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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/12/077666 [Registered on: 04/12/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 04/12/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  PMS 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   To Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Inosine Pranobex Tablets in Patients with Influenza and Other Acute Respiratory Viral Infections. 
Scientific Title of Study   A Phase IV, Prospective, Multi-centre, Open label, Randomized Two-Arm Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Inosine Pranobex 500 and 1000 mg Tablets Manufactured by Themis Medicare Ltd in Patients with Influenza and Other Acute Respiratory Viral Infections. 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
TML/IAD/05, Version 01, Dated 06 October 2023  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Balaji More 
Designation  Vice President - Medical 
Affiliation  Themis Medicare Limited 
Address  11/12, Udyog Nagar, S. V. Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai – 400104, Maharashtra, India.
11/12, Udyog Nagar, S. V. Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai – 400104, Maharashtra, India.
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400104
India 
Phone  8452959225  
Fax    
Email  balaji.more@themismedicare.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Balaji More 
Designation  Vice President - Medical 
Affiliation  Themis Medicare Limited 
Address  11/12, Udyog Nagar, S. V. Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai – 400104, Maharashtra, India
11/12, Udyog Nagar, S. V. Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai – 400104, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400104
India 
Phone  8452959225  
Fax    
Email  balaji.more@themismedicare.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Balaji More 
Designation  Vice President - Medical 
Affiliation  Themis Medicare Limited 
Address  11/12, Udyog Nagar, S. V. Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai – 400104, Maharashtra, India
11/12, Udyog Nagar, S. V. Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai – 400104, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400104
India 
Phone  8452959225  
Fax    
Email  balaji.more@themismedicare.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Themis Medicare Limited, 11/12, Udyog Nagar, S. V. Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai – 400104, Maharashtra, India. 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Themis Medicare Limited 
Address  11/12 Udyog Nagar, Goregaon (West),Mumbai-400104, Maharashtra, India. 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Indian 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 5  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Dilip Kadam  Care Multispeciality Hospital  Department of General Medicine, Care Multispecialty Hospital, Kotle Arcade, Pune- Nagar Road ,Wagholi,Pune-412207, Maharashtra, India.
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
7066115411

dr.dilipkadam12@gmail.com 
Dr Biswaroop Mukherjee  Kasturi Das Memorial Superspeciality Hospital  Department of General Medicine, Kasturi Das Memorial Superspeciality Hospital, A Unit of Dishari Health Point Pvt Ltd Holding No. - B1-38/1/New Santoshpur, Block-B, Road Bye Lane -1, P.O. - Santoshpur (M), P.S. - Maheshtala, Kolkata 700142, India.
Kolkata
WEST BENGAL 
9830839636

bm11235@gmail.com 
Dr A Gopal Rao  Medigene Multispeciality Hospital Private limited (Akshaya Hospital)  Department of Internal Medicine, Medigene Multispeciality Hospital Private limited (Akshaya Hospital), D.No.43-9-201, Sy No.321-323, Railway New Colony, Visakhapatnam-530016, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Visakhapatnam
ANDHRA PRADESH 
9440122790

drgopalraoa@gmail.com 
Dr Nutan Agrawal  MLB Medical College and Hospital  Department of General Medicine, MLB Medical College and Hospital, Kanpur Road, Jhansi-284128, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Jhansi
UTTAR PRADESH 
9839789378

dr_nutan_agrawal@yahoo.com 
Dr Suresh Raparthy  St. Ann’s Cancer and General Hospital  Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St. Ann’s Cancer and General Hospital, 24-7-5, Fathima Nagar, Darga Kzp Road, Kazipet, Hanamkonda, Telangana 506004, India.
Warangal
TELANGANA 
9963060098

