Thrombolysis for Acute Wake-Up and Unclear-Onset Strokes with Alteplase at 0.6 mg/kg in Clinical Practice : THAWS2 Study

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INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy of intravenous (IV) alteplase at 0.6 mg/kg for patients with acute wake-up or unclear-onset strokes in clinical practice.

METHODS: This multicenter observational study enrolled acute ischemic stroke patients with last-known-well time >4.5 h who had mismatch between DWI and FLAIR and were treated with IV alteplase. The safety outcomes were symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) after thrombolysis, all-cause deaths, and all adverse events. The efficacy outcomes were favorable outcome defined as an mRS score of 0-1 or recovery to the same mRS score as the premorbid score, complete independence defined as an mRS score of 0-1 at 90 days, and change in NIHSS at 24 h from baseline.

RESULTS: Sixty-six patients (35 females; mean age, 74 ± 11 years; premorbid complete independence, 54 [82%]; median NIHSS on admission, 11) were enrolled at 15 hospitals. Two patients (3%) had sICH. Median NIHSS changed from 11 (IQR, 6.75-16.25) at baseline to 5 (3-12.25) at 24 h after alteplase initiation (change, -4.8 ± 8.1). At discharge, 31 patients (47%) had favorable outcome and 29 (44%) had complete independence. None died within 90 days. Twenty-three (35%) also underwent mechanical thrombectomy (no sICH, NIHSS change of -8.5 ± 7.3), of whom 11 (48%) were completely independent at discharge.

CONCLUSIONS: In real-world clinical practice, IV alteplase for unclear-onset stroke patients with DWI-FLAIR mismatch provided safe and efficacious outcomes comparable to those in previous trials. Additional mechanical thrombectomy was performed safely in them.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 53(2024), 1 vom: 11., Seite 46-53

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yoshimura, Sohei [VerfasserIn]
Koga, Masatoshi [VerfasserIn]
Okada, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Manabu [VerfasserIn]
Miwa, Kaori [VerfasserIn]
Fukuda-Doi, Mayumi [VerfasserIn]
Kondo, Rei [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Ichijo, Masahiko [VerfasserIn]
Ohtaki, Masafumi [VerfasserIn]
Nagakane, Yoshinari [VerfasserIn]
Itabashi, Ryo [VerfasserIn]
Sakai, Nobuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Kazumi [VerfasserIn]
Kamiyama, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Shiokawa, Yoshiaki [VerfasserIn]
Yagita, Yoshiki [VerfasserIn]
Iwama, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Yakushiji, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Kusumi, Masayoshi [VerfasserIn]
Yamaki, Tetsu [VerfasserIn]
Uemura, Jyunichi [VerfasserIn]
Yasuura, Asuka [VerfasserIn]
Noshiro, Shouhei [VerfasserIn]
Fukunaga, Daiki [VerfasserIn]
Yazawa, Yukako [VerfasserIn]
Aoki, Junya [VerfasserIn]
Yoshikawa, Masaaki [VerfasserIn]
Ihara, Masafumi [VerfasserIn]
Toyoda, Kazunori [VerfasserIn]
THAWS trial investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diffusion-weighted imaging-fluid-attenuated inversion imaging mismatch
EC 3.4.21.68
Fibrinolytic Agents
Journal Article
Low-dose alteplase
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Thrombolysis
Tissue Plasminogen Activator
Unclear-onset stroke
Wake-up stroke

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000530995

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357653165