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CTRI Number  CTRI/2023/08/056008 [Registered on: 02/08/2023] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 01/08/2023
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Preventive 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Saroglitazar magnesium in preventing Fatty liver disease in post live donor liver transplant recipients. 
Scientific Title of Study   Safety and efficacy of Saroglitazar magnesium in live donor liver transplant recipients in preventing Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): a pilot randomized placebo-controlled trial double- blinded trial. 
Trial Acronym  Nil  
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Sudhindran S 
Designation  Clinical Professor and Chief Transplant Surgeon 
Affiliation  Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences 
Address  Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Solid Organ Transplantation
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.
Ernakulam
KERALA
682041
India 
Phone  9388623851  
Fax    
Email  sudhi@aims.amrita.edu  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Sudhindran S 
Designation  Clinical Professor and Chief Transplant Surgeon 
Affiliation  Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences 
Address  Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Solid Organ Transplantation
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.

KERALA
682041
India 
Phone  9388623851  
Fax    
Email  sudhi@aims.amrita.edu  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Arun Valsan 
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences 
Address  Department of Hepatology
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.
Ernakulam
KERALA
682041
India 
Phone  8411051156  
Fax    
Email  drarunvalsan@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Department of GI Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Ponekkara P.O, Edappally, Kochi, Kerala, India Pin:682041 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences Research Centre 
Address  Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, PONEKKARA , EDAPPALLY, Kochi, Kerala, India 682041 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution and hospital 
 
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 Sundhindran S  Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences  Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Solid Organ Transplantation and Department of Hepatology Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.
Ernakulam
KERALA 
9388623851

sudhi@aims.amrita.edu 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
ETHICS COMMITTEE OF AMRITA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: K760||Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Placebo  Matched placebo for a period of 24 weeks.  
Intervention  Saroglitazar magnesium  Saroglitazar 4mg OD 60 minutes before breakfast for 24 weeks 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  75.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Adults>18 <75 years of age.
2. Patients who are at least 6 months post-transplant with normal liver function but are diabetic and have either diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and hypertriglyceridemia or obesity
3. History of medical compliance with immunosuppression.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patient with abnormal transaminases due to
a. Biopsy proven rejection
b. Clinical rejection
c. Vascular complication
d. Biliary complication
Patients with graft dysfunction due to any cause
Body mass index (BMI) <18 kg/m².
History of myopathies or evidence of active muscle diseases.
Unstable cardiovascular disease.
History of bladder disease and/or hematuria or has current hematuria unless due to a urinary tract infection.
Active malignancy post-liver transplantation.
History of malignancy in the past 5 years and/or active neoplasm.
History of chronic rejection of liver transplant graft.
History of alcohol intake.
Subject tests positive for a urine drug screen.
Pregnant or lactating females.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Investigator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Percentage change in serum ALT   at week 24 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Reduction in ALT by 25%   by week 24 
Treatment emergent adverse events with causality assessment  by 24 weeks 
Incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER)   by 24 weeks 
 
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   Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   21/08/2023 
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="2"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Response - NO
Brief Summary  

To investigate the efficacy of saroglitazar in the prevention of NAFLD in liver transplant recipients who are at high risk of developing NAFLD (diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and obesity). 

 
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