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Trial name or title	Non‐analgesic benefits of combined thoracic epidural analgesia in elderly off‐pump coronary artery bypass grafting patients
Methods	Randomized by sealed opaque envelope; blinded participants
Participants	Participants undergoing off‐pump coronary artery bypass grafting Inclusion criteria: comorbidities Exclusion criteria: patient refusal, signs of infection over the spine, coagulation disorders, on antiplatelet agent, low‐molecular‐weight heparin or heparin infusion, emergency cases, unstable angina, left main stem disease, dysrhythmias, on steroids, undergoing combined procedures, on intra‐aortic, balloon pulsation, on rosuvastatin
Interventions	Intervention: epidural analgesia (5 to 15 mL of ropivacaine 0.75% followed by 6 to 14 mL as an infusion) Comparator: unspecified
Outcomes	1. Stress response 2. Hypercoagulability
Starting date	Registered: 27 April 2012 Last refreshed: 14 January 2019 Status: opened to recruitment
Contact information	Dr. Bhanu Prakash Medanta ‐ The Medicity, Sec‐38, Haryana, Gurgaon, 122001, Sonipat, Hatyana, India Email: doctorbhanu@yahoo.in
Notes	Found 6 February 2019 Funded by Industry (AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd,, Avishkar, PB No. 2483, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560024)