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ArticleContemporary clinical trials communications2023

Effect of colchicine and aspirin given together in patients with moderate COVID-19.

K Sunil Naik, Niranjan Andhalkar, Sohal Pendse

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Article in Contemporary clinical trials communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K Sunil NaikResearch Wing, Second Floor, Beside FM Ward, Government General Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, 532001, India.
Niranjan AndhalkarProRelix Services LLP, 102 A/B, Park Plaza, Main Karve Nagar Chowk, Karve Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra, 411052, India.
Sohal PendseProRelix Services LLP, 102 A/B, Park Plaza, Main Karve Nagar Chowk, Karve Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra, 411052, India.
Government General Hospital · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of Colchicine 0.5 mg and Aspirin 75 mg oral tablets given together on management of moderate COVID-19. Methods: The study was carried out in 122 moderate COVID-19 patients between ages 40-80 years in hospital, instructed to take either 1 tablet of Colchicine 0.5 mg and Aspirin 75 mg each (treatment group), or 1 tablet of Aspirin 75 mg (Control group), twice a day along with standard of care. Result: At the end of treatment, reduction was seen in the treatment group in score of 8-point ordinal scale, troponin, D-Dimer, Hs-CRP from baseline. There was a fall of 51.1% among control arm and 53.4% among treatment arm in 8-point ordinal score. The reduction in mean D-Dimer was 37% in control group and 38.1% in treatment group. The mean reduction in CT severity score in control group was 3.65 and in treatment group was 4.82, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P value = 0.018). Conclusion: It was evident from CT scan scores that the treatment group has shown significant improvement in the reduction of inflammation and other COVID-19 symptoms as compared to the control group. The fall in Ferritin, Hs-CRP and D-Dimer level after treatment were indicative of improvement in internal inflammatory response of body in COVID-19 disease. As increased troponin levels indicate some degree of heart damage, the fall in troponin levels indicated that test treatment improved heart health in COVID-19 patients.

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8- Point ordinal scaleAnti-inflammatoryCardiac inflammationCOVID-19NEWS

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PMID36714812
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