Open AccessEfficacy and safety of colchicine in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
Hui Xiong,
Xianli Huang,
Lingzhang Rao,
Jing Zhao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1536-5964
pISSN - 0025-7974
DOI - 10.1097/md.0000000000025429
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , cochrane library , myocardial infarction , placebo , protocol (science) , adverse effect , medline , colchicine , cohort , cohort study , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , law
Background: There are no meta-analyses evaluating the efficacy and safety of colchicine in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Our protocol is conceived to evaluate the efficacy and safety of colchicine in comparison of placebo and test the hypothesis that a short course of treatment with colchicine could lead to reduced infarct size in patients presenting with AMI. Methods: We will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) reporting guidelines and the recommendations of the Cochrane Collaboration to conduct this meta-analysis. Reviewers will search the PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and EMBASE online databases for all English-language cohort studies published up to April, 2021. The cohort studies focusing on assess the efficacy and safety of colchicine in the treatment of AMI will be included in our meta-analysis. At least one of the following outcomes should have been measured: reduced infarct size, C-reactive protein (CRP) level, adverse events, death and major cardiovascular events. Review Manager software will be used for the meta-analysis. All outcomes are pooled on random-effect model. A P value of <.05 is considered to be statistically significant. Results: Our protocol is conceived to evaluate the efficacy and safety of colchicine in comparison of placebo and test the hypothesis that a short course of treatment with colchicine could lead to reduced infarct size in patients presenting with AMI. Registration number: 10.17605/OSF.IO/NTU5F.