TY - JOUR T1 - Effects of colchicine on risk of cardiovascular events among patients with gout: as evidence accrues, is it time for a randomised trial? JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - e28 LP - e28 DO - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209294 VL - 75 IS - 5 AU - Georgios Giannopoulos AU - Spyridon Deftereos Y1 - 2016/05/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/75/5/e28.abstract N2 - We read with great interest the paper by Solomon et al1 on the effects of colchicine on risk of cardiovascular events and mortality among patients with gout. The authors should be commended on a well-planned and informative study, which, despite the non-randomised retrospective design, adds valuable evidence on a potential new role of this old drug in cardiovascular disease—a prospect which has come under scrutiny over the past few years.2We would like to contribute a few … ER -