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CTRI Number  CTRI/2022/07/043948 [Registered on: 12/07/2022] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 16/12/2022
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Efficacy and Safety Study of Antiviral Umifenovir 400mg Therapy in Mild COVID-19 Patients 
Scientific Title of Study   A Randomized, Double Blind, Multicenter, Parallel, Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Antiviral drug Umifenovir with Standard Care vs. Standard Care Therapy in Mild COVID-19 Patients. 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
300-22, Version No. 02, Date-25-Apr-2022  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Kalyani Khandare MBBS 
Designation  Head-CT 
Affiliation  BioRadius Therapeutic Research Pvt. Ltd. 
Address  BioRadius Therapeutic Research Pvt. Ltd. IndiaLand Global Industrial Park, Plot No.8, S.No. 234, 235, 245, Hinjawadi Phase I Pune- 411057, Maharashtra, India.

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411057
India 
Phone  020-67789100  
Fax  -  
Email  drkalyanikhandare@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Kalyani Khandare MBBS 
Designation  Head-CT 
Affiliation  BioRadius Therapeutic Research Pvt. Ltd. 
Address  BioRadius Therapeutic Research Pvt. Ltd. IndiaLand Global Industrial Park, Plot No.8, S.No. 234, 235, 245, Hinjawadi Phase I Pune- 411057, Maharashtra, India.

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411057
India 
Phone  020-67789100  
Fax  -  
Email  drkalyanikhandare@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Kalyani Khandare MBBS 
Designation  Head-CT 
Affiliation  BioRadius Therapeutic Research Pvt. Ltd. 
Address  BioRadius Therapeutic Research Pvt. Ltd. IndiaLand Global Industrial Park, Plot No.8, S.No. 234, 235, 245, Hinjawadi Phase I Pune- 411057, Maharashtra, India.

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411057
India 
Phone  020-67789100  
Fax  -  
Email  drkalyanikhandare@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Medizest Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd India 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Medizest Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd India 
Address  Medizest Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd L-40 Verna Industrial Estate Verna GOA 403710 India 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Indian 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CSIRCentral Drug Research Institute CDRI  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road Lucknow– 226031 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 8  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Surendra K MD Pulmonologist  Chalasani Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.  Chalasani Hospitals Pvt. Ltd. Door no, 50-53-14, Gurudwara Rd, Balayya Sastri Layout, Seethammadara, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530013
Visakhapatnam
ANDHRA PRADESH 
020-67789100

suren44konathala@gmail.com 
Dr Patel Zebeeuddin Imtiyazuddin  Ishwar Institute of Health Care  Ishwar Institute of Health Care, Ishwar Heights, 1st floor, Plot No. 7 ,Gut No.6/1.Beside Punjabi Bhavan,Padegaon,Aurangabad-431002, Maharashtra. India
Aurangabad
MAHARASHTRA 
020-67789100
-
ishwarhealthcare@gmail.com 
Dr Virendra Atam MBBS MD  King George Medical University, Lucknow  King George Medical University, Lucknow, Shah Mina Rd, Chowk, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226003
Lucknow
UTTAR PRADESH 
020-67789100

v_atam@yahoo.com 
Dr Shivnitwar Sachin Kisan  Lifepoint Multispecialty Hospital  Lifepoint Multispecialty Hospital No. 145 Sr 1 Mumbai Pune Bypass Rd, Near Sayaji Hotel, Wakad, Pune, Maharashtra 411057
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
020-67789100
-
sachinshivnitwar94@gmail.com 
Dr Girish Gokuldas Bhatia  Medipoint Hospital Pvt. Ltd  Medipoint Hospital Pvt. Ltd, 241/ 1 New D .P road, Aundh, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India.
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
020-67789100
-
drbhatia.pentagon@gmail.com 
Dr Ambrish C  Medstar Speciality Hospital  Medstar Speciality Hospital, #641/17/1/3, Kodigehalli Main Road, Sahakarnagar, Bangalore- 560092, Karnataka, India.
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
020-67789100
-
medstarclinicalresearch@gmail.com 
Dr Ashish Omprakash Goyal  Orchid Specialty Hospital  Orchid Specialty Hospital, L- Square, Porwal Road, Sr. No. -282/3/3, Off Dhanori, Jakat Naka, Lohgaon, Pune- 411047, Maharashtra, India.
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
020-67789100

