ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022
Colchicine for the Treatment of Cardiac Injury in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease-19.
Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04355143 (Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled Trial of Colchicine to Reduce Cardiac Injury in Hospitalized COVID-19), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled Trial of Colchicine to Reduce Cardiac Injury in Hospitalized COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) Patients (COLHEART-19)
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oxygen Saturation in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients and Its Relation to Colchicine Treatment: A Retrospective Cohort Study with an Updated Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Repurposing of colchicine: critical examination of clinical trials and scoping review.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Article
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- Colchicine in Cardiovascular Disease: Evidence Structure, Clinical Efficacy, Safety, and Translational Positioning Across Cardiovascular Syndromes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Association between electrolyte supplementation and cardiac injury in long COVID-19.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Emerging Targets, Novel Directions, and Innovative Approaches in Thrombosis Therapy.Aging and disease · 2025Review
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Abstract
Introduction: The impact of colchicine on hospitalized patients with Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) related cardiac injury is unknown. Materials and Methods: 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 clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04355143). Results: 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%, Conclusion: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and evidence of cardiac injury did not benefit from colchicine therapy.
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