Randomized controlled trial of colchicine add on to the standard therapy in moderate and severe corona virus Disease-19 infection
Gorial et al.,
Randomized controlled trial of colchicine add on to the standard therapy in moderate and severe corona virus..,
Annals of Medicine and Surgery, doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103593
RCT with 80 colchicine and 80 control patients, showing improved recovery with treatment. SOC included vitamin C, vitamin D, and zinc.
risk of death, 66.7% lower, RR 0.33, p = 0.62, treatment 1 of 80 (1.2%), control 3 of 80 (3.8%), NNT 40.
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risk of no recovery, 62.8% lower, HR 0.37, p < 0.001, treatment 80, control 80, inverted to make HR<1 favor treatment, Cox proportional hazards.
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Randomized controlled trial of colchicine add on to the standard therapy in moderate
and severe corona virus Disease-19 infection
Faiq I. Gorial, Mohammed Fauzi Maulood, Ahmed S. Abdulamir, Ahmed Sameer
Alnuaimi, Manal K. abdulrrazaq, Fadil Agla Bonyan
PII:
S2049-0801(22)00353-3
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103593
Reference:
AMSU 103593
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Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Received Date: 18 February 2022
Revised Date:
1 April 2022
Accepted Date: 2 April 2022
Please cite this article as: Gorial FI, Maulood MF, Abdulamir AS, Alnuaimi AS, abdulrrazaq MK, Bonyan
FA, Randomized controlled trial of colchicine add on to the standard therapy in moderate and severe
corona virus Disease-19 infection, Annals of Medicine and Surgery (2022), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/
j.amsu.2022.103593.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Colchicine add on to the Standard
Therapy in Moderate and Severe Corona Virus Disease-19 Infection
Faiq I. Gorial 1, Mohammed Fauzi Maulood2 , , Ahmed S. Abdulamir 3 , Ahmed
Sameer Alnuaimi 4, Manal K. abdulrrazaq 5, Fadil Agla Bonyan 6
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1, 5 College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Bab Al-Muadham, Baghdad, Iraq
2 Alkarkh Hospital, Alatefiya, Baghdad, Iraq
3 College of Medicine, Alnahrain University, Alkadymia, Baghdad, Iraq
4 Primary Health Care Corporation, Department Of Clinical Research, Aldoha, Qatar
6 Emergency physician, Director of EMS of Iraq, Emergency medical department, Baghdad
Teaching Hospital
Corresponding author email: faiqig@gmail.com
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Running title: Colchicine as Add-on Therapy to the Standard of Care Measures in COVID-19
Therapy
Table 1: Baseline characteristics of the study groups.
Study groups
Intervention
(Colchicine add
on) + moderate Control + Severe
Control +
disease
disease
moderate disease
N
%
N
%
N
%
Intervention
(Colchicine add
on) + Severe
disease
N
%
Age group (years)
18-39
40-59
60+
Total
8
14
18
40
20.0
35.0
45.0
100.0
Smoking habit
Non-smoker
Current smoker
Ex-smoker
Total
25
10
5
40
62.5
25.0
12.5
100.0
Comorbidities
Hypertension
Diabetes Mellitus
Ischemic Heart Disease
Asthma
Cancer
Stroke
Others
Any..
Late treatment
is less effective
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