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Imaging features and safety and efficacy of endovascular stroke treatment: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data
Publication date: October 2018Source: The Lancet Neurology, Volume 17, Issue 10Author(s): Luis San Román, Bijoy K Menon, Jordi Blasco, María Hernández-Pérez, Antoni Dávalos, Charles B L M Majoie, Bruce C V Campbell, Francis Guillemin, Hester Lingsma, René Anxionnat, Jonathan Epstein, Jeffrey L Saver, Henk Marquering, John H Wong, Demetrius Lopes, Gernot Reimann, Hubert Desal, Diederik W J Dippel, Shelagh Coutts, Richard du Mesnil de RochemontSummaryBackgroundEvidence regarding whether imaging can be used effectively to select patients for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is scarce. We aimed to investigate the associat...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - September 19, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Mechanical thrombectomy after intravenous alteplase versus alteplase alone after stroke (THRACE): a randomised controlled trial
Publication date: Available online 23 August 2016 Source:The Lancet Neurology Author(s): Serge Bracard, Xavier Ducrocq, Jean Louis Mas, Marc Soudant, Catherine Oppenheim, Thierry Moulin, Francis Guillemin Background Intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase alone cannot reperfuse most large-artery strokes. We aimed to determine whether mechanical thrombectomy in addition to intravenous thrombolysis improves clinical outcome in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. Methods THRACE is a randomised controlled trial done in 26 centres in France. Patients aged 18–80 years with acute ischaemic stroke and proximal cerebral artery...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - August 23, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Functional outcomes of pre-hospital thrombolysis in a mobile stroke treatment unit compared with conventional care: an observational registry study
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02358772. Findings Between Feb 5, 2011, and March 5, 2015, 427 patients were treated within the STEMO vehicle and their data were entered into a pre-hospital registry. 505 patients received conventional care and their data were entered into an in-hospital thrombolysis registry. Of these, 305 patients in the STEMO group and 353 in the conventional care group met inclusion criteria and were included in the analysis. 161 (53%) patients in the STEMO group versus 166 (47%) in the conventional care group had an mRS score of 1 or lower (p=0·14). Compared with conventio...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - July 15, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Risk of intracerebral haemorrhage with alteplase after acute ischaemic stroke: a secondary analysis of an individual patient data meta-analysis
Publication date: Available online 8 June 2016 Source:The Lancet Neurology Author(s): William N Whiteley, Jonathan Emberson, Kennedy R Lees, Lisa Blackwell, Gregory Albers, Erich Bluhmki, Thomas Brott, Geoff Cohen, Stephen Davis, Geoffrey Donnan, James Grotta, George Howard, Markku Kaste, Masatoshi Koga, Rüdiger von Kummer, Maarten G Lansberg, Richard I Lindley, Patrick Lyden, Jean Marc Olivot, Mark Parsons, Danilo Toni, Kazunori Toyoda, Nils Wahlgren, Joanna Wardlaw, Gregory J del Zoppo, Peter Sandercock, Werner Hacke, Colin Baigent Background Randomised trials have shown that alteplase impr...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - June 8, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Endovascular stent thrombectomy: the new standard of care for large vessel ischaemic stroke
Publication date: Available online 25 June 2015 Source:The Lancet Neurology Author(s): Bruce C V Campbell , Geoffrey A Donnan , Kennedy R Lees , Werner Hacke , Pooja Khatri , Michael D Hill , Mayank Goyal , Peter J Mitchell , Jeffrey L Saver , Hans-Christoph Diener , Stephen M Davis Background Results of initial randomised trials of endovascular treatment for ischaemic stroke, published in 2013, were neutral but limited by the selection criteria used, early-generation devices with modest efficacy, non-consecutive enrolment, and treatment delays. Recent developments In the past year, six positive trials of endovascular t...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - June 26, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Association between brain imaging signs, early and late outcomes, and response to intravenous alteplase after acute ischaemic stroke in the third International Stroke Trial (IST-3): secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Publication date: Available online 27 March 2015 Source:The Lancet Neurology Background Brain scans are essential to exclude haemorrhage in patients with suspected acute ischaemic stroke before treatment with alteplase. However, patients with early ischaemic signs could be at increased risk of haemorrhage after alteplase treatment, and little information is available about whether pre-existing structural signs, which are common in older patients, affect response to alteplase. We aimed to investigate the association between imaging signs on brain CT and outcomes after alteplase. Methods IST-3 was a multicentre, randomised ...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - March 27, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Alteplase versus tenecteplase for thrombolysis after ischaemic stroke (ATTEST): a phase 2, randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint study
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01472926. Findings Between Jan 1, 2012, and Sept 7, 2013, 355 patients were screened, of whom 157 were eligible for intravenous thrombolysis, and 104 patients were enrolled. 52 were assigned to the alteplase group and 52 to tenecteplase. Of 71 patients (35 assigned tenecteplase and 36 assigned alteplase) contributing to the primary endpoint, no significant differences were noted for percentage of penumbral salvaged (68% [SD 28] for the tenecteplase group vs 68% [23] for the alteplase group; mean difference 1·3% [95% CI −9·6 to 12·1]; p=0·81). Neither incide...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - February 26, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research