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Efficacy of Colchicine in Preventing Recurrent Stroke in the Patients With Acute Atherothrombotic Ischemic Stroke During Hospitalization

Phase 4
Recruiting
Conditions
Ischemic Stroke
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT06102720
Lead Sponsor
Mikhail Zykov
Brief Summary

This study is two-center, prospective, randomized, open-label, controlled, investigator-sponsored study that aims to investigate the efficacy of low-dose colchicine in preventing recurrent stroke in the patients with acute atherothrombotic minor-to-moderate ischemic stroke during hospitalization.

Detailed Description

This study is two-center, prospective, randomized, open-label, controlled, investigator-sponsored study that aims to investigate the efficacy of low-dose colchicine in preventing recurrent stroke in the patients with acute atherothrombotic minor-to-moderate ischemic stroke during hospitalization. Patients who were eligible to the inclusion criteria and ineligible to the exclusion criteria will be randomly assigned into two groups by a 1:1 ratio. Patients in one arm will receive colchicine initiated with a dose of 0.5 mg per day during on days 1 through 14. Study visits will be performed on the day of randomization and at discharge. The outcomes were stroke, neurological deterioration, сombined endpoint events (stroke, myocardial infarction and death), bleeding during 14 days of follow-up in an intention-to treat analysis.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Signed informed consent form by patient prior to any study-specific procedure.
  2. Patient age over 18 years
  3. Presence of ipsilateral lesion of the extracranial artery ≥50% according to the European measurement method ECST or its occlusion, as well as stenosis < 50% with signs of morphological instability of the atherosclerotic plaque (ulceration, hemorrhage into the plaque, intimal flotation, mural thrombus, etc.).
  4. Minor neurological deficit (NIHSS score ≤5).
  5. The duration of development of stroke symptoms before colchicine taken is no more than 48 hours.
  6. Confirmation of the presence of a focus of acute ischemia in the brain according to computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging of the brain.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. The presence of risk factors and conditions that determine a different pathogenetic subtype of ischemic stroke (atrial fibrillation/flutter, ventricular aneurysm, ets.).
  2. Hemorrhagic stroke
  3. NIHSS score ≤5.
  4. Hospitalization of the patient more than 48 hours from the onset of the disease.
  5. Severe anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia.
  6. Course of an infectious/viral disease.
  7. Concomitant treatment with moderate or strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (clarithromycin, erythromycin, telithromycin, other macrolide antibiotics, ketoconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, ritonavir, atazanavir, indinavir, other HIV protease inhibitors, verapamil or pilitin disulfazole) inhibitors (cyclosporine) at randomization.
  8. Concomitant severe degenerative disease of the nervous system.
  9. Concomitant inflammatory or autoimmune disease.
  10. Dementia, established mental illness.
  11. History of malignancy, known hepatitis B or C, or HIV infection.
  12. Swallowing impairment interfering with oral administration of the study drug.
  13. Pregnancy or breastfeeding. Women of child-bearing potential who are not willing to use a medically accepted method of contraception that is considered reliable in the judgment of the Investigator.
  14. Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product at any time during the 30 days prior to randomization
  15. Previous enrolment or randomization in the present study.
  16. Decrease renal function with creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min.
  17. Presence of contraindications to taking colchicine, acetylsalicylic acid and clopidogrel.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Colchicine GroupColchicineAll patients in this arm will receive colchicine for 14 days in addition to standard medical care without clopidogrel (acetylsalicylic acid, lipid-lowering, antihypertensive, gastroprotective, hypoglycemic drugs if necessary, lifestyle recommendations, early rehabilitation activities).
Clopidogrel treatment groupClopidogrelAll patients in this arm will receive standard treatment including clopidogrel.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Any new stroke eventsany time within 14 days

Incidence of any new ischemic stroke.

Neurological deteriorationany time within 14 days

Neurological deterioration, defined as an increase in The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) of 2 or more. The NIHSS provides a quantitative measure of stroke-related neurologic deficit. The higher the score, the more severe the neurological deficit.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
New vascular eventsany time within 14 days

Incidence of any new vascular events, including ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction and vascular death

Bleeding eventany time within 14 days

Bleeding event that is categorised as severe according to GUSTO (Global Utilization Of Streptokinase And Tpa For Occluded Arteries) bleeding criteria.

Positive functional outcomeany time within 14 days

A positive functional outcome within 14 days is determined if the Modified Rankin Score (mRS) improves to 0-1 and/or Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI) to 14 -15 points and/or Rehabilitation Routing Scale 0 -1 points.

The mRS is a 6 point disability scale with possible scores ranging from 0 to 5. A separate category of 6 is usually added for patients who expire.

The RMI includes fifteen mobility items. A maximum score of 15 is possible: higher scores indicate better mobility performance.

The rehabilitation routing scale is needed by the doctor to understand whether the patient requires rehabilitation. The maximum number of points is 6. The more points the patient scores, the more severe his condition.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Sochi City Hospital #4

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Sochi, Krasnodar Refion, Russian Federation

Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseas

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Kemerovo, Kemerovo Region, Russian Federation

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