La pandemia COVID-19 presentó un aumento exponencial en el número de internaciones en las unidades de cuidados intensivos alrededor del mundo debido al requerimiento de asistencia ventilatoria y una disminución en la consulta de patologías graves y prevalentes en años previos, en especial de casos graves como el síndrome coronario agudo con elevación del segmento ST-T. En nuestra institución se manifestó el fenómeno con un aumento en los tiempos dolor-primer contacto médico, con presentaciones tardías, y un aumento de las complicaciones intrahospitalarias, incluyendo shock cardiogénico e insuficiencia cardíaca aguda.
The use of colchicine is associated with a significant reduction of cardiac adverse events in patients with coronary artery disease. Past small randomized trials with oral immunosuppressive or anti-inflammatory therapies have demonstrated a reduction of adverse clinical events after bare metal stent implantation. The potential role of adjunctive colchicine after bare-metal stent implantation, compared with drug-eluting stent alone, is unknown. The primary end point of the study will be to compare cost–effectiveness at 1 year of follow-up of coronary intervention with bare-metal stent implantation plus 1 mg of colchicine during 3 months versus percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent implantation alone. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04382443
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