drugset / Trial / NCT01422616
Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study (ENCHANTED)
Phase 3
Completed
4587 enrolled
The George Institute
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico · collabNational Health and Medical Research Council, Australia · collabTakeda · collabThe Stroke Association, United Kingdom · collab
RandomizedFactorialSingle-blindTreatment
Summary
ENCHANTED is an independent, investigator initiated, international collaborative, quasi-factorial randomised controlled trial involving a package of 2 linked comparative randomised treatment arms, which aims to address 4 key questions in patients eligible for thrombolysis in the acute phase of ischaemic stroke. (1) Does low-dose (0.6 mg/kg) intravenous (i.v.) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) provide equivalent benefits compared to standard-dose (0.9 mg/kg) rtPA? (2) Does intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering (130-140 mmHg systolic target) improve outcomes compared to the current guideline recommended level of BP control (180 mmHg systolic target)? (3) Does low-dose (0.6 mg/kg) intravenous (i.v.) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) reduce the risk of symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage (sICH)? (4) Does the addition of intensive BP lowering to thrombolysis with rtPA reduce the risk of any intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH)? The rtPA dose arm of the study addressing questions (1) and (3) concluded with a publication of the results in May 2016. The BP intensity arm of the study addressing questions (2) and (4) concluded with a publication of the results in February 2019.
Timeline
- Start
- 2012-03
- Primary completion
- 2018-08
- Completion
- 2018-08
Publications
- Background Anderson CS, Woodward M, Arima H, Chen X, Lindley RI, Wang X, Chalmers J; ENCHANTED Investigators. Statistical analysis plan for evaluating low- vs. standard-dose alteplase in the ENhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis strokE stuDy (ENCHANTED). Int J Stroke. 2015 Dec;10(8):1313-5. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12602. Epub 2015 Aug 18.
- Background Huang Y, Sharma VK, Robinson T, Lindley RI, Chen X, Kim JS, Lavados P, Olavarria V, Arima H, Fuentes S, Nguyen HT, Lee TH, Parsons MW, Levi C, Demchuk AM, Bath PM, Broderick JP, Donnan GA, Martins S, Pontes-Neto OM, Silva F, Pandian J, Ricci S, Stapf C, Woodward M, Wang J, Chalmers J, Anderson CS; ENCHANTED investigators. Rationale, design, and progress of the ENhanced Control of Hypertension ANd Thrombolysis strokE stuDy (ENCHANTED) trial: An international multicenter 2 x 2 quasi-factorial randomized controlled trial of low- vs. standard-dose rt-PA and early intensive vs. guideline-recommended blood pressure lowering in patients with acute ischaemic stroke eligible for thrombolysis treatment. Int J Stroke. 2015 Jul;10(5):778-88. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12486. Epub 2015 Apr 2.
- Background Anderson CS, Woodward M, Arima H, Chen X, Lindley RI, Wang X, Chalmers J, Robinson TG. Statistical analysis plan for evaluating different intensities of blood pressure control in the ENhanced Control of Hypertension And Thrombolysis strokE stuDy. Int J Stroke. 2019 Jul;14(5):555-558. doi: 10.1177/1747493018806170. Epub 2018 Oct 9.
- Results Anderson CS, Robinson T, Lindley RI, Arima H, Lavados PM, Lee TH, Broderick JP, Chen X, Chen G, Sharma VK, Kim JS, Thang NH, Cao Y, Parsons MW, Levi C, Huang Y, Olavarria VV, Demchuk AM, Bath PM, Donnan GA, Martins S, Pontes-Neto OM, Silva F, Ricci S, Roffe C, Pandian J, Billot L, Woodward M, Li Q, Wang X, Wang J, Chalmers J; ENCHANTED Investigators and Coordinators. Low-Dose versus Standard-Dose Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jun 16;374(24):2313-23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1515510. Epub 2016 May 10.
