Design and rationale of the colchicine/statin for the prevention of COVID-19 complications (COLSTAT) trial
Shah T, McCarthy M, Nasir I, Archer H, Ragheb E, Kluger J, Kashyap N, Paredes C, Patel P, Lu J, Kandel P, Song C, Khan M, Ul Haq F, Ahmad R, Howes C, Cambi B, Lancaster G, Cleman M, Dela Cruz CS, Parise H, Lansky A. Design and rationale of the colchicine/statin for the prevention of COVID-19 complications (COLSTAT) trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2021, 110: 106547. PMID: 34461322, PMCID: PMC8397504, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospitalized COVID-19 patientsCOVID-19 patientsStandard of careElectronic health recordsComplications TrialSevere COVID-19 diseaseWorld Health Organization (WHO) ordinal scaleVenous thromboembolic eventsHealth recordsCombination of colchicineRates of morbidityCOVID-19 diseaseCost-effective treatmentPrimary endpointRespiratory failureThromboembolic eventsClinical improvementMyocardial injuryPragmatic trialClinical trialsPatientsEvent ascertainmentHealth NetworkRosuvastatinTrials