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An open clinical trial to study the efficacy of Ganthaga rasaayanam in patients having Psoriasis

An open clinical trial to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of siddha herbo mineral formulation of "Ganthaka Rasaayanam"(Internal medicine) and "Vettiver Thylam"(External medicine) for the management of "Kalanjagapadai"(Psoriasis)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2017/08/009211
Enrollment
40
Registered
2017-08-01
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- KALANJAGAPADAI (PSORIASIS)

Interventions

Intervention1: Ganthaga Rasaayanam (Internal) and Vettiver Thylam (External): 2 gms of Ganthaga Rasaayanam will be administered orally twice a day with palm jaggery for 40 days. Sufficient quantity of

Sponsors

National Institute of Siddha
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Erythema 2.Thickness 3.Silvery scaling 4.Auspitz sign positive 5.Candle crease sign positive 6.Patients willing to give specimen of blood for investigation whenever required 7.Patients willing to take photograph 8.Patients willing to participate in the trial and signing consent by fullfilling the condition of proforma

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Diabetes mellitus 2.Pregnancy and lactation 3.Psoriasis with evidence of any other skin disease or evidence of secondary infection in the lesion 4.Psoriatic arthropathy 5.Cardiac disease 6.Hansens disease 7.Any other chronic illness

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Good outcome â??Clearance of lesions and Reduction of PASI Score from 3,4 to 0,1. Moderate outcome â??Partial clearance of lesions and Reduction of PASI Score from 3,4 to 2. Mild- Slight clearancce of lesions and reduction of PASI score from 4 to 3 Nil- NO Clearance of lesions or No reduction PASI ScoreTimepoint: 40 Days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr R Prabakaran

National Institute of Siddha

njmuthu@hotmail.com9962006843

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026