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The purpose of this study (Dual IV thrombolysis Approach (DIVA) study) is to assess a new medical strategy for Medium-vessel-occlusion (MeVO) strokes, based on a second IV thrombolysis with tenecteplase (TNK) for persistent intracranial occlusion on MRI 1-2 hours after standard alteplase infusion. The DIVA-study results were compared with a similar cohort of MeVO strokes patients treated with standard therapy (single IVT with alteplase) during the same timeframe in another stroke unit.
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MeVO strokes account for 25-40% of all acute ischemic stroke (AIS). In a recent study, less than 1/3 of MeVO strokes patients had a so-called "minor stroke" (National Institute of Health Stroke score (NIHSS)<6), thereby emphasizing that strategically located MeVO strokes can be debilitating. Therefore it is crucial to achieve early recanalization, which is strongly associated with excellent outcomes. However, standard medical treatment (that is to say, a single intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with alteplase 0.9mg/kg) resulted in early (60-120 min) and late (24-36 hours) recanalizations of MeVO in only 30% and 64% respectively. As a consequence, and in line with a recent study, almost 40% of these patients were functionally dependent at 3 months (modified Rankin Score>2) despite IVT.
Because randomized clinical trials on EVT enrolled only limited numbers of patients with distal occlusions, mostly proximal M2 segment-middle cerebral artery occlusions, EVT has not yet been established as standard-of-care for MeVO strokes, and owing to the fragility of these small intracranial arteries, safety of EVT for MeVO is questionable and randomized trials are ongoing.
In comparison with EVT, a purely chemical strategy for MeVO strokes would be far less human-resource demanding, cheaper and feasible almost everywhere. In a previous study, the investigators showed results in favor of a high rate of recanalization at 24h in patients with stroke due to proximal occlusion with a dual IVT strategy (additional IVT with TNK in patients with persistent occlusion 1h after alteplase IVT), and this with a low hemorrhagic risk. Distal arterial occlusions are at lower hemorrhagic risk than proximal occlusions because volume infarcts are smaller, and because they spare basal ganglia, a critical location for massive hemorrhagic transformation of AIS. Moreover, patients could be carefully pre-selected with the initial MRI evaluation, allowing exclusion of patients with severe microangiopathy or amyloid angiopathy.
From March 1, 2014, to November 31, 2018, the investigators proposed a dual-IVT strategy (DIS) to patients admitted to the CHSF-Stroke Unit for MeVO-associated AIS eligible for IVT but not suitable for EVT. They were given a repeat MRI 1-2h after alteplase, 0.9 mg/kg, maximum 90 mg (IVT-1). If no recanalization was obtained and in the absence of exclusion criteria (acute lesion visible on FLAIR sequence, new cerebral/subarachnoid hemorrhage; significant extracerebral bleeding), a second IVT with TNK, 0.25 mg/kg, maximum 25 mg) (IVT-2) was given. The whole procedure was done within 6h of symptom onset.
During the same period, Bordeaux University Hospital-Stroke Unit constituted a cohort of consecutive patients with MeVO-AIS treated with conventional single-IVT strategy (SIS) using alteplase.
DIS- and SIS-cohort data were collected prospectively and the comparison was retrospective.
The pre-specified primary efficacy endpoint was successful recanalization assessed on MRI at 24h. The pre-specified primary safety endpoint was severe bleeding: symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage or major systemic bleeding during the first 36 hours. Secondary endpoints were: early neurological improvement at 24h, early complete neurological recovery at 24h and excellent (modified Rankin scale (mRS) 0-1) and good (mRS 0-2) clinical outcomes at 3 months.
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Inclusion criteria
For the SIS cohort :
Age≥ 18 years
Acute ischemic stroke (visible on DWI, but not visible on FLAIR) on initial MRI associated with distal arterial occlusion as defined below:
IVT by ALT within 4h30 after onset of symptoms,
MRI performed 24h after IVT
For the DIS cohort :
Age≥ 18 years
Acute ischemic stroke (visible on DWI, but not visible on FLAIR) on baseline MRI associated with distal arterial occlusion as defined below:
IVT by ALT within 4h30 after onset of symptoms
Repeat MRI performed 1-2h after IVT (MRI-2)
Brain MRI performed 24h after IVT
Exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
For the SIS cohort :
Age≥ 18 years
Acute ischemic stroke (visible on DWI, but not visible on FLAIR) on initial MRI associated with distal arterial occlusion as defined below:
IVT by ALT within 4h30 after onset of symptoms,
MRI performed 24h after IVT
For the DIS cohort :
Age≥ 18 years
Acute ischemic stroke (visible on DWI, but not visible on FLAIR) on baseline MRI associated with distal arterial occlusion as defined below:
IVT by ALT within 4h30 after onset of symptoms
Repeat MRI performed 1-2h after IVT (MRI-2)
Brain MRI performed 24h after IVT
Exclusion Criteria
For SIS and DIS cohort :
Exclusion criteria for a complementary IVT with TNK in the DIS cohort:
(Patients will be included in the DIS cohort but will not receive a secondary IVT with TNK ) Brain exclusion criteria on MRI-2: Early recanalization, acute lesion visible on FLAIR sequence, new cerebral/subarachnoid hemorrhage of any type or size.
Significant extracerebral bleeding, such as abundant gingivorrhagia, epistaxis, multiple/diffuse ecchymoses or macroscopic hematuria.
294 participants in 2 patient groups
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Nicolas CHAUSSON, MD; Caroline TOURTE
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