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CTRI Number  CTRI/2019/12/022588 [Registered on: 31/12/2019] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 20/12/2022
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Ayurveda 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   “Study of Kuka cough lozenges in Kasa (acute coughing and throat irritation)” 
Scientific Title of Study   “A open clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of Kuka cough lozenges variants in the patient suffering with Kasa (Acute cough and throat irritation).” 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NOT REGISTERED ELSEWHERE  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Gopesh Mangal 
Designation  Associate professor 
Affiliation  National Institute of Ayurveda 
Address  Department of Panchkarma, National Institute of Ayurveda

Jaipur
RAJASTHAN
302002
India 
Phone  8619849011  
Fax    
Email  gmangal108@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Himanshu S Tiwari 
Designation  Medical advisor 
Affiliation  Multani Pharmaceutical Ltd 
Address  Medical Advisor Room, Pharmacy Division, Multani Pharmaceutical Ltd, T-10, Okhla industrial area, Phase-II.

New Delhi
DELHI
110020
India 
Phone  9654350714  
Fax    
Email  dr.hstiwari@multani.org  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Rashmi Mutha 
Designation  Lecturer ( Co investigator) 
Affiliation  National Institute of Ayurved 
Address  P.G Dept. of Kayachikitsa, National Institute of Ayurveda,

Jaipur
RAJASTHAN
302002
India 
Phone  9413102151  
Fax    
Email  rashmimutha21@yahoo.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Multani Pharmaceuticals Ltd 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Multani Pharmaceuticals Ltd 
Address  T-10, Okhla industrial area, Phase-II, Okhla, New Delhi, 110020.  
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Indian 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
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 Gopesh Mangal  National Institute of Ayurveda  OPD room no 2 and IPD, Department of Panchkarma, National Institute of Ayurveda
Jaipur
RAJASTHAN 
8619849011

gmangal108@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: J069||Acute upper respiratory infection,unspecified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Kuka Cough Lozenges   Group A: Kuka Cough Lozenges (Tulsi mint) Group B: Kuka Cough lozenges (Tulsi ginger) Group C: Kuka Cough Lozenges (Tulsi Lemon) Group D: Kuka Cough Lozenges (Tulsi orange) Dose: 1 lozenge Q.I.D for 3 days  
Comparator Agent  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Males and females with a history of acute cough due to any cause except those listed in exclusion criteria.
2. Throat irritation for <1 week duration, who will be able to comply with the study requirements
3. Patients having a cough score of 0, 1 or 2 during day time (as per Day Time Cough Scale described under end points)
4. Patients willing and able to provide signed ICF prior to study  
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Participants with a history of acute lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia, bronchitis whooping cough, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/asthma, tuberculosis, systemic bacterial infections for which specific drug therapy will be required;
2. Any underlying lung pathology such as lung abscess or cystic fibrosis
3. Individuals with a history of myocardial infarction within 4 weeks prior to enrollment;
4. Individuals with a history of Parkinson’s disease and who were on monoamine oxidase inhibitors.
5. Individuals with any psychiatric illness which may impair the ability to provide written ICF.
6. Individuals participating in any other clinical trial.
7. Pregnant or lactating females.
8. Those who are under study treatment or any other condition due to which individuals are deemed unsuitable by the investigator for reason(s) not specifically stated in the exclusion criteria
9. Alcohol, smoke, and drug abusers will be excluded.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Changes in day/night time cough scales and throat irritation will be evaluated over a period of 3 days from baseline on verbal category descriptive (VCD) scale scores   8 days 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Time to relief from cough and throat irritation for all the first morning doses, duration of relief from symptoms for all first morning doses, drowsiness, and Physician’s Global Assessment of efficacy evaluated at visit 4 in both the treatment groups on VCD scales   8 Days  
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="120"
Sample Size from India="120" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="120" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   01/01/2020 
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   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Completed 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details
Modification(s)  
TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF KUKA COUGH LOZENGES VARIANTS IN THE PATIENT SUFFERING WITH KASA (ACUTE COUGH AND THROAT IRRITATION)” volume 10, issue 10 october 21, PRINT ISSN NO. 2250-1991  
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Response - NO
Brief Summary
Modification(s)  

The present research project is for a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Kuka cough lozenges variants in the subjects suffering with acute cough and throat irritation proposed to be carried out at NIA, Jaipur. Kuka cough lozenges (KCL) has four variants which are KCL Tulsi orange, KCL Tulsi ginger, KCL Tulsi lemon and KCL Tulsi mint. 120 Subjects will be randomly recruited from the OPD NIA, Jaipur, who will fulfill the inclusion criteria and will willing and able to provide signed informed consent form (ICF) prior to the study initiation and will be divided into 4 Groups.

For each variant one group will be created and, 30 patients will be recruited in each group. Effect of the lozenges will assessed after 2 hours of administration on Day 1 and then on Day 3. Day 0 will be considered as baseline and effect of the therapy will be analyzed on the basis of it. Follow up of the subjects will be for 5 days for checking the recurrence of disease.

Plan of analysis (analysis of data): For statistical analysis of data ANOVA, wilcoxan test will be used to analyzed and compare the subjective measures.  P value <0.05 will be considered as significant.  
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