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CTRI Number  CTRI/2018/08/015526 [Registered on: 29/08/2018] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 27/08/2018
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Ayurveda 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Clinical trial for prevent platelet fall in dengue infection  
Scientific Title of Study   A Multi-centric, Double blind, Prospective, Placebo controlled, Randomized, observational study to evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Carica Papaya Leaf Extract (CARIMAX), as empirical therapy for prevent Thrombocytopenia associated with Dengue Fever 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  DrNagabhushan KH 
Designation  Director - Innovation and Implementation 
Affiliation  Katra Phytochem Pvt ltd 
Address  Katra Phytochem Pvt ltd Unit : No. 7, A-1, Attibele Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Dist. India

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
562107
India 
Phone  7026242388  
Fax    
Email  nagabhushandr@katraphyto.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DrNagabhushan KH 
Designation  Director - Innovation and Implementation 
Affiliation  Katra Phytochem Pvt ltd 
Address  Katra Phytochem Pvt ltd Unit : No. 7, A-1, Attibele Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Dist. India

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
562107
India 
Phone  7026242388  
Fax    
Email  nagabhushandr@katraphyto.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  DrNagabhushan KH 
Designation  Director - Innovation and Implementation 
Affiliation  Katra Phytochem Pvt ltd 
Address  Katra Phytochem Pvt ltd Unit : No. 7, A-1, Attibele Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Dist. India

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
562107
India 
Phone  7026242388  
Fax    
Email  nagabhushandr@katraphyto.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Katra Phytochem (India) Pvt Ltd 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Katra Phytochem Pvt ltd 
Address  Plant No. 7, A-1, Attibele Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore District - 562107 Karnataka, 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 
DrS Poorna prasad  Shettys Hospital  Plot No. 11 & 12, 12th F Main Road, Kaveri Nagar, Bommanahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560068
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9741941064

drpoorna.prasad01@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Shettys hospital Ethics committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Dengue patients,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  CARIMAX (Papaya leaf extract 1100mg)  three times daily (TID) Total duration : 5 days Route: by orally  
Comparator Agent  Placebo   Three times daily (TID)  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Patients who were confirmed to have DF or DHF grade I and II,
2. Subjects must sign with date an Informed Consent (ICF) prior to any evaluation and participation in the trial,
3. Male and female patients above 18 years and below 60 years old,
4. Patients with a baseline alanine transaminase (ALT) level of not more than 3 times of the upper limit of the normal range (not more than 165 U/L),
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Pregnant or lactating women,
2. Patients with Dengue hemorrhagic fever grade III and IV,
3. Patients with platelet count less than 20000/microlitre
4. Patients with thrombocytopenia presenting with active bleeding
5. Patients who have received blood or blood products transfusion during the current illness or during past one week,
6. Patients with thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP), Leukemia, Hemophilia or bleeding diathesis
7. Patients who developed Hepatitis with a serum ALT level 3 times higher than the upper limit of the normal range (>165 U/L).
8. Impaired renal function with serum creatinine >1.5 mg/dl(males) and >1.4 mg/dl(females)
9. Participation in another trial with another investigational drug within 1 month prior to informed consent.
10. The presence of any other condition that leads the investigator to conclude that the patient is inappropriate for inclusion in the clinical study
11. Hypersensitivity to any of the components of the investigational formulation.

 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   On-site computer system 
Blinding/Masking   Double Blind Double Dummy 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Increase in the platelet counts from the baseline levels to the end of therapy  Day 1, Day 2,Day 3,,Day 4 and Day 5  
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Change in the RBC levels from the baseline levels till the end of therapy
Change in WBC levels from the baseline levels till the end of therapy
Change in the Haematocrit levels from the baseline levels to the end of therapy
Comparison of incidence and rate of adverse events occurred between the two arms to evaluate the safety and tolerability
 
Day 1, Day 2,Day 3,,Day 4 and Day 5

 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
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   Post Marketing Surveillance 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   30/08/2018 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   Not yet decided  
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary   Carica papayaleaf extract has attracted attentions because of the promising results shown from the various studies conducted in South East Asian countries on the effectiveness of carica papayaleaf extract on increasing the platelet counts in patients with thrombocytopenia associated with Dengue. This trial is designed as Multi-centric, double blind, placebo controlled, Randomized, Prospective study in patients aged 18 years and above and having thrombocytopenia associated with dengue fever 
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