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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/11/077473 [Registered on: 28/11/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 28/11/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cross Sectional Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Eye changes review in Eye tissue  
Scientific Title of Study   Multi-omics Strategies to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Uveitis LOTUS – Leveraging Ocular Tissues in Uveitis Study 
Trial Acronym  LOTUS 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Rathinam Sivakumar  
Designation  Chief Uvea Services  
Affiliation  Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology 
Address  Uvea Services Room No 250 Second Floor
OPD Block No1 Anna Nagar
Madurai
TAMIL NADU
625020
India 
Phone  914524356100  
Fax  914522530984  
Email  rathinam@aravind.org  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Rathinam Sivakumar  
Designation  Chief Uvea Services  
Affiliation  Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology 
Address  Uvea Services Room No 250 Second Floor
OPD Block No1 Anna Nagar
Madurai
TAMIL NADU
625020
India 
Phone  914524356100  
Fax  914522530984  
Email  rathinam@aravind.org  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Rathinam Sivakumar  
Designation  Chief Uvea Services  
Affiliation  Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology 
Address  Uvea Services Room No 250 Second Floor
OPD Block No1 Anna Nagar
Madurai
TAMIL NADU
625020
India 
Phone  914524356100  
Fax  914522530984  
Email  rathinam@aravind.org  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Proctor Foundation University of California San Francisco 490 Illinois Street Floor 2 San Francisco CA 94158 USA 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Proctor Foundation University of California 
Address  Proctor Foundation University of California San Francisco 490 Illinois Street Floor 2 San Francisco CA 94158 USA 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution and hospital 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
Nil  Nil 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India
United States of America  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Rathinam Sivakumar  Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology  Uvea Services Room No 250 Second Floor OPD Block No1 Anna Nagar
Madurai
TAMIL NADU 
914524356100
914522530984
rathinam@aravind.org 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Aravind Eye Hospital, Institutional Ethics Committee   Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: H578||Other specified disorders of eye and adnexa,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Nil  Not applicable 
Comparator Agent  Nil  Not Applicable 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  2.00 Year(s)
Age To  80.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Intraocular samples
a) Presumed active infectious uveitis
b) Endophthalmitis
c) Unilateral or Bilateral
Tear samples
a) Active or inactive uveitis
b) Unilateral or Bilateral


 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Intraocular samples
a) Insufficient sample size
b) Inability to give consent
Tear samples
a) Inability to give consent 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Correct identification of the pathogen will change the treatment modality  3 months  
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Nil  Not applicable 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="600"
Sample Size from India="300" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   10/12/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  01/05/2024 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="4"
Months="11"
Days="30" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Open to Recruitment 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
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  

LOTUS is a study that combines multimodality molecular approaches to improve the diagnosis of uveitis by characterizing pathogens, host transcriptomes, the proteome and metaboite signatures in uveitis.

 
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