Efficacy and safety of colchicine for atrial fibrillation prevention : An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common arrhythmia, is closely related to inflammation. Colchicine has the potent anti-inflammatory effects. Several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have evaluated the efficacy and safety of colchicine in the prevention of AF but the results are inconsistent.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the impact of colchicine on AF.

METHOD AND RESULTS: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched for related studies until Jan 8, 2024. A total of 17 studies including 16,238 participants were included. Compared to the placebo group, there were fewer incidences of AF in the colchicine group (RR: 0.75, 95%CI: 0.68-0.83, P < 0.001). The incidence of overall adverse events and overall gastrointestinal intolerance did not differ significantly between the two groups. However, diarrhea, nausea, and discontinuation occurred more frequently in patients treated with colchicine.

CONCLUSION: Colchicine can prevent patients from the incidence of AF, regardless of the mean age of patients, type of atrial fibrillation, maintenance dose, duration of colchicine use, cumulative daily dose, and follow-up time with more diarrhea, nausea and discontinuation. These adverse events can be avoided by low doses (0.5 mg once daily) and long period time of colchicine use.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:406

Enthalten in:

International journal of cardiology - 406(2024) vom: 20. Apr., Seite 132068

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tian, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Nan [VerfasserIn]
Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis [VerfasserIn]
Bazoukis, George [VerfasserIn]
Letsas, Konstantinos P [VerfasserIn]
Tse, Gary [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Tong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrial fibrillation
Colchicine
Efficacy
Journal Article
Meta-analysis
Safety

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Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.132068

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NLM371378494