The Intravascular Cooling in the Treatment of Stroke 2/3 Trial

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to determine whether the combination of thrombolysis and hypothermia is superior to thrombolysis alone for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.

Timeline

Start

2010-06

Primary completion

2015-01

Completion

2015-05

Publications

• Background Lyden PD, Allgren RL, Ng K, Akins P, Meyer B, Al-Sanani F, Lutsep H, Dobak J, Matsubara BS, Zivin J. Intravascular Cooling in the Treatment of Stroke (ICTuS): early clinical experience. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2005 May-Jun;14(3):107-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2005.01.001.
• Background Hemmen TM, Raman R, Guluma KZ, Meyer BC, Gomes JA, Cruz-Flores S, Wijman CA, Rapp KS, Grotta JC, Lyden PD; ICTuS-L Investigators. Intravenous thrombolysis plus hypothermia for acute treatment of ischemic stroke (ICTuS-L): final results. Stroke. 2010 Oct;41(10):2265-70. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.592295. Epub 2010 Aug 19.
• Background Lyden P, Ernstrom K, Raman R. Determinants of Pneumonia Risk During Endovascular Hypothermia. Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag. 2013 Mar;3(1):24-27. doi: 10.1089/ther.2012.0021.
• Background Lyden P, Ernstrom K, Cruz-Flores S, Gomes J, Grotta J, Mullin A, Rapp K, Raman R, Wijman C, Hemmen T. Determinants of effective cooling during endovascular hypothermia. Neurocrit Care. 2012 Jun;16(3):413-20. doi: 10.1007/s12028-012-9688-y.
• Background Guluma KZ, Liu L, Hemmen TM, Acharya AB, Rapp KS, Raman R, Lyden PD. Therapeutic hypothermia is associated with a decrease in urine output in acute stroke patients. Resuscitation. 2010 Dec;81(12):1642-7. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.08.003.
• Background Guluma KZ, Hemmen TM, Olsen SE, Rapp KS, Lyden PD. A trial of therapeutic hypothermia via endovascular approach in awake patients with acute ischemic stroke: methodology. Acad Emerg Med. 2006 Aug;13(8):820-7. doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.03.559. Epub 2006 Jun 9.
• Lyden P, Hemmen T, Grotta J, Rapp K, Ernstrom K, Rzesiewicz T, Parker S, Concha M, Hussain S, Agarwal S, Meyer B, Jurf J, Altafullah I, Raman R; Collaborators. Results of the ICTuS 2 Trial (Intravascular Cooling in the Treatment of Stroke 2). Stroke. 2016 Dec;47(12):2888-2895. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014200. Epub 2016 Nov 10.

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