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CompletedNCT05928286Updated Apr 21, 2026

Remaxol® Used in the Treatment of Patients With Gallstone Disease Complicated With Obstructive Jaundice

An observational study in Gallstone Disease and Obstructive Jaundice, sponsored by POLYSAN Scientific & Technological Pharmaceutical Company. Completed at 9 sites in Russia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-21.

Sponsored by POLYSAN Scientific & Technological Pharmaceutical Company · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
286
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Obstructive jaundice is observed in 10-80 % of gallstone disease cases. The conventional tactics for the management of patients with obstructive jaundice is to remove biliary hypertension by using endoscopic or minimally invasive methods. The final surgical treatment is performed after jaundice reduction and normalization of hepatic functions. We suppose that the administration of the drug Remaxol (Inosine + Meglumine + Methionine + Nicotinamide + Succinic acid) during the perioperative period shortens jaundice duration and decreases the complications rate.

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Conditions studied

  • Gallstone Disease
  • Obstructive Jaundice

Keywords

  • Gallstone disease
  • Obstructive jaundice
  • Remaxol
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In context

Cholelithiasis

189 studies on the registry are indexed under Cholelithiasis; 42 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 286 is above the median of 197 across 50 observational studies indexed under Cholelithiasis.

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Lead sponsor

POLYSAN Scientific & Technological Pharmaceutical Company is the lead sponsor of 23 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients with gallstone disease and obstructive jaundice, hospitalized for surgical treatment.

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Signed form.
  2. Age from 18 to 80 years
  3. Diagnosis: Gallstone disease. Cholelithiasis, choledocholithiasis. Obstructive jaundice.
  4. Total level in the blood in the range from 60 to 246 µmol/l.
  5. Jaundice duration according to the patient is not more than 7 days.
  6. Scheduled two-staged surgical treatment: 1) common bile duct decompression (endoscopic papillosphincterotomy and endoscopic lithoextraction); 2) laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Presence of other pathology causing jaundice syndrome (tumors, constrictions, etc.).
  2. Acute cholangitis. Acute cholecystitis. Acute pancreatitis.
  3. History of chronic viral hepatitis, hepatic cirrhosis.
  4. Other surgical pathology aggravating the condition and/or requiring treatment.
  5. Use in the treatment of drugs containing ademethionine.
  6. CHF, functional class III-IV according to .
  7. History of chronic kidney disease and/or creatinine level of more than 130 µmol/l.
  8. Respiratory failure.
  9. Impairment of consciousness.
  10. Diabetes mellitus.
  11. Psychic diseases.
  12. diseases.
  13. Tuberculosis, infection.
  14. Pregnancy, lactation.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

Autoimmune disease

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HIV

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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
286 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • The test group

    Standard therapy + Remaxol

    Drug: Remaxol

  • The control group

    Standard therapy

Interventions

  • DrugRemaxol

    The perioperative infusion of Remaxol® (Inosine + Meglumine + Methionine + Nicotinamide + Succinic acid)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Therapy response rate: decrease of total bilirubin level down to 20.5 µmol/l Visit 3 or decrease in total bilirubin by 70% compared to Visit 1.

    Decrease of total bilirubin level down to 20.5 µmol/l Visit 3 or decrease in total bilirubin by 70% compared to Visit 1.

    Time frame: Up to 2 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Therapy response rate: decrease of total bilirubin level down to 61.5 µmol/l and lower by the time of cholecystectomy

    Decrease of total bilirubin level down to 61.5 µmol/l and lower by the time of cholecystectomy, after successful common bile duct decompression.

    Time frame: Up to 2 weeks

  2. Complication rate in the postoperative period

    Acute pancreatitis, acute renal failure, acute heart failure, pneumonia, stress hyperglycemia, infectious complications

    Time frame: Up to 2 weeks

  3. Total hospitalization duration in days (in case of two-staged surgical treatment).

    Total hospitalization duration in days

    Time frame: Up to 2 weeks

  4. Total hyperbilirubinemia duration (in days) after the beginning of fluid administration.

    Total hyperbilirubinemia duration (in days) after the beginning of fluid administration

    Time frame: Up to 2 weeks

  5. Interval (in days) between surgical interventions

    Interval (in days) between surgical interventions

    Time frame: Up to 2 weeks

  6. Change of hepatic function tests (AST,)

    Change of hepatic function tests (AST) relative to baseline values, on the day after common bile duct decompression, by the time of cholecystectomy, on the day after cholecystectomy, and on the day of hospitalization termination.

