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Colchicine for Prevention of Vascular Inflammation in Non-cardio Embolic Stroke

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Ischemic Attack, Transient
Stroke
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02898610
Lead Sponsor
University College Dublin
Brief Summary

This study evaluates the use of Colchicine in adults over 40 years of age who have suffered an ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack NOT caused by cardiac embolism or other defined causes. Patients will be randomised to 0.5 mg/day of Colchicine plus usual care, or to usual care alone.

To investigate the efficacy of low dose colchicine (0.5mg/day) plus usual care (defined as antiplatelet, lipid-lowering, antihypertensive treatment, and appropriate lifestyle advice) compared with usual care alone to prevent non-fatal recurrent ischaemic stroke, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, hospitalization for unstable angina and vascular death after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) not caused by cardiac embolism or other defined causes unrelated to atherosclerosis

Detailed Description

Inflammation is a key pathophysiological contributor to unstable atherosclerotic plaque and thrombo-embolic events, stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular death. Internationally, clinical trials are targeting atherosclerotic inflammation in patients with coronary disease using methotrexate, colchicine, and canukinumab.

Aims:

The primary aim is to compare low-dose colchicine (0.5mg/day) plus usual care, to usual care alone, to prevent non-fatal recurrent ischaemic stroke and coronary events and vascular death after non-severe, noncardioembolic TIA/stroke. Secondary objectives will investigate safety of low-dose colchicine, and efficacy for each component of the primary outcome, fatal and non-fatal events, disabling and non-disabling stroke, effect modification by prespecified subgroups, and impact on direct health care costs, adjusted for quality-adjusted life years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
3154
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Written informed consent consistent with ICH-GCP guidelines and local laws signed prior to all trial-related procedures.

  2. Age 40 years or greater

  3. Either,

    • ischaemic stroke without major disability (modified Rankin score 3 or less)
    • or high-risk TIA
  4. Qualifying stroke/TIA probably caused by large artery stenosis, small artery occlusion (lacunar stroke), or cryptogenic embolism, with cardiac embolism or other defined stroke mechanism deemed unlikely in the opinion of the treating physician.

  5. GFRgreater than or equal to 50 ml/min.

  6. In the opinion of the treating physician, patient is medically-stable, capable of participating in a randomised trial, and willing to attend follow-up.

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Cardio-embolic stroke/TIA, probably caused by identified atrial fibrillation (permanent or paroxysmal), in the opinion of the treating physician.

  2. Cardio-embolic stroke/TIA probably caused by other identified cardiac source (intra-cardiac thrombus, endocarditis, metallic heart valve, low ejection fraction <30%), in the opinion of the treating physician.

  3. Stroke/TIA caused by dissection, endocarditis, paradoxical embolism, drug use, venous thrombosis, within 48 hours aftercarotid or cardiac surgery, hypercoagulability states, migraine, or inherited cerebrovascular disorders (eg. Fabry's disease, CADASIL), in the opinion of the treating physician.

  4. History of myopathy or myalgias with raised creatine kinase (CK) on statin therapy.

  5. Blood dyscrasia defined as anaemia (haemoglobin <10g/dL), thrombocytopenia (platelet count <150 x109/L) or leucopenia (white cell count <4 x109/L) at randomisation.

  6. Impaired hepatic function (transaminases greater than twice upper limit of normal) at randomisation.

  7. Concurrent treatment with moderate or strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (clarithromycin, erythromycin, telithromycin, other macrolide antibiotics, ketoconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, ritonavir, atazanavir, indinavir, other HIV protease inhibitors, verapamil, diltiazem, quinidine, digoxin, disulfiram) or P-gp inhibitors (cyclosporine) at randomisation.

  8. Symptomatic peripheral neuropathy and pre-existing progressive neuromuscular disease

  9. Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's or ulcerative colitis) or chronic diarrhoea.

  10. Dementia, sufficient to impair independence in basic activities of daily living.

  11. Active malignancy, known hepatitis B or C, or HIV infection prior to qualifying stroke/TIA.

  12. Impaired swallow preventing oral administration of study medication. 12. History of poor medication compliance. 13. Unlikely to comply with study procedures and follow-up visits due to severe or fatal comorbid illness or other factor (eg. inability to travel for follow up visits), in opinion of randomising physician.

