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COMPARISON OF DURATION OF POST OP ANALGESIA IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING INFRA UMBILICAL SURGERIES WITH DEXMEDETOMIDINE AS AN ADJUVANT TO INTRATHECAL LEVOBUPIVACAINE OR ROPIVACAINE.

EFFICACY OF INTRATHECAL DEXMEDETOMIDINE AS AN ADJUVANT TO ISOBARIC ROPIVACAINE IN COMPARISON WITH LEVOBUPIVACAINE ON SUBARACHNOID BLOCK CHARACTERISTICS IN INFRAUMBILIAL SURGERIES

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/10/037156
Enrollment
60
Registered
2021-10-07
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: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Dexmedetomidine Levobupivacaine Isobaric Ropivacaine: GROUP 1-2.6 cc of 0.5% levobupivacaine combined with 5 mcg of inj.Dexmedetomidine GROUP 2-2.6 cc of 0.75% ropivacaine combined with

Sponsors

Department of anaesthesiology
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients of 18-60 years of age group belonging to ASA 1 and 2 physical status posted for elective lower abdominal surgeries under SAB

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with known allergy to local anesthetic drugs Patients with local infection Patients with documented neuromuscular diseases Patients with respiratory compromise Patients with history of bleeding disorders or patients on anticoagulant therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Onset of blockade- sensory and motor blockade 2. Duration of the blockade- sensory and motor blockade 3. To assess the hemodynamic stability in both the groups Timepoint: dermatomal levels tested every 1 minute until the highest level is achieved for two consecutive tests and every 15 minutes until the point of two segment of the block.Ramsay sedation score and modified bromage score every 1 minute till the score 3 was achieved and thereafter every 15 minutes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
time for rescue analgesia adverse eventsTimepoint: Postoperatively vital parameters will be recorded hourly for the first two hours and then two hourly for the next eight hours. The time for rescue analgesia is recorded and treated with inj. Paracetamol 1gm iv infusion.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Deepa T

department of anaesthesiology sapthagiri institute of medical sciences bangalore

raagaranjani@gmail.com9902328830

Outcome results

None listed

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