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CTRI Number  CTRI/2009/091/000058 [Registered on: 13/03/2009]
Last Modified On: 26/12/2019
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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Comparing the treatments of Two Different Lipid preparations of Amphotericin B for the treatment of Kala Azar 
Scientific Title of Study
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A Prospective, Multicentric, Randomized, Two Arm, Open Label Phase III Study To Assess Efficacy And Safety Of Infusion Of Amphomul® (Amphotericin B Emulsion) As Compared To AmBisome In Patients Of Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala Azar) 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any
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Secondary ID  Identifier 
BSV-AMBE-III-KA-0908  Protocol Number 
NCT00876824  ClinicalTrials.gov 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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Name  Dr Gautam Daftary 
Designation  Managing Director 
Affiliation  Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd. 
Address  Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd, 17th floor, Hoechst House, Nariman Point

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400021
India 
Phone  02266560925  
Fax  02266560901  
Email  gautam.daftary@bharatserums.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query

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Name  Dr Gautam Daftary 
Designation  Managing Director 
Affiliation  Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd. 
Address  Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd, 17th floor, Hoechst House, Nariman Point

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400021
India 
Phone  02266560925  
Fax  02266560901  
Email  gautam.daftary@bharatserums.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query

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Name  Taref Kanthawala 
Designation  General Manager - Clinical Research 
Affiliation  Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd. 
Address  Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd, 17th floor, Hoechst House, Nariman Point

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400021
India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email  taref.kanthawala@bharatserums.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support
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Bharat Serums & Vaccines Limited 
 
Primary Sponsor
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Name  Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd 
Address  17th floor, Hoechst House Nariman Point Mumbai 400021 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Indian 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Name  Address 
NIL   
 
Countries of Recruitment
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  India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 4  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr. C. P. Thakur  Balaji Utthan Sansthan  , Kala Azar Research Centre,Uma Complex, Fraser Road-800001
Patna
BIHAR 
09835239319

thakurcp@gmail.com  
Dr. Shyam Sundar  Kala-azar Medical Research Center  Rambag Road,-842001
Muzaffarpur
BIHAR 
05422309493

drshyamsundar@hotmail.com 
Dr. T. K. Jha  Kalazar Research Center  Brahmpura,-842003
Muzaffarpur
BIHAR 
09431238088

dr_tkjha@hotmail.com 
Dr. Krishna Pandey  Rajendra Memorial Research Institute   Agamkuan,-800007
Patna
BIHAR 
06122631565

