Karakaş, 336 patient colchicine late treatment study: 13% lower mortality [p=0.72], 16% lower ICU admission [p=0.5], and 25% shorter hospitalization [p=0.0001] https://c19p.org/karakas
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Reducing length of hospital stay with colchicine
et al., The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, doi:10.3855/jidc.14924
Retrospective 356 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, shorter hospitalization time with colchicine treatment. There were no statistically significant differences for mortality or ICU admission. Significantly lower mortality was seen with higher dosage (1mg/day vs 0.5mg/day). More control patients were on oxygen at baseline (65% vs. 54%).
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risk of death, 12.7% lower, RR 0.87, p = 0.72, treatment 16 of 165 (9.7%), control 19 of 171 (11.1%), NNT 71.
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risk of ICU admission, 16.0% lower, RR 0.84, p = 0.50, treatment 30 of 165 (18.2%), control 37 of 171 (21.6%), NNT 29.
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hospitalization time, 25.0% lower, relative time 0.75, p < 0.001, treatment 165, control 171.
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This study is excluded in the after exclusion results of meta
analysis:
excessive unadjusted differences between groups.
Karakaş et al., 31 Jan 2022, retrospective, Turkey, peer-reviewed, 11 authors.
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