Study of Colchicine to Treat and Prevent Recurrent Pericarditis (First Episode)

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with the first attack of recurrent pericarditis * Age≥ 18 years * Informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Suspected neoplastic, tuberculous, or purulent etiology * Known severe liver disease and/or elevated transaminases \>1.5 times the upper limit of normality * Serum creatinine \>2.5 mg/dl * Serum creatine kinase (CK) over the upper limit of normality or known myopathy * Known gastrointestinal or blood disease * Pregnant or lactating women or women not protected by a contraception method * Known hypersensibility to colchicine * Treatment with colchicine at enrolment