- Results Anderson CS, Huang Y, Lindley RI, Chen X, Arima H, Chen G, Li Q, Billot L, Delcourt C, Bath PM, Broderick JP, Demchuk AM, Donnan GA, Durham AC, Lavados PM, Lee TH, Levi C, Martins SO, Olavarria VV, Pandian JD, Parsons MW, Pontes-Neto OM, Ricci S, Sato S, Sharma VK, Silva F, Song L, Thang NH, Wardlaw JM, Wang JG, Wang X, Woodward M, Chalmers J, Robinson TG; ENCHANTED Investigators and Coordinators. Intensive blood pressure reduction with intravenous thrombolysis therapy for acute ischaemic stroke (ENCHANTED): an international, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2019 Mar 2;393(10174):877-888. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30038-8. Epub 2019 Feb 7.
- Liu F, Ren X, Chen C, Ouyang M, Li Q, Wang X, Zhang G, Zhang L, Liu L, You S, Lindley RI, Robinson T, Sui Y, Li G, Anderson C, Song L; ENCHANTED Investigators. Early blood pressure lowering and cerebral oedema in thrombolysis-treated stroke: secondary analysis of the ENCHANTED trial. Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2025 Nov 4:svn-2025-004463. doi: 10.1136/svn-2025-004463. Online ahead of print.
- Zhou Z, Ge Y, Yoshimura S, Torii-Yoshimura T, Sakamoto Y, Liu X, Carcel C, Chen X, Liu L, Parsons M, Mair G, Lindley RI, Wardlaw J, Anderson CS, Delcourt C. Intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke and cerebral microbleeds: Results from the ENCHANTED trial. Int J Stroke. 2026 Jun;21(5):657-666. doi: 10.1177/17474930251392751. Epub 2025 Oct 23.
- Zhang G, Chen C, Ren X, Zhao Y, Ouyang M, Billot L, Li Q, Wang X, Zhang L, Ong S, Liu L, You S, Lindley RI, Robinson TG, Li G, Chen X, Sui Y, Anderson CS, Song L; ENCHANTED Investigators. Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on Brain Swelling in Thrombolyzed Acute Ischemic Stroke: The ENCHANTED Results. Stroke. 2025 Jun;56(6):1388-1395. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.049938. Epub 2025 Apr 3.
- Wang Y, Maeda T, You S, Chen C, Liu L, Zhou Z, Robinson TG, Lindley RI, Delcourt C, Mair G, Wardlaw JM, Chalmers JP, Arima H, Huang Y, Kim JS, Lavados PM, Lee TH, Levi C, Parsons MW, Martins SC, Pandian JD, Pontes-Neto OM, Sharma VK, Nguyen TH, Wang J, Wu S, Liu M, Anderson CS, Chen X; ENCHANTED Investigators. Patterns and Clinical Implications of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results From the ENCHANTED Study. Neurology. 2024 Dec 10;103(11):e210020. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000210020. Epub 2024 Nov 14.
- You S, Wang Y, Wang X, Maeda T, Ouyang M, Han Q, Li Q, Song L, Zhao Y, Chen C, Delcourt C, Ren X, Carcel C, Zhou Z, Cao Y, Liu CF, Zheng D, Arima H, Robinson TG, Chen X, Lindley RI, Chalmers J, Anderson CS. Twenty-Four-Hour Post-Thrombolysis NIHSS Score As the Strongest Prognostic Predictor After Acute Ischemic Stroke: ENCHANTED Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Sep 17;13(18):e036109. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.036109. Epub 2024 Sep 11.
- Wang X, You S, Zhou Z, Delcourt C, Wardlaw J, Mair G, Robinson T, Chen X, Yoshimura S, Torii-Yoshimura T, Carcel C, Malavera A, Anderson C, Lindley RI. Baseline brain imaging signs in patients with ischaemic stroke by the presence of atrial fibrillation: the ENCHANTED trial. J Neurol. 2023 May;270(5):2567-2575. doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11580-x. Epub 2023 Mar 20.
