Single-blinded Randomized Investigator-initiated Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Colchicine to Treat Patients With Cardiomyopathy With Myocarditis (Chronic Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy)
Two-parallel groups randomized, single-blinded, multi-center phase III controlled trial in patients with chronic inflammatory cardiomyopathy to assess the efficacy of colchicine and associated prospective registry to assess the prognostic value of positive genetic testing in this population.
• Males and females with Infl-CMP associated with VA (including high PVC burden), reduced LVEF, or significantly increased levels of natriuretic peptides.
• Patients of 18 years or older
• Evidence of myocardial inflammation on CMRI (using 2018 Lake Louis criteria) or FDG-PET performed in the 3 months before randomization to be included in the trial OR in the last 12 months before for the registry.
• Presence of any of the following characteristics and if symptoms have been present for more than 1 month:
• Mono-morphic or polymorphic PVC burden of ≥3000 in 24 hours, or NSVTs (defined as \>3 more consecutive beat lasting \<30 seconds) or evidence of sustained ventricular tachycardias (SVT).
• Reduced LVEF on echocardiogram (\<50%) or on CMRI (\<60%)-. Increased N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT- proBNP) concentration of 1000 pg/mL or more, or a B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration of 200 pg/mL or more
• Persistence of increased high-sensitivity troponin levels above the upper reference limit (URL) after at least 2 months from the first assessment and at least a mono-morphic or polymorphic PVC burden of ≥1000 in 24 hours.