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CTRI Number  CTRI/2017/10/010105 [Registered on: 16/10/2017] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 18/02/2021
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   A Comparative Clinical Study to Evaluate the effectiveness of DEXAMETHASONE-AGIO Injection in the treatment of severe or incapacitating allergic conditions of skin and respiratory tract 
Scientific Title of Study
Modification(s)  
A Prospective, Randomized Double Blind, Active Controlled, parallel Comparative Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of DEXAMETHASONE-AGIO (Dexamethasone sodium phosphate 4mg/ml) Injection of Agio Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Mumbai, India with DEXAMETHASONE (Dexamethasone sodium phosphate 4mg/ml) Injection of the company KRKA Slovenia in the treatment of severe or incapacitating allergic conditions of skin and respiratory tract 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
ICBio/CR/APPL/0627/76 version 01   Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr KN Mohan Rao  
Designation  HOD and Professor  
Affiliation  Rajarajeswari Medical College & Hospital 
Address  Department of TBCD Pulmonary Medicine # 202, Kambipura, Mysore Road

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560074
India 
Phone  9845270973  
Fax    
Email  kotnur.rao@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Harish s 
Designation  Director operations 
Affiliation  ICBio Clinical Research Pvt. Ltd. 
Address  #16 & 18 ICBio Tower, Yelahanka Main Road, Chikkabettahalli, Vidyaranyapura

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560 097
India 
Phone  9900111997  
Fax    
Email  harish@icbiocro.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Harish s 
Designation  Director operations 
Affiliation  ICBio Clinical Research Pvt. Ltd. 
Address  #16 & 18 ICBio Tower, Yelahanka Main Road, Chikkabettahalli, Vidyaranyapura

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560 097
India 
Phone  9900111997  
Fax    
Email  harish@icbiocro.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Agio Pharmaceuticals Ltd. A-38 Nandjyot Industrial Estate,Kurla Andheri Road, Mumbai 400072, India  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Agio Pharmaceuticals Ltd  
Address  A-38 Nandjyot Industrial Estate, Kurla Andheri Road, Mumbai 400072, 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 = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr KN Mohan Rao  Rajarajeswari Medical College & Hospital   Department of TBCD Pulmonary Medicine # 202, Kambipura, Mysore Road,
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9845270973

kotnur.rao@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Rajarajeswari Medical College & Hospital Instiutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Treatment of severe or incapacitating allergic conditions of skin and respiratory tract,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  DEXAMETHASONE (Dexamethasone sodium phosphate,4mg/ml)  Day 1 :- 8 mg IV/IM Once a day Day 2 :- 4 mg IV/IM Twice a day Day 3 :- 2 mg IV/IM Twice a day Day 4 :- 2 mg IV/IM Once a day Day 5 :- 2 mg IV/IM once a day  
Intervention  DEXAMETHASONE-AGIO solution for injection (intravenous/intramuscular injection)  Day 1 :- 8 mg IV/IM Once a day Day 2 :- 4 mg IV/IM Twice a day Day 3 :- 2 mg IV/IM Twice a day Day 4 :- 2 mg IV/IM Once a day Day 5 :- 2 mg IV/IM once a day  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Willing to provide written informed consent for participation in the study and adhere to the protocol requirements.
2. Patients with severe or incapacitating allergic conditions:
Bronchial asthma
Acute allergic bronchitis
Contact dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis
Seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis
Drug hypersensitivity reactions
Urticarial transfusion reactions
Acute noninfectious laryngeal edema
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Patients who are not willing to give written informed consent
2. A medical history of significant hypersensitivity or allergic reaction to dexamethasone or any corticosteroids.
3. Current chronic use of steroids
4. patients with smoking habit
5. Patients being treated with antibiotics
6. Participation in any clinical trials prior to 12 months
7. Current treatment with immune-suppressants (eg, cyclosporine or methotrexate)
8. Current treatment with phototherapy (UVA, UVB, PUVA and lasers)
9. Use of systemic corticosteroids in the visit to include Topical treatments at the site of lesions in the 15 days preceding the survey
10. Presence of secondary infections at the site of treatment, diagnosed clinically;
11.Presence of other eczematous diseases, such as nummular eczema, neurodermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, scabies, and Buckleys syndrome
12. Pregnant or lactating women
13. Chronic alcoholism
14. Any finding of clinical observation (clinical history or physical examination) that is interpreted by the physician investigator as a risk to the patients participation in the study.
15. History of diabetic mellitus, thyroid dysfunction
16. Current or suspected diagnosis of viral, fungal, non infectious causes of pulmonary infiltrates, lung cancer, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis,
17. History of muscle weakness
18. Severely immunocompromised patients
19. Bacteremia and systemic fungal infections, glaucoma, hypersensitivity to any of the products components, Cushing’s syndrome, gastric and duodenal ulcers, certain viral infections, i.e. varicella, herpes genita previous or current exposure to chicken pox, varicella virus and measles or have taken vaccination for the same.
20. Patients with positive serology laboratory values.
21. History of intubations for asthma or co morbidities (Chronic Lung Disease (CLD), Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), or neurologic disorders)



 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Pre-numbered or coded identical Containers 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Investigator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Patients with skin allergies
1. Percentage change in the total score of signs and symptoms
Constitute secondary signals of efficacy including excoriation,oozing,crusting and lichenification.
Patients with respiratory allergies
1. The time from study entry to respiratory distress with 5 days of treatment
2.wheezing and Retraction of muscles along with Respiratory rate and oxygen saturation score of 0 to 3
3. The duration of oxygen therapy  
Baseline to End of Treatment  
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Arm 1 (Patients with skin allergies):Adverse events
Arm 2 (Patients with respiratory allergies):Adverse events
 
Baseline to End of treatment  
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "60"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="60" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   25/10/2017 
Date of Study Completion (India) 18/09/2019 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="0"
Days="17" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   None Yet  
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary
Modification(s)  
A prospective randomised Double blind active controlled parallel comparative clinical study to Evaluate the efficacy and safety of Dexamethasone Agio injection of AGIO Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Mumbai with Dexamethason Injection of KRKA Slovenia  in the treatment of severe or incapcitating  allergic conditions of skin and respiratory tract

Duration Of the study for 17 days

Total Number of Subjects 60
 
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