orchidhospital.research@gmail.com 
Dr Waghela Vivek Ramesh  ST. Georges Hospital  ST. Georges Hospital, PD mello Road, Fort Road, Near CSMT station, Mumbai 400001
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
020-67789100
-
waghelavivek@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 11  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Ethics Committee of Ishwar Institute of HealthCare Ishwar Institute of Health Care  Submittted/Under Review 
ETHICS COMMITTEE OF TRAUMA CARE HOSPITAL TRAUMA CARE HOSPITAL  Submittted/Under Review 
IEC King George hospital KING GEORGE HOSPITAL  Submittted/Under Review 
Inst EC Eras Lucknow Medical College Hospital Eras Lucknow Medical College Hospital  Submittted/Under Review 
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE , GGMC, MUMBAI  Submittted/Under Review 
Institutional Ethics Committee Dr. Ram Manohar lohia Institute of Medical Sciences  Submittted/Under Review 
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE,QUEENS NRI HOSPITAL QUEENS NRI HOSPITAL  Submittted/Under Review 
Lifepoint Research- Ethics Committee  Approved 
Medstar Speciality Hospital Ethics Committee  Approved 
ORCHID SPECIALITY HOSPITAL ETHICS COMMITTEE  Approved 
Penta-Med Ethics Committee Medipoint Hospitals Pvt. Ltd  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: U071||COVID 19 virus identified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Placebo  Placebo twice daily for 05 days 
Intervention  Umifenovir 400 mg tablets manufactured by Medizest Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., Goa, India.  Umifenovir 800 mg twice daily for 05 days 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Mild COVID 19 patients aged 18-60 years (inclusive), at the time of signing the
Informed Consent Form (ICF), with Nasopharyngeal swab positivity in RT-PCR
tests for SARS-Cov-2 antigens detected (within 72.0 hrs before visit 02) during
screening.
2. Case categories according to severity as per Ministry of health & Family welfare,
Govt. of India guidelines:
ï‚· Mild/Uncomplicated illness: Patients with uncomplicated upper respiratory
tract viral infection may have non-specific symptoms such as fever, cough,
expectoration, shortness of breath, myalgia, fatigue, sore throat, nasal
congestion, diarrhea, loss of taste with Nasopharyngeal swab positivity in
RT-PCR tests for SARS-Cov-2 antigens.
ï‚· Mild pneumonia with Nasopharyngeal swab positivity in RT-PCR tests for
SARS-Cov-2 antigens.
3. Additional Inclusion Criteria
a) For mild cases: The interval between symptoms onset (or day of contact with
a COVID-19 for asymptomatic patients detected during surveillance) and
randomization is no more than 7 days.
b) Eligible subjects of child-bearing age (male or female) must agree to take
effective contraceptive measures (including hormonal contraception, barrier
methods or abstinence) with his/her partner during the study period.
c) Should not participate in any other interventional drug clinical studies before
completion of the present study.
Patients with or without hospitalization or patients in institutional quarantine. If
the subject is hospitalized should fit in the working definitions of the mildly
symptomatic category of severity of COVID 19.

 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Sepsis, Septic shock as defined in MOH&FW guidelines. The cases as need for
invasive or non-invasive ventilator support, ECMO or shock requiring vasopressor
support. Inability to intake or tolerate oral medications.
2. Moderate and Severe COVID-19, as defined in (As per MOH, Govt. of India
guidelines)
3. Known allergy or hypersensitivity to Umifenovir.
4. Inability to intake or tolerate oral medications
5. Possibility of the subject being transferred to a non-study hospital within 72h.
6. Pregnant or lactating women.
7. Severe liver disease: underlying liver cirrhosis or alanine aminotransferase
(ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) elevated over 5 times the ULN;
8. Known severe renal impairment [creatinine clearance (CcCl) <30 mL/min] or
having received continuous renal replacement therapy, hemodialysis or peritoneal
dialysis.
9. Known disease or comorbid condition like asthma, diabetes with second-and
third-line medicines, insulin as defined in WHO guidance document.18
10. The disease or condition which may affect the study as decided by physician.
11. Where, in the opinion of the investigator, participation in this study will not be in
the best interest of the patient, or any other circumstances that prevent the patient
from participating in the study safely 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Pre-numbered or coded identical Containers 
Blinding/Masking   Participant, Investigator, Outcome Assessor and Date-entry Operator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Time from randomization to nasopharyngeal swab negativity by RT-PCR tests, for
SARS-Cov-2 will be assessed at intervals for 28 days or till RT-PCR negativity
whichever is earlier.
Prevention of Hospitalization among the two study treatments i.e. Test vs. Placebo. 
Intervals for 28 days or till RT-PCR negativity whichever is earlier. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Time from randomization to clinical recovery or deterioration, assessed at 00, 03, 05, 07, 10, 14, 21, 28 days or till RT-PCR negative and at last follow-up visit, on eight category ordinal scale defined by WHO 19  Intervals for 28 days or till RT-PCR negativity whichever is earlier. 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="735"
Sample Size from India="735" 
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   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   12/07/2022 
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="3"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   Not Applicable 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Response - NO
Brief Summary
Modification(s)  
A Randomized, Double Blind, Multicenter, Parallel, Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Antiviral drug Umifenovir with Standard Care vs. Standard Care Therapy in Mild COVID-19 Patients.
Primary outcome measures
Time from randomization to nasopharyngeal swab negativity by RT-PCR tests, for SARS-Cov-2 will be assessed at intervals for 28 days or till RT-PCR negativity whichever is earlier.
Prevention of Hospitalization among the two study treatments i.e. Test vs. Placebo.
 
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