As researchers hunt for ways to treat severe COVID-19 infections, a new trial will ask whether an old arthritis drug can prevent serious complications in the first place.
WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2020 --
Now researchers in the United States and Canada are testing it for a different purpose: Keeping high-risk COVID-19 patients from getting sick enough to land in the hospital. "I think there's pretty substantial evidence that cytokine storm is involved," said Dr. Randy Cron, a rheumatologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The storm that brews against the new coronavirus does appear to be unique in certain ways, according to Cron.Still, Cron and other researchers believe that treatments for cytokine storm could ultimately prove key in battling the coronavirus pandemic. Colchicine is the medication of choice for a few reasons, Hsue explained: Unlike the drugs being tested in hospital patients -- which are given by infusion or injection -- colchicine tablets are easy to take and inexpensive. And the medication has a long history of safe use for gout, she added.
The trial aims to enroll 6,000 patients newly diagnosed with COVID-19 who are at increased risk of serious illness -- because they are older than 69, or have conditions like heart or lung disease.
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