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CTRI Number  CTRI/2010/091/000349 [Registered on: 21/01/2011]
Last Modified On: 22/02/2013
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study
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Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study
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A clinical trial to evaluate the clinical effects on safety and efficacy of Kremezin® on suppression of progression of Chronic Renal Failure. 
Scientific Title of Study
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A randomized, multicentre, parallel, open label, active controlled, phase III study to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Kremezin® on suppression of Progression of Chronic Renal Failure 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any
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Secondary ID  Identifier 
KR-09-03  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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Name  Dr Deepali Mittal 
Designation   
Affiliation   
Address  LG House, Plot no 11
Sector 44
Gurgaon
HARYANA
122001
India 
Phone  0124-4830000  
Fax  0124-4001146  
Email  deepali.mittal@lglsi.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query

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Name  Dr Deepali Mittal 
Designation   
Affiliation  Project Leader 
Address  LG House, Plot no 11
Sector 44
Gurgaon
HARYANA
122001
India 
Phone  0124-4830000  
Fax  0124-4001146  
Email  deepali.mittal@lglsi.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query

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Name  Dr Deepali Mittal 
Designation   
Affiliation  Project Leader 
Address  LG House, Plot no 11
Sector 44
Gurgaon
HARYANA
122 001
India 
Phone  0124-4830000  
Fax  0124-4001146  
Email  deepali.mittal@lglsi.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support
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LG Life Sciences India Pvt Ltd 
 
Primary Sponsor
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Name  LG Life Sciences India Pvt Ltd 
Address  Plot no 11, Sector 44, Gurgaon 122001 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Global 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Name  Address 
Nil   
None   
 
Countries of Recruitment
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  India  
Sites of Study
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No of Sites = 16  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr. Pradeep Salgia  9/5, Manoramaganj,   Opp St.Paul Primary School,,-452001
Indore
MADHYA PRADESH 
0731-2528090

psalgia@sancharnet.in 
Dr Deepak Dewan  Ajanta Research Centre  Ajanta Research Centre, Ajanta Hospital and IVF Centre, 765, ABC Complex, Kanpur Road, Alambagh, Lucknow 226005
Lucknow
UTTAR PRADESH 
91522401139
91522410101
drdeepakdewan@rediffmail.com 
Dr. Sanjay Agarwal  All India Institute of Medical Sciences,   Ansari Nagar,,-110029
New Delhi
DELHI 
011-26593292/26594911

skagarwal58@yahoo.co.in 
Dr. Soma Sekhar  Apollo hospitals  jubilee Hills,-500 033
Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH 
09391384659

hyd@aherf.smo.org 
Dr. Rajesh Bharani  Bombay Hospital  Ring Road,-452010
Indore
MADHYA PRADESH 
9826082202

rajeshbharani@yahoo.co.in 
Dr. Ashwini Kumar Khandekar  Care Hospital,  3, Farmland,,Panchsheel Square, Ramdaspeth-440010
Nagpur
MAHARASHTRA 
0712-3012021, 3012022, 3012023

aakhandekar@gmail.com 
Dr. Rubina Vora  CHL Apollo Hospitals  A.B. Road, ,Near L.I.G. Triangle-452008
Indore
MADHYA PRADESH 
0731 4072550

rubina.vohra@gmail.com 
Dr. Sundar  Columbia Asia Referral Hospital Yeshwantpur  Next to Metro,malleswaram West-560055
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
080-29898969

ssundar99@hotmail.com 
Dr. Dinesh Jain  Dayanand Medical College & Hospital  New tagore nagar,Civil lines-1441001
Ludhiana
PUNJAB 
0161-2303263, 5024533

drjaindinesh@yahoo.co.in 
Dr. Sandeep Kumar Gupta  M.V. Hospital & Research Centre  314/30,Mirza Mandi Chowk-226003
Lucknow
UTTAR PRADESH 
09415026054

sandeepkumar.gupta@rediffmail.com 
Dr. Bhushan Raju  Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences  Panjagutta,-500082
Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH 
09848492951

sreebhushan@hotmail.com 
Dr. Ravi Bansal  Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute,   Sheikh Sarai-II,,-110017
New Delhi
DELHI 
011- 30611700

dr_ravibansal@yahoo.com 
Dr. Narayan Prasad  sanjaya Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of medical Sciences  Dept of Nephrology,Raebarelli Road-226014
Lucknow
UTTAR PRADESH 
0522-2668004-2668008

narayan@sgpgi.ac.in 
Dr. Alok Jain  SEAROC Cancer Centre  S K Sony Hospital, Sector - 5,Vidhyadhar Nagar-302013
Jaipur
RAJASTHAN 
9829696995

drjainalok@gmail.com 
Dr. J B Gupta  SR Kalla Memorial Hospital,  78, Dhuleshwar Garden,,Behind HSBC Bank, Sardar Patel Marg, C Scheme,-302001
Jaipur
RAJASTHAN 
09829414680

drjbgupta@gmail.com 
Dr. Gokulnath  St. John Medical College & Hospital  Sarjapur Road,-560034
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
080-22065301

