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CTRI Number  CTRI/2021/07/034881 [Registered on: 15/07/2021] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 17/06/2022
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Nutraceutical 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   The impact of Multigrain Instant Health Drink Mix in anemia. 
Scientific Title of Study   A randomized controlled clinical trial to study the impact of Multigrain Instant Health Drink Mix in clinical management of anemia in women. 
Trial Acronym  Nil 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
MHC/CT/21-22/010, Version 1.0. dated, 10th June 2021  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr VG Vaidya 
Designation  Managing Trustee 
Affiliation  Lokmanya Medical Research Centre 
Address  Forth floor, OPD 401, 314 B Telco Road Chinchwad Pune MAHARASHTRA 411033 India

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411033
India 
Phone  9822057766  
Fax    
Email  vgvaidya178@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Vetriselvi R 
Designation  Assistant Manager R and D 
Affiliation  Southern Health Foods Pvt Ltd 
Address  No 480 Khivraj Complex 1 3 floor Anna Salai Nandanam Chennai 600035

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600035
India 
Phone  04443504417  
Fax    
Email  vetriselvi.r@mannafoods.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Mr Murugan Narayanaswamy 
Designation  Chief Executive Officer 
Affiliation  Southern Health Foods Pvt Ltd 
Address  No 480 Khivraj Complex 1 3 floor Anna Salai Nandanam Chennai 600035

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600035
India 
Phone  04443504417  
Fax    
Email  murugan.n@mannafoods.in  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Southern Health Foods Pvt Ltd (Manna) No.480, Khivraj Complex 1, 3rd floor, Anna Salai, Nandanam, Chennai – 600035.  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Southern Health Foods Pvt Ltd 
Address  No.480, Khivraj Complex 1, 3rd floor, Anna Salai, Nandanam, Chennai – 600035. 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Nutraceutical manufacturing and promotion] 
 
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 V G Vaidya  Lokmanya Medical Research Centre and Hospital  Forth floor, LHCC building, 401 OPD, 314/B Telco Road, Chinchwad Pune Pune MAHARASHTRA 411033 India
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
9822057766

vgvaidya178@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee Lokmanya Medical Research Centre  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: D509||Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Milk   Only milk twice a day with anemia education and counselling for 90 days 
Intervention  Multigrain instant health drink mix for Women  2 servings per day with warm milk. Each serve size – 30g for 90 days  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  45.00 Year(s)
Gender  Female 
Details  1.Female of age group between 18-45 (Both inclusive).
2.Those willing to give written informed consent and willing to adhere to protocol requirements.
3.Subjects with anemia with or without folate/ vitamin B12 deficiency having hemoglobin concentration less than 12 g/dL but more than 8 g/dL.
4.Subjects with or without symptoms of anemia.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1.Getting any iron supplements for treating anemia.
2.Consuming any complementary medicine, dietary supplements containing iron, vitamins, antioxidants etc.
3.Participated in clinical trial for anemia in last 3 months span of screening.
4.Pregnant and breastfeeding women.
5.Known history of hypersensitivity for the investigational product ingredients.
6.Subjects with or without PCOD, diabetes, hypertension, thyroid disorder or other fertility disorders which from investigator viewpoint prove subject unfit to be enrolled in the study.
7.Subjects on hormone replacement therapy and/or taking contraceptive pills for birth control
8.Medical history of malabsorption syndrome, hemochromatosis.
9.Obvious internal or external bleeding as documented by medical history or any surgeries undergone within past 4 weeks. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Hemoglobin, Ferritin, Iron, total Iron binding protein level
Fatigue severity score, Changes in Hematocrit, MCV, MCH and MCHC, Clinical signs and symptoms like weakness, pale or yellowish skin, irregular heartbeats, dysmenorrhea, ,dizziness or lightheadedness, cold hands and feet, Quality of life score with bone strength and stamina, Energy audit questionnaire, Complexion evaluation by CLBT scale, Safety of intervention 
Screening and day 90. Hemoglobin levels on Screening, day 30, 60 and 90. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Nil  Nil
 
 
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 2 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   19/07/2021 
Date of Study Completion (India) 18/12/2021 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="5"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   Nil 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Response - NO
Brief Summary
Modification(s)  

Anemia is prevalent and is a cause affecting the quality of life of every second woman in developing countries. Southern Health Foods Pvt Ltd has come up with Multigrain Instant Health Drink Mix (Istrong) which is developed with Iron lock method which is 100% RDA of Iron, Vitamin C, Vitamin B9 & B12 in 2 serves of the product. It is specially designed for women to benefit at improving stamina, bone health, skin complexion, and metabolism.

Present research is the clinical trial designed to validate the effectiveness of Multigrain Instant Health Drink Mix (Istrong) in anemia especially in women.


It can be concluded from the present study that Multigrain Instant Health Drink Mix (Istrong) is safe and
efficacious in treatment of anemia in women. It can offer 360 degree improvement in anemia. It
ensures improvement in Hb, Ferritin, Iron levels along with reduction in TIBC. Treatment with
Multigrain Instant Health Drink Mix (Istrong) ascertained the fact that it can provide a wholesome
improvement in quality of life, symptoms alleviation and improved skin tone and luminosity.
These results can provide a firsthand evidence to the fact that there are no adverse events related
to study intervention alike the oral iron supplementation in the treatment of anemia. It indicates
that the iron and other micro-nutrition delivered through the Multigrain Instant Health Drink Mix (Istrong)
is more assimilated and provided the sustainable results for anemia. The present research ensures
consumers of this product to get the effectiveness to treat and manage the anemia and related
complaints with no side effects related to iron supplementation.

 
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