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Study aim
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Evaluation of the low dose colchicine on the clinical outcome of patient with ST elevation myocardial infarction.
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Design
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This study will be conducted as a double-blind clinical trial in two intervention and control groups with block randomization. In each group, 90 patients will be included in the study.
The subject of intervention in this study is the drug colchicine with a dose of 0.5 mg, which is prescribed for patients in the intervention group, and placebo will be prescribed for patients in the control group. All patients will meet the study entry criteria.
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Settings and conduct
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This study will be conducted during the years 1401 and 1402 in the CCU and post-CCU departments of Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom. In order to observe blinding, the researcher and the examiner (evaluator of the patients during the follow-up period) will be unaware of the type of treatment group of the patients.
After randomization, each patient will receive colchicine or placebo.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria:
1. Age range from 18 to 80 years
2. Occurrence of STE in the patient's ECG.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Unstable vital signs of patients
2. Known drug sensitivity to colchicine
3. Severe liver and kidney disease
4. Chronic treatment with colchicine
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Intervention groups
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The intervention in this study is colchicine with a dose of 0.5 mg, which is prescribed for the patients of the intervention group, and the placebo drug, which is similar to colchicine in terms of color, size and packaging, will be prescribed for the patients of the control group.
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Main outcome variables
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Functional class of the patient until the occurrence of chest pain, need for re-hospitalization, mortality rate of patients, information obtained from echocardiography of patients.