drsuresh.krcwgl@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 5  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Care Multispeciality Hospital, Institutional Ethics Committee, Kotle Arcade, Pune- Nagar Road ,Wagholi,Pune-412207, Maharashtra, India  Approved 
Ethics Committee , MLB Medical College and Associated Hospital,Kanpur Road, Jhansi-(UP)284128  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee Medigene Multispeciality Hospital Private Limited D.No.43-9-201, Sy No.321-323 Railway New Colony, Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh - 530016 India  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee,Kasturi Das Memorial Superspeciality Hospital, A Unit of Dishari Health Point Pvt Ltd Holding No. - B1-38/1/New Santoshpur, Block-B, Road Bye Lane -1, P.O. - Santoshpur (M), P.S. - Maheshtala, Kolkata 700142.   Approved 
St Anns Institutional Ethics Committee (SAIEC), Fathima Nagar, Kazipet, Warangal urban, Telangana-506004.  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: J069||Acute upper respiratory infection,unspecified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Viralex® (Inosine Pranobex)  Viralex® (Inosine Pranobex 1000 mg tablets), Route: Oral. Frequency: Two times daily for 7 days. 
Intervention  Viralex® (Inosine Pranobex)  Viralex® (Inosine Pranobex 500 mg tablets), Route: Oral. Frequency: Three times daily for 7 days. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  12.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Male or Female subjects greater than or equal to 12 to less than or equal to 65 years of age presenting with clinical signs and symptoms indicating influenza and or other acute respiratory viral infections.
Signs and symptoms of influenza can include some or all of these symptoms: fever or feeling feverish, chills, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headache, fatigue (tiredness), and sometimes diarrhoea or vomiting.
Signs and symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections: Body temperature greater than or equal to 100 degree Fahrenheit, plus or minus At least one respiratory symptom (cough, sore throat, or nasal obstruction) plus or minus At least one constitutional symptom (fatigue, headache, myalgia, or feverishness)
2. Agreeing to provide informed consent (by the parents or legally acceptable or authorized representative (LAR) and assent (written assent for 12 to 17 year old children), as required, prior to study enrolment and to comply with study procedures
3. Subjects agreeing not to participate in another clinical trial during the study period.
4. Compliance with the treatment regimen, visits and laboratory examinations provided by the protocol.
5. Women of childbearing potential must agree to either abstinence or use at least one primary form of contraception not including hormonal contraception from the time of screening through Day 28.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Subjects with known hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of the Inosine Pranobex.
2. Subject with a history of gout or hyperuricemia (serum uric acid level greater than 8 mg per dl).
3. Subjects with signs, symptoms or having laboratory results suggestive of bacterial etiology.
4. Subject requiring mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation at screening.
5. Subjects who are undergoing treatment with xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol) or uricosuric agents or treatment with thiazide (for example hydrochlorothiazide, chlorthalidone, and indapamide) or loop diuretics (for example furosemide, torsemide, and ethacrynic acid).
6. Subject with a history of renal or hepatic impairment.
7. Any subject who had received more than 1 dose of influenza antiviral medication (for example, oseltamivir or zanamivir), or any dose of ribavirin within 2 weeks, prior to the first study drug intake, or received intravenous peramivir greater than 1 day prior to screening.
8. Subjects with any serious disease condition or disorder that in the opinion of the investigator should preclude participation.
9. Female subjects with known pregnancy or actively breastfeeding.
10. Subjects with exacerbated or decompensated chronic diseases affecting the participants ability to participate in the clinical trial.
11. Subjects with malabsorption syndrome, including congenital or acquired conditions.
12. Subjects with a history of bronchial asthma.
13. Subjects with a history of convulsion or epilepsy.
14. Subjects with severe decompensated or unstable somatic diseases (any diseases or conditions that are life-threatening or may worsen the subjects prognosis, and make him or her ineligible for the clinical study).
15. Subjects with compromised hepatic or renal function, as shown by but not limited to baseline AST or ALT 3 times the upper limit of the normal range, serum creatinine greater than or equal 2.0 mg per dl and or BUN greater than or equal 30 mg per dl, respectively.
16. Subjects with a history of oncological diseases, HIV, tuberculosis.
17. Subjects who received antiviral medications in 7 days prior to screening (antiviral agents, interferons and interferon inducers, drugs that have immunomodulating action) or anti-infective agents of systemic or local action.
18. Subjects having difficulty in dosing or consuming the oral medication or with any condition, which in the opinion of the investigators makes the subject unsuitable for inclusion. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Stratified block randomization 
Method of Concealment   An Open list of random numbers 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
The proportion of subjects reporting treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) at EOS.  Day 10, End of Study 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. The proportion of subjects reporting SAEs at End of the study
2. Tolerability and efficacy on clinical Global Impression Scale
3. The time to resolution of all influenza-like symptoms present at baseline to none (i.e., a score of 0, defined as the complete absence of symptoms, on the influenza-like symptoms assessment scale)
4. Time to resolution of respiratory symptoms (cough, sore throat, and nasal obstruction); time to absence of fever (oral temperature of ≤99.5°F for at least 2 consecutive readings that were at least 12 h apart); time to resumption of normal activity (i.e., a score of 0 on daily activities assessment scale)
5. Change in the symptom scores (influenza-like symptoms and respiratory symptoms) form baseline to end of treatment 
Baseline, Day 8, Day 10 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="200"
Sample Size from India="200" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "200"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="200" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   16/12/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) 29/03/2025 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   This is a Phase IV, prospective, open-label, multi-centre phase randomized controlled trial of Viralex® 500mg and Viralex® 1000mg tablets in subjects with Influenza and other acute respiratory viral Infections as per the marketing authorization in India for assessment of safety and efficacy. The subjects will be randomized to receive either Inosine Pranobex 500 mg tablet or Inosine Pranobex 1000 mg tablets in a 1:1 ratio, in doses and duration as defined in this study protocol. 
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