AN ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL TRIALS ON WITHANIA SOMNIFERA (ASGAND) REGISTERED IN THE CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY OF INDIA (CTRI)

Withania somnifera is one of the most studied herbs used in the traditional system of medicine in India. Despite the fact that many pharmacological studies have been conducted on Withania somnifera worldwide, there is still a lot to meet the level of evidencebased medicine. Study design is an important aspect to generate evidence. In the present study, an attempt has been made to gather methodological quality and characteristicsof the clinical studiesregistered in Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI) having Withania somnifera as an interventional drug. CTRI is an open registry of all the studies related to the eld of clinical research in India. Only a few clinical trialsin a limited number of problems/diseases have beenfound registered in CTRI.Extensive studiesshould becarried outto validatethe therapeutic efcacy of Withania somnifera against various diseases.