Intravenous TNK vs TPA for AIS Treatment on MSU,a Prospective Multicenter RCT

Summary

Acute ischemic stroke is one of the devastating diseases that increase hospitalization, disabilities, and deaths worldwide. Current treatment with intravenous thrombolytic agent can help reduce disabilities and improve quality of life. Intravenous Alteplase is proven benefit and now used as the first-line drug for acute ischemic stroke with symptom onset less than 4.5 hours and without contraindications. Tenecteplase, a genetically engineered tissue-type plasminogen activator, has been questioned to treat acute ischemic stroke instead of intravenous alteplase. Tenecteplase has more advantages over alteplase including higher fibrin specificity, longer half-life and easier to administer as a single intravenous bolus. The efficacy and safety of intravenous tenecteplase has been studied recently. In 2017, A phase 3 randomized open-label, blinded trial (NOR-TEST) 6 showed that there were no significant differences in efficacy and safety between tenecteplase and alteplase in mild stroke patients. A study in 2020, in the setting of acute large artery occlusion, Tenecteplase resulted in a better 90-day neurological outcome and provided more benefits in reperfusion before endovascular thrombectomy10. Regarding safety concerns, tenecteplase showed no significant higher incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage. Administration, tenecteplase might be better in the setting of the case on mobile stroke units. Assuming, earlier reperfusion by thrombolytic drug may have improved patient's neurologic outcomes. We aim to compare the efficacy and safety between intravenous tenecteplase and alteplase in acute ischemic stroke patients given on mobile stroke units within 4.5 hours after symptom onset.

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Start

2022-08-03

Primary completion

2025-08-31

Completion

2025-08-31

Publications

• Background Campbell BCV, Mitchell PJ, Churilov L, Yassi N, Kleinig TJ, Dowling RJ, Yan B, Bush SJ, Dewey HM, Thijs V, Scroop R, Simpson M, Brooks M, Asadi H, Wu TY, Shah DG, Wijeratne T, Ang T, Miteff F, Levi CR, Rodrigues E, Zhao H, Salvaris P, Garcia-Esperon C, Bailey P, Rice H, de Villiers L, Brown H, Redmond K, Leggett D, Fink JN, Collecutt W, Wong AA, Muller C, Coulthard A, Mitchell K, Clouston J, Mahady K, Field D, Ma H, Phan TG, Chong W, Chandra RV, Slater LA, Krause M, Harrington TJ, Faulder KC, Steinfort BS, Bladin CF, Sharma G, Desmond PM, Parsons MW, Donnan GA, Davis SM; EXTEND-IA TNK Investigators. Tenecteplase versus Alteplase before Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke. N Engl J Med. 2018 Apr 26;378(17):1573-1582. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1716405.
• Results Huang X, Cheripelli BK, Lloyd SM, Kalladka D, Moreton FC, Siddiqui A, Ford I, Muir KW. Alteplase versus tenecteplase for thrombolysis after ischaemic stroke (ATTEST): a phase 2, randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint study. Lancet Neurol. 2015 Apr;14(4):368-76. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(15)70017-7. Epub 2015 Feb 26.
• Results Haley EC Jr, Thompson JL, Grotta JC, Lyden PD, Hemmen TG, Brown DL, Fanale C, Libman R, Kwiatkowski TG, Llinas RH, Levine SR, Johnston KC, Buchsbaum R, Levy G, Levin B; Tenecteplase in Stroke Investigators. Phase IIB/III trial of tenecteplase in acute ischemic stroke: results of a prematurely terminated randomized clinical trial. Stroke. 2010 Apr;41(4):707-11. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.572040. Epub 2010 Feb 25.
• Results Parsons M, Spratt N, Bivard A, Campbell B, Chung K, Miteff F, O'Brien B, Bladin C, McElduff P, Allen C, Bateman G, Donnan G, Davis S, Levi C. A randomized trial of tenecteplase versus alteplase for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2012 Mar 22;366(12):1099-107. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1109842.
• Results Logallo N, Novotny V, Assmus J, Kvistad CE, Alteheld L, Ronning OM, Thommessen B, Amthor KF, Ihle-Hansen H, Kurz M, Tobro H, Kaur K, Stankiewicz M, Carlsson M, Morsund A, Idicula T, Aamodt AH, Lund C, Naess H, Waje-Andreassen U, Thomassen L. Tenecteplase versus alteplase for management of acute ischaemic stroke (NOR-TEST): a phase 3, randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint trial. Lancet Neurol. 2017 Oct;16(10):781-788. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30253-3. Epub 2017 Aug 2.
• Results Nepal G, Kharel G, Ahamad ST, Basnet B. Tenecteplase versus Alteplase for the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Low-income Country-Nepal: Cost, Efficacy, and Safety. Cureus. 2018 Feb 9;10(2):e2178. doi: 10.7759/cureus.2178.
• Results Muir KW. Should Tenecteplase Replace Alteplase for Acute Thrombolysis? Stroke. 2021 Mar;52(3):1091-1093. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.033593. Epub 2021 Feb 16. No abstract available.
• Results Ronning OM, Logallo N, Thommessen B, Tobro H, Novotny V, Kvistad CE, Aamodt AH, Naess H, Waje-Andreassen U, Thomassen L. Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase Between 3 and 4.5 Hours in Low National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. Stroke. 2019 Feb;50(2):498-500. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.024223.
• Results Katsanos AH, Safouris A, Sarraj A, Magoufis G, Leker RR, Khatri P, Cordonnier C, Leys D, Shoamanesh A, Ahmed N, Alexandrov AV, Tsivgoulis G. Intravenous Thrombolysis With Tenecteplase in Patients With Large Vessel Occlusions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Stroke. 2021 Jan;52(1):308-312. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030220. Epub 2020 Dec 4.
• Results Hacke W, Kaste M, Bluhmki E, Brozman M, Davalos A, Guidetti D, Larrue V, Lees KR, Medeghri Z, Machnig T, Schneider D, von Kummer R, Wahlgren N, Toni D; ECASS Investigators. Thrombolysis with alteplase 3 to 4.5 hours after acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2008 Sep 25;359(13):1317-29. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0804656.

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