Coronary disease & ACS

Colchicine and Longitudinal Dynamics of Clonal Hematopoiesis: An Exploratory Substudy of the LoDoCo2 Trial

J Am Coll CardiolPublished Secondary analysis of the LoDoCo2 randomised trial

Authors' conclusion

In this exploratory analysis, treatment with low-dose colchicine was associated with attenuated clonal expansion in TET2 CH.

Study context

Population
Participants with chronic CAD2,047 observations
Participants
854 participants
Comparison
Colchicine vs placebo
Primary endpoint
CH growth (annual change in CH clone size by variant allele frequency)
Follow-up
Median 25.0 months
Methodological detailsexploratory substudy
  • Exploratory substudy

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Annual increase in CH clone size
GroupValueβtime
Placebo14.9%0.14 (95% CI: 0.08 to 0.21)
Colchicine6.3%0.06 (95% CI: −0.01 to 0.14)

Value

Placebo14.9%
Colchicine6.3%

βtime

Placebo0.14 (95% CI: 0.08 to 0.21)
Colchicine0.06 (95% CI: −0.01 to 0.14)
  • Colchicine vs Placebo: P for interaction = 0.13 — not statistically significant

Further findings

Interleukin-6 increase in non-DNMT3A CH (subgroup) · 1 year

P for interaction = 0.01

OutcomeColchicinePlaceboP value
Clonal growth in TET2 CH (subgroup)P for interaction = 0.04
βtime0.09 (95% CI: −0.04 to 0.22)0.27 (95% CI: 0.16 to 0.37)
  • Clonal growth in TET2 clonal hematopoiesis (CH) (subgroup): interaction P = 0.04
  • Interleukin-6 increase in non-DNMT3A CH (subgroup): interaction P = 0.01

Original publication

Colchicine and Longitudinal Dynamics of Clonal Hematopoiesis: An Exploratory Substudy of the LoDoCo2 Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. Published 29 August 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2025.08.025

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