Effect of Phyllanthus niruri (Bhumi Amla / keelanelli in tamil) on improving liver functions in patients with liver dysfunction caused by alcohol intake
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Mild to moderate alcoholic hepatitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/05/008712
- Lead Sponsor
- JIPMER Intramural fund
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Alcoholic hepatitis patients aged 18-65 years with present history of alcohol abuse of either gender as confirmed by CAGE questionnaire score >=2
Patients with abnormal liver function tests with AST/ALT ratio >2
Patients who are terminally ill (encephalopathy, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatorenal syndrome) with severe alcoholic hepatitis (Maddreys discriminant function >=32)
Patients with viral and drug induced hepatitis
Patients with comorbid conditions like coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease etc.
Pregnant women or lactating mothers; Women in reproductive age group not practicing contraceptive measures
Patients who had participated in other trials in the past three months
Patients on herbal medications
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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