  13. Pregnancy, breast-feeding, or pre-menopausal women 15. Patient concurrently participating in another clinical trial with an investigational drug or device, or use of investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives before the Screening visit (whichever is longer) 16. Known allergy or sensitivity to colchicine.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Colchicine treatmentColchicineColchicine 0.5mg/day plus usual care for 60 months
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
on-fatal Major Cardiac eventany time within 60 months

Non-fatal hospitalization for unstable angina, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest

Recurrence of non-fatal ischemic strokeany time within 60 month

Any recurrence of non-fatal ischemic stroke

Vascular death60 months

Fatal ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (144)

Uza, Antwerpen

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Antwerp, Belgium

Vivantes Humboldt-Klinikum

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

UCL, Brussels

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

AZ Groeninge Kortrijk

🇧🇪

Kortrijk, Belgium

UZ Leuven

🇧🇪

Leuven, Belgium

AZ Damiaan, OOSTENDE

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Oostende, Belgium

St. Josef-Hospital Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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Bochum, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Bonn

🇩🇪

Bonn, Germany

Krankenhaus Buchholz

🇩🇪

Buchholz, Germany

Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown

🇮🇪

Dublin, Ireland

Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln, Berlin

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH

🇩🇪

Dortmund, Germany

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

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Hannover, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck

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Lübeck, Germany

Mediclin-Fachklinik Rhein/Ruhr

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Rheine, Germany

Medinos Kliniken des Landkreises Sonneberg

🇩🇪

Sonneberg, Germany

Cork University Hospital

🇮🇪

Cork, Ireland

St James's Hospital

🇮🇪

Dublin, Ireland

Galway University Hospital

🇮🇪

Galway, Ireland

Reinier de Graaf Hospital

🇳🇱

Delft, Netherlands

Medical University of Silesia Hospital No7

🇵🇱

Rokietnica, Poland

Royal Victoria Hospital

🇬🇧

Belfast, United Kingdom

Royal Blackburn Hospital

🇬🇧

Blackburn, United Kingdom

Pilgrim Hospital

🇬🇧

Boston, United Kingdom

Croydon University Hospital

🇬🇧

Croydon, United Kingdom

Altnagelvin Area Hospital

🇬🇧

Derry, United Kingdom

North Durham University Hospital

🇬🇧

Durham, United Kingdom

Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

🇬🇧

Exeter, United Kingdom

Medway Maritime Hospital

🇬🇧

Gillingham, United Kingdom

Hairmyres Hospital

🇬🇧

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Kingston Hospital

🇬🇧

Kingston, United Kingdom

AZ Delta, ROESELARE

🇧🇪

Roeselare, Belgium

Hospital Jihlava

🇨🇿

Jihlava, Czechia

Rigshospitalet Glostrup

🇩🇰

Glostrup, Denmark

Herlev Hospital

🇩🇰

Herlev, Denmark

Nordsjællands Hospital

🇩🇰

Hillerød, Denmark

Beaumont Hospital

🇮🇪

Dublin, Ireland

Frankfurt University Hospital

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Frankfurt, Germany

Klinikum Main-Spessart, Standort Krankenhaus Lohr

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Lohr, Germany

Klinikum der Universität München

🇩🇪

München, Germany

Krakenhaus Martha Maria Halle Dolau

🇩🇪

Halle, Germany

Cavan General Hospital

🇮🇪

Cavan, Ireland

Sligo University Hospital

🇮🇪

Sligo, Ireland

South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel

🇮🇪

Tipperary, Ireland

University Hospital Waterford

🇮🇪

Waterford, Ireland

Lithuanian University Hospital of Health Sciences Kaunos Klinikos

🇱🇹

Kaunas, Lithuania

Hospital de Sant Pau

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Nicholas Copernicus

🇵🇱

Gdańsk, Poland

Hospital del Mar

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida

🇪🇸

Lleida, Spain

University Hospital Bern

🇨🇭

Bern, Switzerland

Whiston Hospital

🇬🇧

Whiston, United Kingdom

Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte

🇵🇹

Lisboa, Portugal

Hospital Moises Broggi. Comprehensive Health Consortium

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Aintree University Hospital

🇬🇧

Aintree, United Kingdom

Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña

🇪🇸

Coruna, Spain

H Joan XXIII, Tarragona

🇪🇸

Tarragona, Spain

Bronglais General Hospital

🇬🇧

Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Monklands Hospital

🇬🇧

Airdrie, United Kingdom

Antrim Area Hospital

🇬🇧

Antrim, United Kingdom

West Suffolk Hospital

🇬🇧

Bury Saint Edmunds, United Kingdom

Addenbrookes Hospital

🇬🇧

Cambridge, United Kingdom

William Harvey Hospital

🇬🇧

Ashford, United Kingdom

Kent and Canterbury Hospital

🇬🇧

Canterbury, United Kingdom

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

🇬🇧

Chesterfield, United Kingdom

King's College Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Countess of Chester Hospital