gokul_neph@yahoo.co.uk; sjmch_nephro@yahoo.com.ph 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
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No of Ethics Committees= 15  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Bioethics Forum of Lucknow  Approved 
Ethics Committee, Apollo Hospitals, (Apollo Health City), Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad- 500096   Approved 
Institutional Ethical Review Board, Ground Floor, St. Johns Medical College, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore- 560034  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Commitee, Columbia Asia Hospitals, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital- Yeshwanthpur, #26/1, Brigade Gateway, Beside Metro, Malleshwaram, West, Bangalore- 560055  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Bombay Hospital, Ring Road Indore-452010  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, care Hospital, Hyderabad  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, CHL Apollo Hospitals, A.B Road, Near L.I.G Triangle, Indore-452008.   Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, New Tagore Nagar. Civil Lines, Ludhiana-141001 Ludhiana  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, M.V. Hospital & Research Centre, 314/30, Mirza Mandi Chowk, Lucknow, UP- 226003  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute, Sheikh Sarai-II,New Delhi-17  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Sanjaya Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Dept. of Nephrology, Raebareli Road, Lucknow-226014, UP  Approved 
SEAROC Ethics Committee, SEAROC Cancer Centre, S K Sony Hospital, Sector-5, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur- 302013  Approved 
SR Kalla Memorial Ethics Committee for Human research, 78, Dhuleshwar Garden, Behind HSBC Bank, Sardar Patel Marg, C Scheme, Jaipur- 302001  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
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Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied
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Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Chronic Kidney Disease stage 3 and 4,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent
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Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Kremezin(study drug)  Dose-3 sachets (2 gm/each)per day. Duration: 12 months 
Comparator Agent  Standard-of-care therapy (conservative treatment)   
 
Inclusion Criteria
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Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  70.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  A. Outpatients only of either sex of 18-70 years
B. CKD Stage 3, 4 (GFR by Cockcroft Gault equation 15-59 mL/min 1.73M2)
C. Blood pressure that is well controlled during the observation period
D. Willing and able to give informed consent and comply with study procedures. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Received any investigational agent or participated in a clinical study with the previous 2 months 2. History of gastrointestinal disease (active gastric ulcer, inflammatory bowel diseases,hiatal hernia, active peptic ulcer, or severe GI dysmotility) 3. Obstructive urologic disease and other reversible kidney diseases 4. Chronic kidney disease due to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease 5. Severe nephrotic syndrome defined as a ratio of urinary total protein to urinary creatinine (both components measured as mg/dl or other like units) of > 6.0 as measured on a spot void. 6. History of previous kidney transplant 7. History of recent (within the past 1 month) accelerated or malignant hypertension 8. Heart failure (NYHA III-IV), uncontrolled arrhythmia, unstable angina or severe cardiac disease within the past 6 months 9. Liver cirrhosis 10. Patients with active infection, uncontrolled inflammatory disease 11. Progressive malignant disease 12. Cerebral infarction and intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months , except transient ischemic attack (TIA) 13. Uncontrolled blood sugar (HbA1c > 9%) 14. Severe anaemia, Hb <7 g/dL 15. ALT or AST > 2.5 times the upper limit of normal Life expectancy less than 12 months at the point of Randomization 16. Received immunosuppressive therapy (including systemic corticosteroids for more than 5days at a daily dose in excess of 0.1 mg/kg, prednisolone equivalent) in the past 3 months, or anticipated to require such treatment during the study course.Pregnant patients and willing to bear child during study. 17. Patient with marked changes in diseases status such as cases with abnormally high levels of blood pressure (diastolic pressure 120 mm Hg or over) or unstable levels, 18. Patients judged as inadequate subjects for the study by investigators such as those with markedly poor self-management. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence
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Stratified randomization 
Method of Concealment
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Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking
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Open Label 
Primary Outcome
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Outcome  TimePoints 
Improvement rating of the change of 1/ Cr (creatinine) with time in the two groups. The improvement ratings will be determined the ratio of greater than 1 as improved, the ratio equal to 1 as unchanged and the ratio lesser than 1 as aggravated.  Observation period (-24 weeks) to treatment period (48 weeks) 
 
Secondary Outcome
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Outcome  TimePoints 
Improvement rating of uremic symptoms such as anorexia, halitosis, nausea and pruritis from baseline in the two groups, according to the 3 - Grade criteria viz. Improved, Unchanged and Aggravated  48 weeks 
 
Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="232"
Sample Size from India="232" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= ""
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="" 
Phase of Trial
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Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)
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01/11/2010 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="2"
Months="9"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
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Completed 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details
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Not applicable 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary
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This clinical study is a randomised, parallel,active controlled, open label,phase III multicenter trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of Kremezin® upon administration of 6gm/ day alongwith the standard care of therapy for 48 weeks on 232 subjects with progression of chronic kidney disease of stage 3 and 4.The primary outcome measures Improvement rating of the change of 1/ Cr (creatinine) with time period from screenng to the end of treatment schedule in the two groups. The improvement rating of uremic symptoms such as anorexia, halitosis, nausea and pruritis from baseline in the two groups,from the period of screening to end of treatment schedule, according to the 3 - Grade criteria viz. Improved, Unchanged and Aggravated. 
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