Research


We are conducting Nnational and International trials in the following Hospitals under the able leadership of Dr. Ashwin Porwal (MBBS, DNB -General Surgery)
  1. Healing Hands Clinic - Mangalmurti Complex, 105, 1st floor Near Hirabaug, Tilak Road, Pune 411002
  2. Inamdar Multispeciality Hospital – Survey no 15, Fatima nagar, Behind KPCT Mall, Pune 411040
Principal Investigator’s (Dr Ashwin Porwal) Research Experience – Works as a Principal Investigator for the following trials
  • Open labeled Inj Filgastrim trial, indication – patients who receives chemotherapy.
  • Open labeled Sibutramine trial, indication - obesity, randomized more than 1000 patients
  • Phase IV trial, indication – post operative hernia patients
  • Phase III trial, indication – Ureteric colic
  • Phase III trial, Indication Aerobic and anaerobic skin infection, preapproval stage
  • Phase III trial – Indication – Complicated Intra abdominal, initiation phase.
Research Staff-
  1. Dr Ashwin Porwal – Principal Investigator
  2. Dr Snehal Porwal – Sub Investigator
  3. Dr Paresh Gandhi – Sub Investigator
  4. Dr Manisha Jadhav – Lead Clinical Research Coordinator
We have state of the art set up as following,
  • IPD as well as OPD facility
  • Affiliation with Inamdar Multispeciality Hospital, Sharada Clinic and Healing Hands Clinic
  • Have institutional Ethics Committee
  • Have good long-term archival facility
  • Have accredited local institutional lab
  • Affiliation to Alpha Diagnostics Lab and Golvilkar Lab, Pune
  • Have facilities of ECG, USG, CT MRI, and Radiography
  • Well equipped Operation Theater
  • Well equipped ICU set up
  • have delegated clinical research room.
  • Have delegated ISD and fax line.
  • Have separate cupboards with lock system for each trial.
  • Have separate room for Unblinded coordinator.
  • Have central pharmacy with temperature control required as per the protocol.
  • Have delegated Monitoring room.
  • Experienced and GCP, Schedule Y trained Investigator, sub investigators, co investigators.
  • Experienced and GCP, Schedule Y trained Coordinators, pharmacist, study nurse.
  • Good patient pool from Pune as well as all over Maharashtra since Dr Porwal is working as a consultant Surgeon since last 4 years in multiple institutes.
  1. What is clinical research?
    2. Clinical research is a research that involves a specific person or group of people or materials (behavior or samples of tissue) from humans, which studies mechanisms of human disease.

  2. What is a clinical trial?
    3. Clinical trial, are generally follow a predefined, well-designed and well-executed protocol and considered to be biomedical or health-related research studies in human beings. Clinical trial can be conducted internationally or locally. A clinical trial is one type of clinical research

  3. Why participate in a clinical trial?
    4. Participants can play an active role in their own health care in clinical research, and can gain a new research treatment(s) before they are marketed. Participants can also contribute in medical research. which acts as a gain for society in the long-term.

  4. Who can participate in a clinical trial?
    5. In Clinical Trial patient with specific underlined disease (by using Inclusion/Exclusion criteria) can participate and under Investigator’s (Doctor’s) observation he or she can complete the predefined, well- designed and well-executed protocol.

  5. What are the benefits of participating in a clinical trial?
    6. Clinical trials that are well-designed and well-executed are the best approach for eligible participants to:
    • Play an active role in their own health care.
    • Can gain a new research treatments before they are marketed.
    • Participant can get expert medical care in highly facilitated leading health care hospital.
    • Help others by contributing to medical research.


  6. How patient’s safety is taken care?
    7. Clinical trial patient safety is always a priority. When you participate in a clinical trial, you can be assured that:
    • Human safety is the main purpose of the clinical trial.
    • The ethical and legal codes that govern a medical practice also apply to clinical trials.
    • All the clinical trial follows a detailed protocol, which is approved by Local Ethics Committee and scientific committee and as per which whole trial is conducted by the conductor.
    • If patient do not want to continue participation in the clinical trial for any reason, he/ she may stop at any time.