🇬🇧

Chester, United Kingdom

St Richards Hospital

🇬🇧

Chichester, United Kingdom

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

🇬🇧

Cramlington, United Kingdom

Royal Derby Hospital

🇬🇧

Derby, United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead

🇬🇧

Gateshead, United Kingdom

Norfolk and Norwich Hospital

🇬🇧

Norwich, United Kingdom

Raigmore Hospital

🇬🇧

Inverness, United Kingdom

University Hospital Lewisham

🇬🇧

Lewisham, United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital

🇬🇧

Margate, United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow

🇬🇧

Glasgow, United Kingdom

St George's Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

University College London Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Luton & Dunstable University Hospital

🇬🇧

Luton, United Kingdom

Nottingham City Hospital

🇬🇧

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Peterborough Hospital

🇬🇧

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Derriford Hospital

🇬🇧

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Southend University Hospital

🇬🇧

Southend, United Kingdom

Sunderland Royal Hospital

🇬🇧

Sunderland, United Kingdom

King's Mill Hospital

🇬🇧

Sutton In Ashfield, United Kingdom

Royal Cornwall Hospital

🇬🇧

Truro, United Kingdom

Yeovil District Hospital

🇬🇧

Yeovil, United Kingdom

Princess Royal Hospital

🇬🇧

Telford, United Kingdom

H U. Josep Trueta, Girona

🇪🇸

Girona, Spain

H. U. Ramón y Cajal, Madrid

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Virgen Macarena Sevilla

🇪🇸

Sevilla, Spain

Centro Medico de Asturias

🇪🇸

Oviedo, Spain

UZ Brussel

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

St. Anne´s University Hospital

🇨🇿

Brno, Czechia

Bispebjerg Hospital

🇩🇰

Bispebjerg, Denmark

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

🇩🇪

Hamburg, Germany

Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda

🇮🇪

Louth, Ireland

St Vincent's University Hospital

🇮🇪

Dublin, Ireland

St Lukes General Hospital

🇮🇪

Kilkenny, Ireland

University Hospital Limerick

🇮🇪

Limerick, Ireland

Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinics

🇱🇹

Vilnius, Lithuania

Radboud University Medical Centre

🇳🇱

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Hospital Egas Moniz

🇵🇹

Lisboa, Portugal

Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology

🇵🇱

Warsaw, Poland

H. de Albacete

🇪🇸

Albacete, Spain

H U. Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla

🇪🇸

Sevilla, Spain

H Parc Taulí de Sabadell

🇪🇸

Sabadell, Spain

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

🇬🇧

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Craigavon Area Hospital

🇬🇧

Craigavon, United Kingdom

South West Acute Hospital

🇬🇧

Enniskillen, United Kingdom

Lincoln County Hospital

🇬🇧

Lincoln, United Kingdom

Wycombe Hospital

🇬🇧

High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Leicester Royal Infirmary

🇬🇧

Leicester, United Kingdom

Royal London Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

🇬🇧

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Stepping Hill Hospital

🇬🇧

Stockport, United Kingdom

Royal Stoke University Hospital

🇬🇧

Stoke, United Kingdom

Great Western Hospital

🇬🇧

Swindon, United Kingdom

Worthing Hospital

🇬🇧

Worthing, United Kingdom

New Cross Hospital

🇬🇧

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Vivantes Auguste-Viktoria Klinikum

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

AZ St. Lucas, BRUGGE

🇧🇪

Brugge, Belgium

CHC Liege

🇧🇪

Liège, Belgium

Tartu University Hospital

🇪🇪

Tartu, Estonia

Rhön-Klinikum Campus Bad Neustadt

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Bad Neustadt An Der Saale, Germany

AZ Sint Jan

🇧🇪

Brugge, Belgium

UZ Gent

🇧🇪

Gent, Belgium

Vancouver General Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, Canada

Universitätsklinikum Essen

🇩🇪

Essen, Germany

Klinikum Fulda gAG, Universitätsmedizin Marburg-Campus Fulda

🇩🇪

Fulda, Germany

SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera GmbH

🇩🇪

Gera, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR

🇩🇪

Leipzig, Germany

Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary

🇨🇦

Calgary, Canada

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

🇩🇪

Heidelberg, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

🇩🇪

Würzburg, Germany

Tallaght University Hospital

🇮🇪

Dublin, Ireland

Academic Medical Center

🇳🇱

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Gelre Ziekenhuis Apeldoorn

🇳🇱

Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

🇮🇪

Dublin, Ireland

Specialist Hospital of Saint Luke

🇵🇱

Końskie, Poland

Hospital Universitario de Sao Jao

🇵🇹

Porto, Portugal

St Thomas' Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Charing Cross Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Royal Liverpool University Hospital

🇬🇧

Liverpool, United Kingdom

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