutes for 2 hours after reversal of anesthesia, then hourly till the time first rescue analgesia given	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Quality of analgesia by MOPS Score after administration of 0.25% caudal levobupivacaine 2. Quality of analgesia by MOPS Score after administration of 0.25% caudal ropivacaine 3. Duration of post operative analgesia by time to first rescue analgesia.Timepoint: MOPS scoring will be done every 30 minutes for 2 hours after reversal of anesthesia, then hourly till the time first rescue analgesia given

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
NILTimepoint: NIL	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactShashi Kumar Gupta

PGIMER & Dr RML Hospital

nagpalvijaykumar@gmail.c0m7531047685

Outcome results

None listed

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