Treatment with COLchicine in hospitalized patients affected by COVID-19 : The COLVID-19 trial

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the addition of colchicine to standard of care (SOC) results in better outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

DESIGN: This interventional, multicenter, randomized, phase 2 study, evaluated colchicine 1.5 mg/day added to SOC in hospitalized COVID-19 patients (COLVID-19 trial) and 227 patients were recruited. The primary outcome was the rate of critical disease in 30 days defined as need of mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit (ICU), or death.

RESULTS: 152 non-anti-SARS-CoV-2-vaccinated patients (colchicine vs controls: 77vs75, mean age 69.1±13.1 vs 67.9±15 years, 39% vs 33.3% females, respectively) were analyzed. There was no difference in co-primary end-points between patients treated with colchicine compared to controls (mechanical ventilation 5.2% vs 4%, ICU 1.3% vs 5.3%, death 9.1% vs 6.7%, overall 11 (14.3%) vs 10 (13.3%) patients, P=ns, respectively). Mean time to discharge was similar (colchicine vs controls 14.1±10.4 vs 14.7±8.1 days). Older age (>60 years, P=0.025), P/F<275 mmHg (P=0.005), AST>40 U/L (P<0.001), pre-existent heart (P=0.02), lung (P=0.003), upper-gastrointestinal (P=0.014), lower-gastrointestinal diseases (P=0.009) and cancer (P=0.008) were predictive of achieving the primary outcome. Diarrhoea (9.1% vs 0%, p=0.0031) and increased levels of AST at 6 days (76.9±91.8 vs 33.5±20.7 U/l, P=0.016) were more frequent in the colchicine group.

CONCLUSION: Colchicine did not reduce the rate and the time to the critical stage. Colchicine was relatively safe although adverse hepatic effects require caution. We confirm that older (>60 years) patients with comorbidities are characterized by worse outcome.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Eur J Intern Med. 2023 Jun;112:126-127. - PMID 36804360

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:107

Enthalten in:

European journal of internal medicine - 107(2023) vom: 05. Jan., Seite 30-36

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Perricone, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Scarsi, Mirko [VerfasserIn]
Brucato, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Pisano, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Pigatto, Erika [VerfasserIn]
Becattini, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Cingolani, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Tiso, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Prota, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Tomasoni, Lina Rachele [VerfasserIn]
Cutolo, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Tardella, Marika [VerfasserIn]
Rozza, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Zerbino, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Andreoni, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Poletti, Venerino [VerfasserIn]
Bartoloni, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Gerli, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
COLVID-19 study group, under the auspices of the Italian Society of Rheumatology (SIR), the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT) and the Italian Thoracic Society (ITS-AIPO) [VerfasserIn]
Cafaro, Giacomo [Sonstige Person]
Mendeni, Monia [Sonstige Person]
Colombo, Enrico [Sonstige Person]
Medico, Marta Del [Sonstige Person]
Cabras, Paola [Sonstige Person]
Schiesaro, Mauro Giovanni [Sonstige Person]
Franco, Laura [Sonstige Person]
Fantoni, Massimo [Sonstige Person]
Friso, Lara [Sonstige Person]
Gallo, Valter [Sonstige Person]
Franceschini, Franco [Sonstige Person]
Paolino, Sabrina [Sonstige Person]
Salaffi, Fausto [Sonstige Person]
Scirè, Carlo [Sonstige Person]
Zanetti, Anna [Sonstige Person]
Diana, Claudia [Sonstige Person]
Passaro, Angelina [Sonstige Person]
Foti, Rosario [Sonstige Person]
Serino, Francesco Saverio [Sonstige Person]
Cassol, Maurizio [Sonstige Person]
Bucaneve, Giampaolo [Sonstige Person]
Rocchi, Rosalba Elisabetta [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Anti-IL-1
COVID-19
Colchicine
Coronavirus
Inflammation
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
SARS-CoV-2
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Date Completed 03.01.2023

Date Revised 11.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Eur J Intern Med. 2023 Jun;112:126-127. - PMID 36804360

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejim.2022.10.016

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NLM349098069