- Chen C, Ouyang M, Ong S, Zhang L, Zhang G, Delcourt C, Mair G, Liu L, Billot L, Li Q, Chen X, Parsons M, Broderick JP, Demchuk AM, Bath PM, Donnan GA, Levi C, Chalmers J, Lindley RI, Martins SO, Pontes-Neto OM, Venturelli PM, Olavarria V, Lavados P, Robinson TG, Wardlaw JM, Li G, Wang X, Song L, Anderson CS. Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on cerebral ischaemia in thrombolysed patients: insights from the ENCHANTED trial. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 Feb 15;57:101849. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101849. eCollection 2023 Mar.
- Wang X, Minhas JS, Moullaali TJ, Di Tanna GL, Lindley RI, Chen X, Arima H, Chen G, Delcourt C, Bath PM, Broderick JP, Demchuk AM, Donnan GA, Durham AC, Lavados PM, Lee TH, Levi C, Martins SO, Olavarria VV, Pandian JD, Parsons MW, Pontes-Neto OM, Ricci S, Sato S, Sharma VK, Silva F, Thang NH, Wang JG, Woodward M, Chalmers J, Song L, Anderson CS, Robinson TG; ENCHANTED Investigators. Associations of Early Systolic Blood Pressure Control and Outcome After Thrombolysis-Eligible Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results From the ENCHANTED Study. Stroke. 2022 Mar;53(3):779-787. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034580. Epub 2021 Oct 27.
- Zhou Z, Xia C, Mair G, Delcourt C, Yoshimura S, Liu X, Chen Z, Malavera A, Carcel C, Chen X, Wang X, Al-Shahi Salman R, Robinson TG, Lindley RI, Chalmers J, Wardlaw JM, Parsons MW, Demchuk AM, Anderson CS. Thrombolysis outcomes according to arterial characteristics of acute ischemic stroke by alteplase dose and blood pressure target. Int J Stroke. 2022 Jun;17(5):566-575. doi: 10.1177/17474930211025436. Epub 2021 Jun 24.
- Zhou Z, Delcourt C, Xia C, Yoshimura S, Carcel C, Torii-Yoshimura T, You S, Malavera A, Chen X, Hackett ML, Woodward M, Chalmers J, Xu J, Robinson TG, Parsons MW, Demchuk AM, Lindley RI, Mair G, Wardlaw JM, Anderson CS. Low-Dose vs Standard-Dose Alteplase in Acute Lacunar Ischemic Stroke: The ENCHANTED Trial. Neurology. 2021 Mar 16;96(11):e1512-e1526. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011598. Epub 2021 Feb 3.
- Sun L, Song L, Yang J, Lindley RI, Robinson T, Lavados PM, Delcourt C, Arima H, Ovbiagele B, Chalmers J, Anderson CS, Wang X. Smoking influences outcome in patients who had thrombolysed ischaemic stroke: the ENCHANTED study. Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2021 Sep;6(3):395-401. doi: 10.1136/svn-2020-000493. Epub 2021 Feb 1.
- Zhou Z, Xia C, Carcel C, Yoshimura S, Wang X, Delcourt C, Malavera A, Chen X, Mair G, Woodward M, Chalmers J, Demchuk AM, Lindley RI, Robinson TG, Parsons MW, Wardlaw JM, Anderson CS. Intensive versus guideline-recommended blood pressure reduction in acute lacunar stroke with intravenous thrombolysis therapy: The ENCHANTED trial. Eur J Neurol. 2021 Mar;28(3):783-793. doi: 10.1111/ene.14598. Epub 2020 Dec 1.
- Minhas JS, Wang X, Lindley RI, Delcourt C, Song L, Woodward M, Lee TH, Broderick JP, Pontes-Neto OM, Kim JS, Ricci S, Lavados PM, Bath PM, Durham AC, Wang JG, Sharma VK, Demchuk AM, Martins SO, Chalmers J, Anderson CS, Robinson TG; ENCHANTED Investigators. Comparative effects of intensive-blood pressure versus standard-blood pressure-lowering treatment in patients with severe ischemic stroke in the ENCHANTED trial. J Hypertens. 2021 Feb 1;39(2):280-285. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002640.
