Actively Recruiting
Anti-Inflammatory Treatment of Uremic Cardiomyopathy With Colchicine
Led by Brigham and Women's Hospital · Updated on 2025-09-23
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
262 weeks
Total Duration
On this page
Sponsors
B
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Lead Sponsor
N
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study is designed to determine the efficacy and safety of colchicine in patients with chronic kidney disease.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Anti-Inflammatory Treatment of Uremic Cardiomyopathy With Colchicine
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 21 years to 80 years (inclusive)
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 15 to 75 mL/min per 1.73 m2
- Urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio greater than 30 mg/g
- Use of maximally tolerated doses of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker if urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio is greater than 300 mg/g
- Use of a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor if indicated by the participant's primary clinician
- Willing and able to provide written informed consent and adhere to the study protocol
You will not qualify if you...
- History of intolerance or allergy to colchicine
- Hospitalization for any reason within the previous 30 days
- Acute condition requiring emergent treatment as judged by a physician investigator
- Stage C or D heart failure according to ACC-AHA criteria
- Left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40%
- Symptomatic valvular heart disease
- Congenital heart disease, corrected or uncorrected
- History of orthotopic heart transplant
- Kidney failure requiring transplant or dialysis
- Worsening kidney function or acute kidney injury within the previous 30 days
- Use of immunosuppressive or anti-inflammatory medications within the previous 30 days, except limited NSAIDs or corticosteroids for acute resolved conditions
- Familial Mediterranean Fever, gout with flare in the previous 12 months, pericarditis, or other indications for colchicine treatment
- Use of systemic antimicrobial therapy within the previous 30 days or active infection
- History of respiratory illness increasing pneumonia risk as judged by a physician investigator
- Surgery within the previous 30 days or planned during the study period
- Current malignancy or treatment for malignancy within the previous year
- Frailty or shortened life expectancy due to comorbidities increasing risk
- Neutrophil count below 2,000 cells/mm3
- Platelet count below 50,000 cells/mm3
- Use of certain P-gp or CYP3A4 inhibitors
- Use of medications causing myopathy or rhabdomyolysis or elevated creatine kinase levels
- Moderate to severe liver disease (Child-Pugh B or C)
- Pregnant or unwilling/unable to use appropriate contraception
- Breastfeeding
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
L
Leo F Buckley, PharmD MPH
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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