Adjuvant Use Of Colchicine With The Standard Therapy In Moderate And Severe Corona Virus Disease-19 Infection

Adjuvant Use Of Colchicine With The Standard Therapy In Moderate And Severe Corona Virus Disease-19 Infection: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

The study included 2 arms Colchicine group: Colchicine + standard therapy of COVID-19 Control group: Standard therapy of COVID-19

This study will be a randomized controlled trial with 2 arms study trial 1:1 allocation. The sample size was calculated and we need a total of 160 patients (80 Colchicine add on group and 80 controls)

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1. Patients with age above 18 years and of any gender 2. Definite diagnosis of COVID-19 according to the WHO classification criteria 3. Patients symptomatic for no more than three days for mild-moderate cases, no more than two days after being severe cases 4. Understands and agrees to comply with planned study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients refuse to enrol in the study
2. Patients with hypersensitivity to colchicine
3. Patients with chronic diseases: Renal failure with eGFR<30 ml/min; chronic liver disease with hepatic failure (AST/ALT > 3x normal).; decompensated heart failure, long QT syndrome (QTc >450 msec.), and uncontrolled arrhythmia; inflammatory bowel disease, chronic diarrhea or malabsorption; pre-existent progressive neuromuscular disease, and Metastatic cancer
4. Pregnancy and breast feeding
5. Medications: immunosuppressive chemotherapy; regular use of digoxin, amiodarone, verapamil or protease inhibitors.