- Wang X, Moullaali TJ, Li Q, Berge E, Robinson TG, Lindley R, Zheng D, Delcourt C, Arima H, Song L, Chen X, Yang J, Chalmers J, Anderson CS, Sandset EC. Utility-Weighted Modified Rankin Scale Scores for the Assessment of Stroke Outcome: Pooled Analysis of 20 000+ Patients. Stroke. 2020 Aug;51(8):2411-2417. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.028523. Epub 2020 Jul 9.
- Zhou Z, Yoshimura S, Delcourt C, Lindley RI, You S, Malavera A, Torii-Yoshimura T, Carcel C, Wang X, Chen X, Parsons MW, Demchuk AM, Wardlaw JM, Mair G, Robinson TG, Chalmers J, Xu J, Anderson CS. Thrombolysis Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke by Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Hyperintense Arteries. Stroke. 2020 Jul;51(7):2240-2243. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.028550. Epub 2020 Jun 17.
- Chen X, Li J, Anderson CS, Lindley RI, Hackett ML, Robinson T, Lavados PM, Wang X, Arima H, Chalmers J, Delcourt C; ENCHANTED Investigators. Validation of the simplified modified Rankin scale for stroke trials: Experience from the ENCHANTED alteplase-dose arm. Int J Stroke. 2021 Feb;16(2):222-228. doi: 10.1177/1747493019897858. Epub 2020 Jan 22.
- Chen X, Wang X, Delcourt C, Li J, Arima H, Hackett ML, Robinson T, Lavados PM, Lindley RI, Chalmers J, Anderson CS; ENCHANTED Investigators. Ethnicity and Other Determinants of Quality of Functional Outcome in Acute Ischemic Stroke: The ENCHANTED Trial. Stroke. 2020 Feb;51(2):588-593. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.027639. Epub 2019 Dec 11.
- Wang X, Song L, Yang J, Sun L, Moullaali TJ, Sandset EC, Delcourt C, Lindley RI, Robinson TG, Minhas JS, Arima H, Chalmers J, Kim JS, Sharma V, Wang JG, Pontes-Neto O, Lavados PM, Olavarria VV, Lee TH, Levi C, Martins SO, Thang NH, Anderson CS; on behalf of the ENCHANTED Investigators. Interaction of Blood Pressure Lowering and Alteplase Dose in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of the Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2019;48(3-6):207-216. doi: 10.1159/000504745. Epub 2019 Dec 6.
- Robinson TG, Bray BD, Paley L, Sprigg N, Wang X, Arima H, Bath PM, Broderick JP, Durham AC, Kim JS, Lavados PM, Lee TH, Martins S, Nguyen TH, Pandian JD, Parsons MW, Pontes-Neto OM, Ricci S, Sharma VK, Wang J, Woodward M, Rudd AG, Chalmers J, S Anderson C; ENCHANTED Investigators and the SSNAP Collaboration. Applicability of ENCHANTED trial results to current acute ischemic stroke patients eligible for intravenous thrombolysis in England and Wales: Comparison with the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme registry. Int J Stroke. 2019 Oct;14(7):678-685. doi: 10.1177/1747493019841246. Epub 2019 Apr 8.
- Robinson TG, Wang X, Durham AC, Ford GA, Liao J, Littlewood S, Roffe C, White P, Chalmers J, Anderson CS; ENCHANTED Investigators. The National Institute for Health Research Hyperacute Stroke Research Centres and the ENCHANTED trial: the impact of enhanced research infrastructure on trial metrics and patient outcomes. Health Res Policy Syst. 2019 Feb 13;17(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12961-019-0417-2.
