Wake up Symptomatic Stroke - Benefit of Intravenous Clot Busters or Endovascular Intervention

NCT ID: NCT01455935

Last Updated: 2012-03-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-11-30

Study Completion Date

2014-02-28

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the trial is to study the safety and the effectiveness of using CT Perfusion studies as an indicator to treat stroke patients with unknown time of onset.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Stroke

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Medical Therapy

Current standard of care per the latest stroke guidelines

* Permissive Hypertension up to 220
* Antipletelets therapy:

1. ASA 81 mg PO daily or
2. Plavix 75 mg PO daily or
3. Aggrenox 225mg PO twice daily
* Anti-inflammatory therapy:

1. Lipitor 80 mg PO daily or
2. Crestor 20 mg PO daily

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Anti-platelets and statin

Intervention Type DRUG

Intravenous Thrombolysis

Full dose Intravenous thrombolysis

* 0.9 mg/kg
* Maximum dose is 90 mg
* 10% of the dose will be given over one minute
* 90% of the dose will be infused over 1 hour
* Admission to Neuro Intensive Care Unit(NICU) for 24 hours if no complications
* Neuro checks every 5 minutes during the infusion
* Neuro checks every hour after the infusion for 24 hours

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

alteplase

Intervention Type DRUG

Full dose Intravenous thrombolysis

* 0.9 mg/kg
* Maximum dose is 90 mg
* 10% of the dose will be given over one minute
* 90% of the dose will be infused over 1 hour
* Admission to Neuro Intensive Care Unit(NICU) for 24 hours if no complications
* Neuro checks every 5 minutes during the infusion
* Neuro checks every hour after the infusion for 24 hours

Intra-Arterial Therapy

-Choice of therapy per experienced Endovascular surgeon and includes:

1. Intra arterial Activase (Maximum dose of 22 mg)
2. MERCI device (Maximum of 3 tries per device, no standard time frame for how long the procedure takes)
3. PENUMBRA device (no standard time frame for how long the procedure takes)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

intra arterial intervention

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

1. Intra arterial Activase (Maximum dose of 22 mg)
2. MERCI device (Maximum of 3 tries per device, no standard time frame for how long the procedure takes)
3. PENUMBRA device (no standard time frame for how long the procedure takes)

Interventions

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Anti-platelets and statin

Intervention Type DRUG

alteplase

Full dose Intravenous thrombolysis

* 0.9 mg/kg
* Maximum dose is 90 mg
* 10% of the dose will be given over one minute
* 90% of the dose will be infused over 1 hour
* Admission to Neuro Intensive Care Unit(NICU) for 24 hours if no complications
* Neuro checks every 5 minutes during the infusion
* Neuro checks every hour after the infusion for 24 hours

Intervention Type DRUG

intra arterial intervention

1. Intra arterial Activase (Maximum dose of 22 mg)
2. MERCI device (Maximum of 3 tries per device, no standard time frame for how long the procedure takes)
3. PENUMBRA device (no standard time frame for how long the procedure takes)

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age: 18-80 years old
2. Ischemic Wake Up Stroke (Unknown time of onset but less than 24 hours since last seen normal)
3. National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 8-22
4. Evidence of penumbra on Computed Tomography Perfusion(CTP) as mentioned above
5. Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography (CT) Score (ASPECTS 7 or more)
6. Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Evidence of intracranial hemorrhage (Intracerebral hematoma, intraventricular hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), epidural hemorrhage, acute or chronic subdural hematoma (SDH)) on the baseline CT
2. Historical Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) of ≥2
3. National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)\<8 at the time of treatment
4. Positive pregnancy test in women at age of childbearing
5. Intracranial or intraspinal surgery within 3 months
6. Stroke or serious head injury within 3 months
7. History of intracranial hemorrhage
8. Uncontrolled hypertension at time of treatment (eg, \>185 mm Hg systolic or \>110 mm Hg diastolic)
9. Seizure at the onset of stroke
10. Active internal bleeding
11. Intracranial neoplasm
12. Arteriovenous malformation or aneurysm
13. Clinical presentation suggesting post-MI pericarditis
14. Known bleeding diathesis including but not limited to current use of oral anticoagulants producing an Internation normalized ratio (INR) \>1.7
15. Internation normalized ratio (INR) \>1.7
16. Administration of heparin within 48 hours preceding the onset of stroke with an elevated activated Partial Thromboplastin Time(aPTT) at presentation
17. Platelet count \<100,000/mm
18. Major surgery within 2 weeks
19. GastroIntestinal (GI) or urinary tract hemorrhage within 3 weeks
20. Aggressive treatment required to lower blood pressure
21. Glucose level \<50 or \>400 mg/dL
22. Arterial puncture at a noncompressible site or lumbar puncture within 1 week
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University at Buffalo Neurosurgery

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Genentech, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Jacobs Neurological Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Tareq Kass-Hout

Chief Vascular/Neurology Resident in charge of stroke

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Elad I Levy, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University at Buffalo Neurosurgery

Tareq Kass-Hout, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Jacobs Neurological Institute

Locations

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Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital

Buffalo, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Tareq Kass-Hout, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 716-887-5548

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Annemarie Crumlish

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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NEU 3200411A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id