The feasibility of mechanical thrombectomy versus medical management for acute stroke with a large ischemic territory

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BACKGROUND: Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute ischemic stroke is generally avoided when the expected infarction is large (defined as an Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score of <6).

OBJECTIVE: To perform a meta-analysis of recent trials comparing MT with best medical management (BMM) for treatment of acute ischemic stroke with large infarction territory, and then to determine the cost-effectiveness associated with those treatments.

METHODS: A meta-analysis of the RESCUE-Japan, SELECT2, and ANGEL-ASPECT trials was conducted using R Studio. Statistical analysis employed the weighted average normal method for calculating mean differences from medians in continuous variables and the risk ratio for categorical variables. TreeAge software was used to construct a cost-effectiveness analysis model comparing MT with BMM in the treatment of ischemic stroke with large infarction territory.

RESULTS: The meta-analysis showed significantly better functional outcomes, with higher rates of patients achieving a modified Rankin Scale score of 0-3 at 90 days with MT as compared with BMM. In the base-case analysis using a lifetime horizon, MT led to a greater gain in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) of 3.46 at a lower cost of US$339 202 in comparison with BMM, which led to the gain of 2.41 QALYs at a cost of US$361 896. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was US$-21 660, indicating that MT was the dominant treatment at a willingness-to-pay of US$70 000.

CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that, besides having a better functional outcome at 90-days' follow-up, MT was more cost-effective than BMM, when accounting for healthcare cost associated with treatment outcome.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Journal of neurointerventional surgery - (2024) vom: 12. März

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Englisch

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Aslan, Assala [VerfasserIn]
Abuzahra, Saad [VerfasserIn]
Adeeb, Nimer [VerfasserIn]
Musmar, Basel [VerfasserIn]
Salim, Hamza A [VerfasserIn]
Kandregula, Sandeep [VerfasserIn]
Dmytriw, Adam A [VerfasserIn]
Griessenauer, Christoph J [VerfasserIn]
De Alba, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Arevalo, Octavio [VerfasserIn]
Burkhardt, Jan Karl [VerfasserIn]
Pereira, Vitor M [VerfasserIn]
Jabbour, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Guthikonda, Bharat [VerfasserIn]
Cuellar, Hugo H [VerfasserIn]

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Stroke

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Date Revised 12.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1136/jnis-2023-021368

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NLM36961481X