Ney Carter Borges on Colchicine As 2ry Prevention in Atherosclerotic CVD
Ney Carter Borges, Member Cardiologist of Global Physician Association at Cleveland Clinic Florida, shared on LinkedIn:
”Low-dose colchicine (0.5 mg/day) has emerged as an effective anti-inflammatory strategy for secondary prevention in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
By inhibiting microtubule assembly, colchicine suppresses activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, leading to reduced interleukin-1β and interleukin-6 signaling, key drivers of plaque inflammation and instability.
Clinical trial data demonstrate that colchicine significantly stabilizes atherosclerotic plaques, attenuates neutrophil activation, and reduces thrombogenic potential.
A pooled analysis of randomized trials shows a 25% relative reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events (HR ~0.75), with consistent reductions in myocardial infarction (≈23%), ischemic stroke (≈22%), and cardiovascular mortality (≈34%).
These benefits occur without an increase in non-cardiovascular mortality and with good tolerability in most patients.
Taken together, these findings position colchicine as a third pillar of secondary prevention, complementing lipid-lowering and antithrombotic therapies by targeting residual inflammatory risk in patients with established atherosclerosis.”
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