Can a gout drug and a blood thinner stop second strokes?
NCT ID NCT06396858
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding two common medicines—colchicine (an anti-inflammatory) and low-dose rivaroxaban (a blood thinner)—to standard care can prevent future heart attacks, strokes, or death in people who recently had a stroke. About 4,500 adults who had a stroke within the last 14 days and do not need full-dose blood thinners will take these drugs or placebos for several months. The goal is to see if this combination safely reduces major cardiovascular events.
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Study facts
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 4,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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18 years and older
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with acute ischemic stroke aged ≥18 years old who, regardless of etiology and mechanism, do not have a definitive indication for anticoagulation, and whose symptoms onset has been within the last 14 days; * Receiving standard therapy for acute management of ischemic stroke; * For patients treated with fibrinolytics, a minimum period of 24 hours after the infusion of the lytic drug is required for randomization into the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Modified Rankin score of 4 or more at randomization; * Refusal to provide consent; * Severe renal failure, with glomerular filtration rate (by CKD-EPI) estimated at \<15 mL/min/1.73 m2; * Severe liver failure (child C); * Indication for full-dose anticoagulation (for example, venous thromboembolism or atrial fibrillation); * Previous hemorrhagic stroke or history of intracranial hemorrhage; * Systemic treatment with a potent CYP 3A4 inhibitor (such as azole antifungals and protease inhibitors), or with a potent 3A4 inducer (such as rifampicin, phenytoin, phenobarbital, or carbamazepine); * History of inflammatory bowel disease or chronic diarrhea; * Prolonged treatment (\> 1 month) with immunosuppressants or systemic corticosteroids; * History of recurrent pneumonia (3 or more hospitalizations in the last 12 months); * Pregnancy or breastfeeding; * Any other comorbidity other than stroke and CV disease (e.g., metastatic cancer) that, in the investigator's opinion, has a significant impact on the 12-month survival.
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