There are about 5534 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in India. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine is one of the most used vaccines of the world, to reduce the risks of natural tuberculous infection. The efficacy of BCG vaccination in newborns is well known and has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in children. However, there is considerable uncertainty on BCG revaccination. It is known that BCG revaccination enhances immune responses, but it is yet to be established if BCG revaccination can help prevent TB disease in household contacts. The primary aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of BCG revaccination compared to oral chemoprophylaxis in preventing TB disease in house hold contacts aged 6-18 years. The study is designed as a multicentre randomised controlled trial with two groups of healthy household contacts aged 6-18 years receiving either the BCG vaccine or oral chemoprophylaxis. They will be followed up for 24 months to compare the incidence of TB disease in each arm.
Over a million new cancer cases are diagnosed in India each year. This huge burden coupled with inadequate infrastructural facilities is adversely affecting the quality of patient care. As a side effect it is adding to cost of health care which patient is paying from his/her own pocket. Total care of cancer patients taking chemotherapy is interrupted by several obstacles some of which can be prevented or detected early and treated. Most of the patients experience toxicity during cancer chemotherapy but the reporting remains inadequate as patients are not aware how to report or the physicians, many a times, are extremely busy to record and act on them early. We assume that using patient reported adverse event (AE) scale is more practical and easier to use for reporting AEs. This intervention, we feel, can pick more AEs which can lead to early intervention by the physician and ultimately reducing the cost of treatment to patients. We plan to include adult patients (>18years) having Gastro-intestinal cancers (both colorectal and non-colorectal cancers) who are scheduled to receive combination chemotherapy medicines with both curative and non-curative intent (in patients with advanced cancers). Patients will be given an AE scale and will be asked to fill it at home during each chemotherapy cycle, for upto 4 cycles. The physician will also ask them about the AE during the next clinic visit and record the AEs as per the widely accepted AE scale (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events-CTCAE) for reporting. The patient reported AE scale will then be compared and analyzed with standard CTCAE using relevant statistical methods.
The profiling of bi-spectral index (BIS) monitored facilitation of general anesthesia (GA), including, anesthesia induction and maintenance of GA depth state, emergence characteristics, and postoperative recovery parameters, is now extensively available. However, majority of the data supporting the use of BIS have emanated from western Caucasian patient population. Though research on BIS monitoring have also emerged from Asian subcontinent, the data generated, at the best, is too scattered, random, and non-homogenous to reflect onto how BIS guidance fares in Asians on a population basis. We aim to undertake a multi-centric prospective cohort trial in Asian patient population to analyze as to whether BIS guidance toes the profiling and the evidence in Caucasians.
Assessment of the clinical performance and the safety of the Magmaris Sirolimus-Eluting Resorbable Coronary Magnesium Scaffold in a cohort of patients in India with de novo coronary artery lesions.
Clinical study of oral IGF-1R inhibitor PL225B in subjects with advanced refractory solid tumors. The primary objective is to determine the maximum tolerated dose and dose limiting toxicity (ies) of oral IGF-1R inhibitor PL225B in subjects with advanced refractory solid tumors.
Clinical study of oral PI3K/mTOR inhibitor P7170 in patients with advanced refractory solid tumors. The primary objective is to determine the maximum tolerated dose and dose limiting toxicity of oral PI3K/mTOR inhibitor P7170 in patients with advanced refractory solid tumors
The purpose of this study is to determine (1) whether ZYGK1 is safe and well tolerated, (2) the pharmacokinetics (what body does to ZYGK1) and (3) pharmacodynamics (what drugs does to the body) in the healthy and diabetic subject.
This study intends to compare the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin versus placebo in treatment-naïve subjects with type 2 diabetes who have inadequate glycaemic control with diet and exercise alone.
Cirrhosis is frequently complicated by derangement of body fluid homeostasis resulting in accumulation of large amounts of extracellular fluid in the peritoneal cavity (ascites) and interstitial tissue (edema). Studies showed that patients with cirrhosis and ascites have marked circulatory dysfunction. Albumin infusions have been used for many years in the management of patients with cirrhosis and ascites in an attempt to reduce the formation of ascites and/or improve circulatory and renal function. While some of these indications for albumin infusions are supported by the results of randomised studies, others are based on clinical experience and have not been proved in prospective investigations. Therefore, the use of albumin infusions in patients with cirrhosis is controversial. Recently, this debate has been fostered by the high cost and limited availability of albumin and the results of a meta-analysis showing that albumin administration may increase mortality in critically ill patients. In cirrhotics, there is a significant improvement in the low effective arterial blood volume, which may be important in the prevention of circulatory dysfunction and in preventing renal impairment. However, in an already fluid overload state such as that of cirrhosis, albumin infusion predisposes the individual to develop pulmonary edema. There is no study demonstrating acute effect of albumin infusion on hemodynamic parameters, in cirrhotic patients. Neither is there is data concerning comparison between albumin and normal saline. It is postulated that it may increase portal pressure thereby increasing the risk of variceal bleed. This study hypothesizes that albumin infusion might lead to alteration in portal and pulmonary hemodynamics in decompensated cirrhotic patients. Included patients of cirrhosis with ascites (based on inclusion and exclusion criteria) will undergo baseline investigations (systemic hemodynamics, pulmonary hemodynamics, portal hemodynamics). They will be randomized into two groups, each of 8. One group will receive infusion of 100 ml 20% albumin over 3 hours, and the other will receive infusion of 100 ml normal saline over 3 hours. Repeat hemodynamic studies will be performed after the infusion finishes. All results will be expressed as mean ± SD or frequency (%). Comparisons will be performed by the Student's t test or with the Wilcoxon's test
Study Objective: To establish the substantial equivalence of the SOLX Gold Shunt to commercially available aqueous shunts, specifically the Ahmed™ Glaucoma Valve Model FP7, in the ability to reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) associated with glaucoma in eyes where medical and conventional surgical treatments have failed.