STrategic Reperfusion in Elderly Patients Early After Myocardial Infarction

Summary

In patients ≥ 60yrs with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction randomised within 3 hours of onset of symptoms the efficacy and safety of a strategy of early fibrinolytic treatment with half-dose tenecteplase and additional antiplatelet therapy with a loading dose of 300 mg clopidogrel, aspirin and coupled with antithrombin therapy followed by catheterisation within 6-24 hours or rescue coronary intervention as required, will be compared to a strategy of primary PCI with a P2Y12 antagonist and antithrombin treatment according to local standards.

Timeline

Start

2017-08-01

Primary completion

2022-10-13

Completion

2023-09-30

Publications

• Background Armstrong PW, Gershlick AH, Goldstein P, Wilcox R, Danays T, Lambert Y, Sulimov V, Rosell Ortiz F, Ostojic M, Welsh RC, Carvalho AC, Nanas J, Arntz HR, Halvorsen S, Huber K, Grajek S, Fresco C, Bluhmki E, Regelin A, Vandenberghe K, Bogaerts K, Van de Werf F; STREAM Investigative Team. Fibrinolysis or primary PCI in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 11;368(15):1379-87. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1301092. Epub 2013 Mar 10.
• Background Sinnaeve PR, Armstrong PW, Gershlick AH, Goldstein P, Wilcox R, Lambert Y, Danays T, Soulat L, Halvorsen S, Ortiz FR, Vandenberghe K, Regelin A, Bluhmki E, Bogaerts K, Van de Werf F; STREAM investigators. ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients randomized to a pharmaco-invasive strategy or primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Strategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial Infarction (STREAM) 1-year mortality follow-up. Circulation. 2014 Sep 30;130(14):1139-45. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.009570. Epub 2014 Aug 26.
• Background Dianati Maleki N, Van de Werf F, Goldstein P, Adgey JA, Lambert Y, Sulimov V, Rosell-Ortiz F, Gershlick AH, Zheng Y, Westerhout CM, Armstrong PW. Aborted myocardial infarction in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the STrategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial infarction trial. Heart. 2014 Oct;100(19):1543-9. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306023. Epub 2014 Jun 10.
• Background Sinnaeve PR, Danays T, Bogaerts K, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW. Drug Treatment of STEMI in the Elderly: Focus on Fibrinolytic Therapy and Insights from the STREAM Trial. Drugs Aging. 2016 Feb;33(2):109-18. doi: 10.1007/s40266-016-0345-6.
• Armstrong PW, Zheng Y, Welsh RC, Sinnaeve PR, Van de Werf F, Westerhout CM, Bainey KR. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention within the first hour: Insights from early-treated patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 2026 May;295:107363. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2026.107363. Epub 2026 Jan 29.
• Bainey KR, Welsh RC, Zheng Y, Arias-Mendoza A, Ristic AD, Averkov OV, Lambert Y, Temple T, Ly E, Bogaerts K, Sinnaeve P, Westerhout CM, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW; STREAM-2 Investigators. Pharmaco-invasive strategy and dosing of tenecteplase in STEMI patients 60 to <75 years: An inter-trial comparison of the STREAM-1 and STREAM-2 trials. Am Heart J. 2025 Jun;284:20-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2025.02.002. Epub 2025 Feb 12.
• Bainey KR, Welsh RC, Zheng Y, Arias-Mendoza A, Ristic AD, Averkov OV, Lambert Y, Kerr Saraiva JF, Sepulveda P, Rosell-Ortiz F, French JK, Music LB, Temple T, Ly E, Bogaerts K, Sinnaeve PR, Danays T, Westerhout CM, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW; STREAM-2 Investigators. Pharmaco-Invasive Strategy With Half-Dose Tenecteplase in Patients With STEMI: Prespecified Pooled Analysis of Patients Aged >/=75 Years in STREAM-1 and 2. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 Dec;17(12):e014251. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014251. Epub 2024 Dec 17.
• Van de Werf F, Ristic AD, Averkov OV, Arias-Mendoza A, Lambert Y, Kerr Saraiva JF, Sepulveda P, Rosell-Ortiz F, French JK, Music LB, Vandenberghe K, Bogaerts K, Westerhout CM, Pages A, Danays T, Bainey KR, Sinnaeve P, Goldstein P, Welsh RC, Armstrong PW; STREAM-2 Investigators. STREAM-2: Half-Dose Tenecteplase or Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Older Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized, Open-Label Trial. Circulation. 2023 Aug 29;148(9):753-764. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064521. Epub 2023 Jul 13.

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