Covid-19: Clinical Trials to Start on Colchicine by Hannah Joy on June 14, 2021 at 1:47 PM
Colchicine drug is gonna undergo a two-arm phase-II clinical trial by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to assess the safety and efficacy of the drug in treating Covid-19.
Colchicine is used for treating gout and related inflammatory conditions. The drug is expected to be an important therapeutic intervention for Covid patients with cardiac co-morbidities.
A number of global studies have confirmed now that cardiac complications during course of Covid-19 infections and post-Covid syndrome are leading to loss of many lives, and it is essential to look for new or repurposed drugs.