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| Name | Class |
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| Evangelismos Hospital | OTHER |
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There is evidence that inflammatory processes may play a key role during surgical myocardial reperfusion. The hypothesis of this study is that colchicine, an anti-inflammatory agent, may lead to reduction in periprocedural infarct size, when administered during elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control group | Placebo Comparator | Patients taking placebo | |
| Colchicine | Experimental | Active treatment group |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchicine | Drug | colchicine p.os 0.5 mg bid for two days before undergoing elective CABG surgery and eight days after the operation |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Myocardial damage marker levels | Days 1-2 post-CABG |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| All cause mortality | At one and at six months after CABG |
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Excluded are patients:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Spyridon Deftereos, MD | Athens General Hospital "G. Gennimatas" | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Athens General Hospital "G. Gennimatas" | Athens | Attica | 11527 | Greece |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 25784519 | Derived | Giannopoulos G, Angelidis C, Kouritas VK, Dedeilias P, Filippatos G, Cleman MW, Panagopoulou V, Siasos G, Tousoulis D, Lekakis J, Deftereos S. Usefulness of colchicine to reduce perioperative myocardial damage in patients who underwent on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol. 2015 May 15;115(10):1376-81. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.02.036. Epub 2015 Feb 18. |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D015427 | Reperfusion Injury |
| ID | Term |
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| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| D011183 | Postoperative Complications |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003078 | Colchicine |
| ID | Term |
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| D000470 | Alkaloids |
| D006571 | Heterocyclic Compounds |
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| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |