Externally Funded Research

Summary of Externally Funded Ongoing Research Studies

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. Balasubramanian, Medical Director and Head of the Dept. of Pediatrics, KKCTH

Research Projects : A Phase 4, Randomized, Open-Label Trial to describe the Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine formulated in Multidose Vials when given with routine Pediatric Vaccines in healthy infants in India”.

Funding Agency: Pfizer

Duration: 2018-20

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): Rs.27,24,600/-

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. Balasubramanian, Medical Director and Head of the Dept. of Pediatrics, KKCTH

Research Projects : A Phase 4, Open-Label, Single Arm, Multicenter Study to describe the Safety of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in children 6 to 17 years of age in India.

Funding Agency: Pfizer

Duration: 2018-19

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): Rs.13 lacs

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. Balasubramanian, Medical Director and Head of the Dept. of Pediatrics, KKCTH

Research Projects : A Multicentric,Randomized,Double Blind,Placebo controlled Trial to assess the Efficacy and safety of Saccharomyces Boulardii CNCM-I 3799 Bacillus Subtillis CU-1 combination For treatment of Acute Diarrhoea in Indian children.

Funding Agency: Medclin Research Pvt Ltd-Kolkata

Duration: 2018-19

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): Rs.4,20,300 /-

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. Balasubramanian, Medical Director and Head of the Dept. of Pediatrics, KKCTH

Research Projects : Hospital based surveillance to assess the distribution and replacement of serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasopharyngeal swab isolates in children aged 1 month to 59 months presenting with fever, and pneumonia attending select hospital-based sentinel sites across India after the introduction of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in the Universal Immunization Programme in India.

Funding Agency: ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology

Duration: 2019-2021

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): Rs.4 lacs

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. Balasubramanian, Medical Director and Head of the Dept. of Pediatrics, KKCTH

Research Projects : Impact Assessment Study of Rotavirus Vaccine and Intussusception surveillance’

Funding Agency: Welcome Trust Research Laboratory, CMC Vellore /Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR)

Duration: 2017-2021

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): Rs 14 lacs

Principal Investigator : Dr. P. Sulochana Putli Bai, Laboratory Director & Head of Microbiology, KKCTH

Research Projects : National Surveillance for Enteric Fever

Funding Agency: Welcome Trust Research Laboratory, CMC Vellore

Duration: 4 years - initiated on September 2017

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): Rs.30 lacs

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