drkrishnapandey@yahoo.com  
 
Details of Ethics Committee
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No of Ethics Committees= 4  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Ethics Committee, Patna - 800007  Approved 
Ethics Committee,Muzaffarpur-842 001  Approved 
Ethics Committee,Muzaffarpur-842 003  Approved 
Ethics Committee,Patna-800 001  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied
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Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: B550||Visceral leishmaniasis, Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala Azar),  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Amphotericin B Emulsion (Amphomul)  15mg/kg single bolus dose 
Comparator Agent  Liposomal Amphotericin B (AmBisome)  15mg/kg single bolus dose 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From   
Age To   
Gender   
Details  1. Male or female patients aged between 5 to 65 years (both inclusive). 2. Patient/patient's legally acceptable representative (LAR) is willing and able to give written informed consent to participate in the study. 3. Clinical signs and symptoms of Visceral Leishmaniasis (fever of over 2 weeks duration and splenomegaly) 4. Presence of amastigotes (Leishmania-Donovani bodies) at prescreening detected by recombinant K39 protein (rK39) dipstick test with confirmation of Kala-azar by splenic or bone marrow aspirate smear examination. 5. No previous treatment for Visceral Leishmaniasis within 30 days from screening. 6. Non-pregnant, non-lactating females of age equal to or greater than 5 years, and woman of childbearing potential (any woman who has reached menarche) who are willing to use acceptable methods of contraception like long term acting injections ex. Depo-Provera. 7. Negative Urine pregnancy test (UPT) in all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant (any woman who has reached menarche) 8. Hemoglobin equal to or greater than 5 g/dL 9. White blood cells (WBC) count equal to or greater than 1000/cmm 10. Platelet count equal to or greater than 50000/cmm 11. Alanine amino transferase (ALT), aspartate amino transferase (AST) and alkaline phosphatase equal to or less than 2.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) 12. Prothrombin time equal to or less than 4 seconds above the control. 13. Normal serum creatinine and serum potassium levels 14. Negative tests for Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Patients with past history of treatment with Amphotericin B or any other drug for Visceral Leishmaniasis within 30 days prior to screening. 2. Patients positive for HIV, HCV and HBsAg infection, immunocompromised patients (through history). 3. A history or evidence of any concurrent disease that may be serious or life threatening, significant hematological, cardiac, hepatic, renal, respiratory, neurological or metabolic disease or any condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, may constitute a safety concern or interfere with the evaluation of the study objectives or may prevent the patient from the completing study therapy or subsequent follow-up 4. Concurrent diabetes, tuberculosis or bacterial pneumonia (on chest X-ray, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) at screening, past history) or any other infectious or major psychiatric disease. 5. Patients with concurrent Malaria will not be included in the trial. Parascreen antigen test for detection of malarial parasites will be performed at screening visit. Patients diagnosed with malaria could be rescreened for enrollment in the trial after adequate treatment of Malaria; and if the parascreen antigen test for detection of malarial parasites is found negative then the patient could be enrolled in the trial. 6. History of major surgery within 2 weeks prior to screening 7. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine >1.5 times ULN, and serum bilirubin >1.5 times ULN 8. Proteinurea equal to or greater than 2+ 9. Pregnant or nursing women 10. History of alcoholism or illicit drug use/ abuse, or any condition associated with poor compliance 11. Known hypersensitivity to Amphotericin B, inactive ingredients of Amphomul® formulation, inactive ingredients of AmBisome formulation. 12. Patients receiving any of the medications prohibited by the study protocol. 13. Simultaneous participation in another trial or received any IP less than 30 days prior to enrolment. 14. Any condition which in the investigator's opinion may prevent the patient from completing the study therapy or follow-up 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Permuted block randomization, fixed 
Method of Concealment   Centralized 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
o Definitive cure 1. Initial cure at Day 30 or Day 45 2. No signs and symptoms of relapse of Kala-azar for 6 months after study drug administration. If signs and symptoms of relapse of the disease are suspected at any time during the 6 months follow up, splenic aspirate shall be performed at 6 months or earlier after study drug administration. Proportion of patients achieving all three-efficacy endpoints will be compared across the two groups.   6 months 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
? Incidence of DLTs. ? Incidence of IRTs ? Incidence of nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity ? Number of AEs and SAEs ? Laboratory values for different parameters   6 months 
1. Incidence of DLTs. 2. Incidence of IRTs 3. Incidence of nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity 4. Number of AEs and SAEs 5. Laboratory values for different parameters   6 months 
 
Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="500"
Sample Size from India="500" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "500"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="500" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)
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03/08/2009 
Date of Study Completion (India) 14/01/2011 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="1"
Months="6"
Days="6" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
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Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details    
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary
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The study was a prospective, randomized, open-label, multicentric Phase III clinical study of Amphotericin B lipid emulsion. The main aim of the Phase III study was to demonstrate that low cost, infusion of Amphomul® 15 mg/kg/day was safe and well tolerated in the treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala azar) as compared to AmBisome. The primary endpoint of the study was- Initial Cure with a splenic aspirate score of 0 at day 30 or day 45, clinical improvement at day 30 and no signs or symptoms of relapse at 6 months. The secondary endpoints was Incidence of Dose limiting toxicity (DLTs), Incidence of IRTs, Incidence of nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity, Number of AEs and SAEs, Laboratory values for different parameters evaluable at 6 months.

The non-inferiority between Amphomul® and AmBisome® was achieved in the PP population with comparable clinical improvement in both PP and MITT populations. The MITT population analysis did not meet the non-inferiority margin, which could be due to noncompliance of patients for the study-specific visits leading to major protocol deviations.
Amphomul® was found to be safe and was well tolerated by the patients of Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) in the study. In view of efficacy and safety, the study may thus conclude that the study drug Amphomul® is as efficacious as AmBisome® for the treatment of kala-azar.
 
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