    Time frame: Baseline, on the day after surgery, up to 2 weeks

  7. Change of hepatic function tests ( ALT)

    Change of hepatic function tests (ALT) relative to baseline values, on the day after common bile duct decompression, by the time of cholecystectomy, on the day after cholecystectomy, and on the day of hospitalization termination.

    Time frame: Baseline, on the day after surgery, up to 2 weeks

  8. Change of hepatic function test ( AP)

    Change of hepatic function test ( AP) relative to baseline values, on the day after common bile duct decompression, by the time of cholecystectomy, on the day after cholecystectomy, and on the day of hospitalization termination.

    Time frame: Baseline, on the day after surgery, up to 2 weeks

  9. Change of hepatic function test (GGTP)

    Change of hepatic function test (GGTP) relative to baseline values, on the day after common bile duct decompression, by the time of cholecystectomy, on the day after cholecystectomy, and on the day of hospitalization termination.

    Time frame: Baseline, on the day after surgery, up to 2 weeks

  10. Change of hepatic function tests (protein, albumin, fibrinogen)

    Change of hepatic function tests (protein, albumin, fibrinogen) relative to baseline values, on the day after common bile duct decompression, by the time of cholecystectomy, on the day after cholecystectomy, and on the day of hospitalization termination.

    Time frame: Baseline, on the day after surgery, up to 2 weeks

  11. Change of PTI

    Change of PTI relative to baseline values, on the day after common bile duct decompression, by the time of cholecystectomy, on the day after cholecystectomy, and on the day of hospitalization termination.

    Time frame: Baseline, on the day after surgery, up to 2 weeks

  12. Change of renal function test (urea)

    Change of renal function test (urea) relative to baseline values, on the day after common bile duct decompression, by the time of cholecystectomy, on the day after cholecystectomy, and on the day of hospitalization termination.

    Time frame: Baseline, on the day after surgery, up to 2 weeks

  13. Change of renal function test (creatinine)

    Change of renal function test (creatinine) relative to baseline values, on the day after common bile duct decompression, by the time of cholecystectomy, on the day after cholecystectomy, and on the day of hospitalization termination.

    Time frame: Baseline, on the day after surgery, up to 2 weeks

  14. Number of patients whose cholecystectomy was delayed till next hospitalization because of the insufficient dynamics of decrease in bilirubinemia.

    Number of patients whose cholecystectomy was delayed till next hospitalization because of the insufficient dynamics of decrease in bilirubinemia.

    Time frame: Up to 2 weeks

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Study locations

9 sites
  • Krai Clinical Hospital
    Barnaul, Russia
  • Hospital for War Veterans
    Kazan', Russia
  • City Clinical Hospital No. 7
    Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • Pavlov Ryazan State Medical University
    Ryazan, Russia
  • Dzhanelidze St. Petersburg Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
    Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital
    Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Samara State Medical University
    Samara, Russia
  • Mirotvortsev University Clinical Hospital No. 1
    Saratov, Russia
  • Kuvatov Republican Clinical Hospital
    Ufa, Russia
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Dec 2022 to primary completion in Sep 2025, 33 months.

Of 20 observational studies under Cholelithiasis, half reached primary completion within 33 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 18 and three quarters within 191. This study's 33 months is close to that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 28, 2022
First posted
Jul 3, 2023
StartActual
Dec 1, 2022
Primary completionActual
Sep 1, 2025
CompletionActual
Dec 31, 2025
Last update
Apr 21, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 21, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05928286
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 3, 2023
Start date
Dec 1, 2022
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2025
Completion
Dec 31, 2025
Last update
Apr 21, 2026

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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