AUTHOR=Rabbani Amir , Rafique Asim , Wang Xiaoyan , Campbell Danielle , Wang Daniel , Brownell Nicholas , Capdevilla Kenia , Garabedian Victoria , Chaparro Sandra , Herrera Raul , Parikh Rushi V. , Ardehali Reza 

TITLE=Colchicine for the Treatment of Cardiac Injury in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease-19

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.876718

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2022.876718

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>The impact of colchicine on hospitalized patients with Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) related cardiac injury is unknown.</p></sec><sec><title>Materials and Methods</title><p>In this multicenter randomized controlled open-label clinical trial, we randomized hospitalized adult patients with documented COVID-19 and evidence of cardiac injury in a 1:1 ratio to either colchicine 0.6 mg po twice daily for 30 days plus standard of care or standard of care alone. Cardiac injury was defined as elevated cardiac biomarkers, new arrhythmia, new/worsened left ventricular dysfunction, or new pericardial effusion. The primary endpoint was the composite of all-cause mortality, need for mechanical ventilation, or need for mechanical circulatory support (MCS) at 90 days. Key secondary endpoints included the individual components of the primary endpoint and change in and at least 2-grade reduction in the World Health Organization (WHO) Ordinal Scale at 30 days. The trial is registered with <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://clinicaltrials.gov" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">clinicaltrials.gov</ext-link> (NCT04355143).</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>We enrolled 93 patients, 48 patients in the colchicine arm and 45 in the control arm. There was no significant difference in the primary outcome between the colchicine and control arms (19 vs. 15%, <italic>p</italic> = 0.78), nor in the individual components of all-cause mortality (17 vs. 15%, <italic>p</italic> = 1.0) and need for mechanical ventilation (8 vs. 5%, <italic>p</italic> = 0.68); no patients in either group required MCS. The change in (−1.8 ± 2.4 vs. −1.2 ± 2.0, <italic>p</italic> = 0.12) and at least 2-grade reduction (75 vs. 75%, <italic>p</italic> = 1.0) in the WHO ordinal scale was also similar between groups.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and evidence of cardiac injury did not benefit from colchicine therapy.</p></sec>