- Yoshimura S, Lindley RI, Carcel C, Sato S, Delcourt C, Wang X, Chalmers J, Anderson CS; ENCHANTED Investigators. NIHSS cut point for predicting outcome in supra- vs infratentorial acute ischemic stroke. Neurology. 2018 Oct 30;91(18):e1695-e1701. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006437. Epub 2018 Sep 28.
- Nagel S, Wang X, Carcel C, Robinson T, Lindley RI, Chalmers J, Anderson CS; ENCHANTED Investigators. Clinical Utility of Electronic Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score Software in the ENCHANTED Trial Database. Stroke. 2018 Jun;49(6):1407-1411. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.019863. Epub 2018 May 18.
- Chen G, Wang X, Robinson TG, Pikkemaat M, Lindley RI, Zhou S, Ping L, Liu W, Liu L, Chalmers J, Anderson CS; ENCHANTED Investigators. Comparative effects of low-dose versus standard-dose alteplase in ischemic patients with prior stroke and/or diabetes mellitus: The ENCHANTED trial. J Neurol Sci. 2018 Apr 15;387:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.014. Epub 2018 Jan 11.
- Kim JS, Kim YJ, Lee KB, Cha JK, Park JM, Hwang Y, Kim EG, Rha JH, Koo J, Kim J, Kim YJ, Seo WK, Kim DE, Robinson TG, Lindley RI, Wang X, Chalmers J, Anderson CS. Low- versus Standard-Dose Intravenous Alteplase in the Context of Bridging Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Korean ENCHANTED Study. J Stroke. 2018 Jan;20(1):131-139. doi: 10.5853/jos.2017.01578. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
- Xu Y, Hackett ML, Chalmers J, Lindley RI, Wang X, Li Q, Robinson T, Arima H, Lavados PM, Anderson CS; ENCHANTED Study Group. Frequency, determinants, and effects of early seizures after thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: The ENCHANTED trial. Neurol Clin Pract. 2017 Aug;7(4):324-332. doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000384.
- Wang X, Robinson TG, Lee TH, Li Q, Arima H, Bath PM, Billot L, Broderick J, Demchuk AM, Donnan G, Kim JS, Lavados P, Lindley RI, Martins SO, Olavarria VV, Pandian JD, Parsons MW, Pontes-Neto OM, Ricci S, Sharma VK, Thang NH, Wang JG, Woodward M, Anderson CS, Chalmers J; Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study (ENCHANTED) Investigators. Low-Dose vs Standard-Dose Alteplase for Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Secondary Analysis of the ENCHANTED Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurol. 2017 Nov 1;74(11):1328-1335. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.2286.
- Carr SJ, Wang X, Olavarria VV, Lavados PM, Rodriguez JA, Kim JS, Lee TH, Lindley RI, Pontes-Neto OM, Ricci S, Sato S, Sharma VK, Woodward M, Chalmers J, Anderson CS, Robinson TG; ENCHANTED Investigators. Influence of Renal Impairment on Outcome for Thrombolysis-Treated Acute Ischemic Stroke: ENCHANTED (Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study) Post Hoc Analysis. Stroke. 2017 Sep;48(9):2605-2609. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017808. Epub 2017 Jul 24.
- Robinson TG, Wang X, Arima H, Bath PM, Billot L, Broderick JP, Demchuk AM, Donnan GA, Kim JS, Lavados PM, Lee TH, Lindley RI, Martins SCO, Olavarria VV, Pandian JD, Parsons MW, Pontes-Neto OM, Ricci S, Sato S, Sharma VK, Nguyen TH, Wang JG, Woodward M, Chalmers J, Anderson CS; ENCHANTED Investigators. Low- Versus Standard-Dose Alteplase in Patients on Prior Antiplatelet Therapy: The ENCHANTED Trial (Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study). Stroke. 2017 Jul;48(7):1877-1883. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.016274. Epub 2017 Jun 15.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alteplase | Protein / enzyme biologic | 0.6 mg/kg | — |
| Subject | Alteplase | Protein / enzyme biologic | 0.9 mg/kg | — |