Colchicine for Symptom and Inflammation in Knee Osteoarthritis

Summary

Uric acid may be involved in the activation of the innate immune response in osteoarthritis (OA) pathology and progression. This suggests that traditional gout therapy may be beneficial for OA. Our goal therefore is to assess colchicine, an existing commercially available agent for gout, for a new therapeutic indication-knee OA. The investigators propose a randomized clinical trial (RCT) of 16 weeks' therapy with standard daily dose oral colchicine or placebo for knee OA. The investigators hypothesize that colchicine will block inflammasome mediated inflammation, thereby improve the signs and symptoms of OA, and reduce synovial fluid, serum and urine inflammatory and biochemical joint degradation biomarkers. This trial will potentially provide data to support a new treatment option for knee OA.

Timeline

Start

2013-10

Primary completion

2015-09

Completion

2015-09

Publications

• Leung YY, Haaland B, Huebner JL, Wong SBS, Tjai M, Wang C, Chowbay B, Thumboo J, Chakraborty B, Tan MH, Kraus VB. Colchicine lack of effectiveness in symptom and inflammation modification in knee osteoarthritis (COLKOA): a randomized controlled trial. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2018 May;26(5):631-640. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.01.026. Epub 2018 Feb 7.
• Leung YY, Thumboo J, Wong BS, Haaland B, Chowbay B, Chakraborty B, Tan MH, Kraus VB. Colchicine effectiveness in symptom and inflammation modification in knee osteoarthritis (COLKOA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Apr 30;16:200. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0726-x.

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