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December 21, 2023 at 1:45 pm #2388
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InactiveResults of Intravenous Thrombolysis Within 4.5 to 6 Hours and Updated Results Within 3 to 4.5 Hours of Onset of Acute Ischemic Stroke Recorded in the Safe Implementation of Treatment in Stroke International Stroke Thrombolysis Register (SITS-ISTR)
An Observational Study
Niaz Ahmed, MD; Lars Kellert, MD; Kennedy R. Lees, MD; Robert Mikulik, MD; Turgut Tatlisumak, MD; Danilo Toni, MD; for the SITS Investigators
JAMA Neurol. 2013;():1-8. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.406.Published online May 20, 2013
Objective To compare the outcomes of patients who were treated within 4.5 to 6 hours or within 3 to 4.5 hours of the onset of an ischemic stroke with the outcomes of patients who were treated within 3 hours in the SITS-ISTR.
Design An observational study based on SITS-ISTR data during the period from 2002 to 2011.
Setting Acute and emergency care.
Participants Of 29 618 patients with acute ischemic stroke, 283 (1.0%) were treated within 4.5 to 6 hours of onset, 4056 (13.7%) were within 3 to 4.5 hours of onset, and 25 279 (85.4%) were treated within 3 hours of onset, in compliance with other European Union approval criteria.
Exposure Intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase.
Main Outcomes and Measures Functional independence (modified Rankin Scale score of 0-2) and mortality at 3 months and symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH).
P values are based on comparisons between patients treated within 4.5 to 6 hours or within 3 to 4.5 hours of onset against patients treated within 3 hours of onset.Results are presented as within 4.5 to 6 hour vs within 3 to 4.5 hours vs within 3 hours. Median time from stroke onset to treatment was 295 vs 210 minutes vs 138 minutes (P < .01), median age was 65 vs 67 vs 68 years (P < .01), and median baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score was 9 vs 9 vs 12 (P < .01). Rate of functional independence was 61.3% (P = .40) vs 62.7% (P < .01) vs 58.4%; mortality rate was 11.8% (P = .99) vs 11.1% (P = .21) vs 11.8%; and rate of SICH was 2.6% (P = .17) vs 1.8% (P = .27) vs 1.5%. Multivariate analysis detected no significant difference in SICH (P > .05), mortality (P > .05), or independence (P > .05).
Time from stroke onset to treatment as a continuous variable was significantly associated with higher rates of SICH and poor 3-month outcome after adjustment for age and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score.Conclusions and Relevance
The treatment remains safe and effective for patients treated within 3 to 4.5 hours compared with patients treated within 3 hours. Our selected group of patients treated within 4.5 to 6 hours of stroke onset did not have worse outcomes than patients treated within 3 hours.
An inevitable limitation of our observational study is the possible nonequivalence of the cohorts, particularly the 4.5- to 6-hour cohort relative to the other 2 cohorts.G.Mohan
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