CTRI Number |
CTRI/2020/06/025590 [Registered on: 03/06/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively |
Last Modified On: |
16/10/2020 |
Post Graduate Thesis |
No |
Type of Trial |
Interventional |
Type of Study
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Ayurveda |
Study Design |
Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial |
Public Title of Study
Modification(s)
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A clinical trial to evaluate safety and efficacy of polyherbal capsule Astha-15 used as an add on therapy with standard care of therapy as an immunity booster in the suspected and COVID-19 diagnosed patients. |
Scientific Title of Study
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A Multi-centric, Double blind, Randomized, Comparative, Parallel-group, Placebo-controlled,
Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of polyherbal capsule
Astha-15 used as an add on therapy with standard care of therapy as an immunity booster, anti-cough, expectorant, anti inflammatory, cardio-protective, hepato-protective, broncho-protective in the suspected and COVID-19 diagnosed patients. |
Secondary IDs if Any
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Secondary ID |
Registry |
DAL/CT/001/AST/2020 Version No. 1.0, dated 23rd April 2020 |
Protocol Number |
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Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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Name |
Mukesh Kumar |
Address |
A-19, 1st floor, Street No.-3, Gurunanak Pura, Laxmi Nagar
East DELHI 110092 India |
Phone |
9873038019 |
Fax |
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Email |
mukesh@rahelife.com |
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Details Contact Person Scientific Query
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Name |
Mukesh Kumar |
Address |
A-19, 1st floor, Street No.-3, Gurunanak Pura, Laxmi Nagar
East DELHI 110092 India |
Phone |
9873038019 |
Fax |
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Email |
mukesh@rahelife.com |
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Details Contact Person Public Query
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Name |
Mukesh Kumar |
Address |
A-19, 1st floor, Street No.-3, Gurunanak Pura, Laxmi Nagar
East DELHI 110092 India |
Phone |
9873038019 |
Fax |
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Email |
mukesh@rahelife.com |
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Source of Monetary or Material Support
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Dalmia Centre for Research and Development |
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Primary Sponsor
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Name |
Dalmia Centre for Research and Development |
Address |
2nd Floor, A-48, Phase 1, Sector-2, Noida,
Uttar Pradesh-201301, India |
Type of Sponsor |
Pharmaceutical industry-Indian |
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Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Countries of Recruitment
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India |
Sites of Study
Modification(s)
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No of Sites = 4 |
Contact Person |
Name of Site |
Site Address |
Phone/Fax/Email |
Dr A Gopal Rao |
Government Medical College & Government General Hospital (Old RIMSGGH) |
Department of General Medicine, Srikakulam-532001, Andhra Pradesh Srikakulam |
9440122790
drgopalraoa@gmail.com |
Dr Amulya Bhati |
Jaipur National University Institute for Medical Sciences and Research |
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jagatpura, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302017 Jaipur |
7597562146
advisoroffice@jnujaipur.ac.in |
Dr Vinod Kumar |
Maulana Azad Medical College |
Department of Orthopedics, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 Central |
9968604321
drvk706@gmail.com |
Dr Prastita P Kshirsagar |
Rajiv Gandhi Medical College & Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital |
Department of Medicine, Old Thane, Belapur road, Kalwa, Thane- 400605 Thane |
9867936579
prasitapk@yahoo.co.in |
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Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)
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No of Ethics Committees= 4 |
Name of Committee |
Approval Status |
Institutional Clinical Ethics Committee, Rajiv Gandhi Medical College & Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital |
Approved |
Institutional Ethics Committee, Government Medical College & Government General Hospital (Old RIMSGGH) |
Approved |
Institutional Ethics Committee, JNUIMSRC |
Approved |
Institutional Ethics Committee, Maulana Azad Medical College |
Submittted/Under Review |
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Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
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Health Condition / Problems Studied
Modification(s)
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Health Type |
Condition |
Patients |
Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere |
Patients |
Diseases of the respiratory system |
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Intervention / Comparator Agent
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Type |
Name |
Details |
Intervention |
Astha-15 capsule |
Two capsules to be taken orally twice a day.
Two capsules after breakfast and two capsules after dinner with standard care of therapy |
Comparator Agent |
Placebo |
Two capsules to be taken orally twice a day. Two capsules after breakfast and two capsules after dinner with standard care of therapy |
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Inclusion Criteria
Modification(s)
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Age From |
18.00 Year(s) |
Age To |
50.00 Year(s) |
Gender |
Both |
Details |
1. Subject who agrees for giving informed consent and provide signed and dated written IEC/IRB approved Informed Consent Form (ICF) prior to initiation of any study procedures.
2. Non-ICU patients suspected and diagnosed of COVID-19 diseases (In hospital isolation / quarantine ward).
3. Subjects having stable common respiratory associated disorders like Flu & common cold, allergic rhinitis, asthma and COPD. |
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ExclusionCriteria |
Details |
1. Subjects who are not able to or not willing to sign an IRB/IEC approved consent
form.
2. Subject with positive pregnancy test as confirmed by urine dipstick test and who is planning to become pregnant within the study duration/lactating mothers.
3. Patients having psychiatric, musculoskeletal or cardiovascular diseases.
4. Patients suffering from concurrent systemic diseases, with cardiopulmonary tuberculosis, pulmonary eosinophilia, bronchiectasis, cancer, congestive heart failure, hepatic dysfunction, neurological disorders and diarrhoeal disorders.
5. Patients having a haemoglobin level <10 g/dl.
6. Patients having serious or unstable respiratory and its associated disorders.
7. Use of systemic corticosteroid therapy (this may affect peripheral muscle function).
8. Thyrotoxicosis, or diabetes treated with insulin.
9. Subjects having BMI less than 18. |
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Method of Generating Random Sequence
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Other |
Method of Concealment
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Blinding/Masking
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Participant, Investigator and Outcome Assessor Blinded |
Primary Outcome
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Outcome |
TimePoints |
1. Changes in scores of the St. George Respiratory Questionnaire from baseline to EOT visit.
2. Changes in scores of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire from baseline to EOT visit. |
Day -2 to -1, Day 1, Day 14, Day 28 (End of Treatment), Day 35 (Follow-up) |
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Secondary Outcome
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Outcome |
TimePoints |
1. Changes in scores of Quality of life Questionnaire from baseline to EOT visit.
2. Evaluation and comparison of subjects of both group not attaining ICU rather gaining potential to get recovered during the study treatment. |
Day -2 to -1, Day 1, Day 14, Day 28 (End of Treatment), Day 35 (Follow-up) |
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Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="120" Sample Size from India="120" |
Phase of Trial
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Phase 3 |
Date of First Enrollment (India)
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08/06/2020 |
Date of First Enrollment (Global) |
No Date Specified |
Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="0" Months="6" Days="0" |
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)
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Not Applicable |
Recruitment Status of Trial (India) |
Completed |
Publication Details
Modification(s)
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Nil |
Brief Summary
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This is a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, multi-centric clinical trial comparing the efficacy and safety of Astha-15 (polyherbal capsule) and placebo on subjects suspected and/or diagnosed with COVID-19. Two capsules twice a day for 28 days will be taken orally. Follow-up will be done 7 days after the End treatment visit (EOT) visit. The primary outcomes will be measured by St. George Respiratory Questionnaire and Leicester Cough Questionnaire from baseline to EOT. The secondary outcomes will be measured by Quality of Life (QOL) Questionnaire from baseline to EOT and evaluating rate of subjects of both groups not attaining ICU rather gaining potential to get recovered during the treatment. |