NCT02898610

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

CONVINCE - (COlchicine for preventioN of Vascular Inflammation in Non- CardioEmbolic Stroke) - a Randomised Clinical Trial of Low-dose Colchicine for Secondary Prevention After Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3,154 (actual)
• Sponsor: University College Dublin · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Ischemic Attack, Transient
• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Colchicine

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-12
• Primary completion: 2024-01-31
• Completion: 2024-01-31
• First posted: 2016-09-13
• Last updated: 2025-03-13

Locations

145 sites across 14 countries: Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom