Clinical Trials Registry India (CTRI)

Clinical Trials Registry India (CTRI)

Subject: Governance / Science & tech

Context: Recently, the Ministry of AYUSH has announced that the Ayurveda Dataset on Clinical Trials Registry India (CTRI) Portal will be launched.

Concept:

• The Ayurveda Dataset of CTRI has been jointly developed by ICMR and Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of Ayush.
• Its key feature is the provision of selection of the Ayurveda Health conditions from drop down of 3866 Ayurveda morbidity codes incorporated from the NAMASTE portal.
• It provides that the information, results etc. of Ayurveda Clinical Trials will be available in Ayurvedic vocabulary in the clinical trials registry of India.

Clinical Trials Registry India (CTRI)

• It is a primary register of Clinical Trials under WHO’s International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP).
• It hosted at the ICMR’s National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS).
• It is a free and online public record system for registration of clinical trials being conducted in India.
• It was initiated as a voluntary measure since 2009.
• The trial registration in the CTRI has been made mandatory by the Drugs Controller General (India) (DCGI).

International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)

• It is a project of the World Health Organization, based within the Health Metrics and Measurement cluster.
• It was established in August 2005.
• It is based in WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Its aim is to facilitate the prospective registration of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set on all clinical trials, and the public accessibility of that information.
• Its purpose is to strengthen accountability and transparency in the conduct of clinical research and dissemination.