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Status unknownNCT04997551Updated Aug 9, 2021

Double Blind Randomized Clinical Trial of Use of Colchicine Added to Standard Treatment in Hospitalized With Covid-19

A Phase 3 interventional study of Colchcine in COVID-19 Infection, sponsored by Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute. Status unknown at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-08-09.

Sponsored by Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Aug 2021), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 10 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Sep 2020, registered Aug 2021).
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
752
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 99 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

EC CORONACOLCHI is a multicenter, double-blind and randomized clinical trial with two branches. Patients who meet all the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be randomized 1: 1 to be included in one of the following groups:

  • Experimental group: colchicine for 2 weeks orally at the doses described, added to the standard treatment of COVID-19.
  • Control group: placebo for 2 weeks orally added to standard COVID-19 treatment.
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Conditions studied

  • COVID-19 Infection

Keywords

  • covid-19
  • colchicine
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In context

Infections

6,687 studies on the registry are indexed under Infections; 807 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 752 is above the median of 120 across 4,200 interventional studies indexed under Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute is the lead sponsor of 15 studies on the registry; 7 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 99 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • 1 - Acute symptoms compatible with SARS-CoV-2 infection: fever, cough, myalgia, dysgeusia / ageusia, dyspnea, pulmonary infiltrates on X-ray / CT, or any sign / symptom attributable to said infection
    1. Microbiologically confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2 (PCR and / or CLIA or ELISA serology or with a valid microbiological diagnostic test with antigen test).
  • 3.> 18 years.
    1. \<2 weeks from the onset of symptoms.
    1. Admitted (with or without pneumonia) and ambulant (with pneumonia demonstrated by X-ray or CT)
    1. Some analytical degree of moderate inflammation defined by PCR between 20 and 80 mg / L and / or ferritin between the high limit of normality (LAN) and 3 times said LAN
    1. Signing of the Informed Consent, or acceptance of oral consent before witnesses.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    1. Drug allergy.
    1. Intolerance to lactose and / or cow's milk proteins.
    1. Renal failure with GFR \<30 ml / min.
    1. Liver cirrhosis or severe liver failure
    1. Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
    1. Blood dyscrasias or cardiac disorders that in the opinion of the investigator contraindicate the use of colchicine.
    1. Pre-existing degenerative neuromuscular disease.
    1. Acute or chronic diarrhea or malabsorptive syndrome that in the judgment of the clinician contraindicates the use of colchicine.
    1. CRP> 80 mg / L or ferritin> 3 times LAN
    1. Shock or hemodynamic instability.
    1. Respiratory distress measured by PaO2 / FIO2 \<300 or baseline O2 saturation ≤ 93%.
    1. Patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.
    1. Chronic treatment with any drug that, in the opinion of the investigator, interacts with colchicine and cannot be discontinued during the clinical trial, unacceptably increasing the risk of toxicity (digoxin, cyclosporine, etc.)
    1. Have received any dose of colchicine, tocilizumab, any antiL6 or antiL1 drug.
    1. Current treatment with corticosteroids (except chronic corticosteroid therapy without recent increase in dose).
    1. Participation in any other clinical trial of patients with COVID-19.
    1. Any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, contraindicates the use of colchicine or puts the subject at risk due to their participation in the study.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
752 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Colchicine

    EC Experimental group: colchicine for 2 weeks orally added to standard treatment.

    Drug: Colchcine

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Control group: placebo for 2 weeks added to standard treatment.

    Drug: Colchcine

Interventions

  • DrugColchcine

    In patients not taking lopinavir / ritonavir or any other CYP3A4 or P-glycoprotein inhibitor drugs: * Day 1: 1 single dose of 1 mg orally, in a single dose. * Days 2 to 6: 0.5 mg every 12 hours v.o. * Days 7 to 14: 0.5 mg / 24 hours v.o. In patients taking drugs that inhibit the CYP3A4 system or the P-glycoprotein, these drugs will be attempted to be discontinued. The dose in these cases will be: o 0.5 mg every 72 hours v.o. while taking the drug that interacts. or 0.5 mg every 24 hours v.o. when, after suspending the interacting drug, at least 5 half-lives of the suspended drug have elapsed, from the last intake of said drug (in the case of lopinavir / ritonavir this would be a total of 24-30 hours) until the 14th day. In patients older than 80 years or patients with CKD-EPI estimated glomerular renal failure filtration rate between 30 and 50 ml / min / 1.73 m2), the colchicine / placebo dose will be: o Days 1 to 14: 0.5 mg / day

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of patients who present death, need for mechanical ventilation or respiratory distress (Pa02 / FiO2 <300 or baseline O2 saturation ≤93%) on days +7, +14 and +30.

    Although the definition of respiratory distress usually includes a radiological criterion, as long as the oxygenation deficit is not attributable to another cause by the clinician, we do not consider it essential to perform a chest X-ray to confirm the diagnosis of distress because it does not correspond to clinical practice routine and the X-ray result does not change the patient's management.

    Time frame: 30 days (from day +1 to day +30)

  2. Each of the items (proportion of patients who suffer death, need for mechanical ventilation and development of respiratory distress) separately on days +7, +14 and +30.

    Time frame: 30 days (from day +1 to day +30)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Proportion of patients in each of the items of the clinical scale detailed below on days +3, +7, +14 and +30:

    1. Not hospitalized, usual activities not limited 2. Not hospitalized with limitation for usual activities 3. Hospitalized, without oxygen requirements 4. Hospitalized with oxygen requirements 5. Hospitalized with oxygen in a reservoir, non-invasive mechanical ventilation or high-flow oxygen device 6. Hospitalized with the need for invasive mechanical ventilation 7. Deceased

    Time frame: 30 days (from day +1 to day +30)

  2. Time (days) until death

    Time frame: 30 days (from day +1 to day +30)

  3. Proportion of patients in whom fever ≥37.8 ºC persists on days +3, +7, +14 and +30.

    Time frame: 30 days (from day +1 to day +30)

  4. Evolution of the levels of C-Reactive Protein (CRP), LDH, D-dimer, ferritin, lymphocytes on days +3, +7, +14 and +30.

    Time frame: 30 days (from day +1 to day +30)

  5. Proportion of patients who have received tocilizumab / other antiL6 or antiL1 drug / corticosteroids on days +3, +7, +14 and +30.

    Time frame: 30 days (from day +1 to day +30)

  6. Proportion of patients experiencing serious unexpected adverse reactions that require discontinuation of the investigational product.

    Time frame: 30 days (from day +1 to day +30)

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Study locations

1 site
  • Biodonostia Health Research Institute
    San Sebastián, Guipuzcoa 20014, Spain
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 9, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04997551
Lead sponsor
Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 9, 2021
Start date
Sep 8, 2020
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 1, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 9, 2021

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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