Colchicine for prevention of vascular inflammation in Non-CardioEmbolic stroke (CONVINCE) - study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Ischaemic stroke colchicine inflammation randomised controlled trial

Journal

European stroke journal
ISSN: 2396-9881
Titre abrégé: Eur Stroke J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101688446

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Historique:
received: 04 08 2020
accepted: 11 10 2020
entrez: 20 8 2021
pubmed: 21 8 2021
medline: 21 8 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Inflammation contributes to unstable atherosclerotic plaque and stroke. In randomised trials in patients with coronary disease, canukinumab (an interleukin-1B antagonist) and colchicine (a tubulin inhibitor with pleiotropic anti-inflammatory effects) reduced recurrent vascular events.Hypothesis: Anti-inflammatory therapy with low-dose colchicine plus usual care will reduce recurrent vascular events in patients with non-severe, non-cardioembolic stroke and TIA compared with usual care alone. CONVINCE is a multi-centre international (in 17 countries) Prospective, Randomised Open-label, Blinded-Endpoint assessment (PROBE) controlled Phase 3 clinical trial in 3154 participants. The intervention is colchicine 0.5 mg/day and usual care versus usual care alone (antiplatelet, lipid-lowering, antihypertensive treatment, lifestyle advice). Included patients are at least 40 years, with non-severe ischaemic stroke (modified Rankin score ≤3) or high-risk TIA (ABCD2 > 3, or positive DWI, or cranio-cervical artery stenosis) within 72 hours-28 days of randomisation, with qualifying stroke/TIA most likely caused by large artery stenosis, lacunar disease, or cryptogenic embolism. Exclusions are stroke/TIA caused by cardio-embolism or other defined cause (e.g. dissection), contra-indication to colchicine (including potential drug interactions), or incapacity for participation in a clinical trial. The anticipated median follow-up will be 36 months. The primary analysis will be by intention-to-treat. The primary outcome is time to first recurrent ischaemic stroke, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, or hospitalisation with unstable angina (non-fatal or fatal). CONVINCE will provide high-quality randomised data on the efficacy and safety of anti-inflammatory therapy with colchicine for secondary prevention after stroke. First-patient first-visit was December 2016. Recruitment to complete in 2021, follow-up to complete in 2023.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Inflammation contributes to unstable atherosclerotic plaque and stroke. In randomised trials in patients with coronary disease, canukinumab (an interleukin-1B antagonist) and colchicine (a tubulin inhibitor with pleiotropic anti-inflammatory effects) reduced recurrent vascular events.Hypothesis: Anti-inflammatory therapy with low-dose colchicine plus usual care will reduce recurrent vascular events in patients with non-severe, non-cardioembolic stroke and TIA compared with usual care alone.
DESIGN METHODS
CONVINCE is a multi-centre international (in 17 countries) Prospective, Randomised Open-label, Blinded-Endpoint assessment (PROBE) controlled Phase 3 clinical trial in 3154 participants. The intervention is colchicine 0.5 mg/day and usual care versus usual care alone (antiplatelet, lipid-lowering, antihypertensive treatment, lifestyle advice). Included patients are at least 40 years, with non-severe ischaemic stroke (modified Rankin score ≤3) or high-risk TIA (ABCD2 > 3, or positive DWI, or cranio-cervical artery stenosis) within 72 hours-28 days of randomisation, with qualifying stroke/TIA most likely caused by large artery stenosis, lacunar disease, or cryptogenic embolism. Exclusions are stroke/TIA caused by cardio-embolism or other defined cause (e.g. dissection), contra-indication to colchicine (including potential drug interactions), or incapacity for participation in a clinical trial. The anticipated median follow-up will be 36 months. The primary analysis will be by intention-to-treat.
OUTCOME RESULTS
The primary outcome is time to first recurrent ischaemic stroke, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, or hospitalisation with unstable angina (non-fatal or fatal).
SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS
CONVINCE will provide high-quality randomised data on the efficacy and safety of anti-inflammatory therapy with colchicine for secondary prevention after stroke.
SCHEDULE UNASSIGNED
First-patient first-visit was December 2016. Recruitment to complete in 2021, follow-up to complete in 2023.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34414298
doi: 10.1177/2396987320972566
pii: 10.1177_2396987320972566
pmc: PMC8370082
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

222-228

Informations de copyright

© European Stroke Organisation 2020.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: All authors have collaborated on successful funding applications from HRB Ireland for CONVINCE. RL has received a grant from FWO Belgium and CW from DFG Germany for CONVINCE (non-overlapping awards). PK has received funding from the Irish Heart Foundation which supports CONVINCE.

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Auteurs

Peter Kelly (P)

Mater University Hospital and University College Dublin, Ireland.
Health Research Board Stroke Clinical Trials Network, Ireland.

Christian Weimar (C)

Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

Robin Lemmens (R)

VIB, Center for Brain & Disease Research, Laboratory of Neurobiology, Leuven, Belgium.
VIB, Center for Brain & Disease Research, Laboratory of Neurobiology, Leuven, Belgium.
University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Neurology, Leuven, Belgium.

Sean Murphy (S)

Mater University Hospital and University College Dublin, Ireland.
Health Research Board Stroke Clinical Trials Network, Ireland.

Francisco Purroy (F)

Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospitalt Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Spain.
Universitat de Lleida, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida) , Universitat de Lleida (UdL), Spain.

Anita Arsovska (A)

University Clinic of Neurology, Medical Faculty, University "Ss Cyril and Methodius", Skopje, North Macedonia.

Natan M Bornstein (NM)

Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Anna Czlonkowska (A)

Second Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland.

Urs Fischer (U)

Stroke Centre and Clinical Trial Unit, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Ana Catarina Fonseca (AC)

Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bern, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

John Forbes (J)

School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.

Michael D Hill (MD)

University of Calgary & Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Dalius Jatuzis (D)

Centre of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania.

Janika Kõrv (J)

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.

Christina Kruuse (C)

Herlev Gentofte Hospital and University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Robert Mikulik (R)

International Clinical Research Center and Neurology Department, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic.

Paul J Nederkoorn (P)

Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC), Department of Neurology | Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Martin O'Donnell (M)

HRB Clinical Research Facility Galway and National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland.

Peter Sandercock (P)

Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Edinburgh, UK.

David Tanne (D)

Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh UK.

Georgios Tsivgoulis (G)

Second Department of Neurology, "Attikon" Hospital, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.

Cathal Walsh (C)

Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry and Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland.

David Williams (D)

RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Marialuisa Zedde (M)

Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Christopher I Price (CI)

Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.

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