Expansion of the time window for treatment of acute ischemic stroke with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator: a science advisory from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Expansion of the time window for treatment of acute ischemic stroke with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator: a science advisory from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
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DOI:
10.1161/strokeaha.109.192535
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发表时间:
2009-08
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影响因子:
8.3
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American Heart Association Stroke Council
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作者:
Del Zoppo GJ;Saver JL;Jauch EC;Adams HP Jr;American Heart Association Stroke Council
Association Stroke Council include specific recommendations for the administration of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA). 1 Despite its effectiveness in improving neurological outcomes, the majority of patients with ischemic stroke are not treated with rtPA, largely because they arrive after the currently approved 3-hour time limit for administration of the medication. One of the potential approaches to increase treatment opportunities has been the designation of a longer time window for treatment. 2–4 A recent prospective study, the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS)-3, has provided new data on rtPA (alteplase) treatment in the 3-to-4.5–hour window. 5 The circumstances surrounding this study are important. In 2002, the European Medicines Evaluation Agency granted license for the use of rtPA for the treatment of ischemic stroke patients within 3 hours of symptom onset on condition of (1) the completion of a prospective registry of patient treatment experience with rtPA given within the 3-hour window from symptom onset (Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke–Monitoring Study, or SITS-MOST) 6 and (2) the completion of a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of rtPA administered between 3 and 4.5 hours after stroke onset, ECASS-3. 5 SITS-MOST, which used a specified protocol, reported that the frequency of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (per the SITS-MOST definition) at 24 hours after rtPA was 1.7%(95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4% to 2.0%; Figure 3 in Wahlgren et al6). The frequency of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage per the Cochrane/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) definition at 24 hours after rtPA was 7.3%(95% CI 6.7% to 7.9%). By comparison, this frequency was slightly less than 8.6% in data taken from a pool of randomized, controlled trials (Figure 2 in Wahlgren et al6). For efficacy, the frequency of scores of 0, 1, and 2 on the combined modified Rankin scale at 90 days was 54.8%(95% CI 53.5% to 56.0%) among rtPA patients, which was comparable to the pooled sample. 6 These findings appear to confirm the potential safety of rtPA within the 3-hour window in European centers. In addition, the Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke–International Stroke Treatment Registry 3-to-4.5–hour study (SITS-ISTR 3-to-4.5 hour), a post hoc sampling of limited data acquired between December 2002 and November 2007 from the ongoing international registry (SITS-ISTR), compared 11 865 patients treated with rtPA within 3 hours of symptom onset with 664 patients who received treatment within 3 to 4.5 hours. 7 Most (72%) of the patients treated after 3 hours were treated between 3 and 3.5 hours. Although there were several weaknesses in that study, no differences between the 3-to-4.5–hour cohort and the 3-hour cohort were apparent with respect to symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, mortality, or modified Rankin Scale score of 0 to 2 at 90 days. 7 SITS-ISTR is an ongoing registry that includes experience from SITS-MOST, non-European centers, and active studies.The American Heart Association makes every effort to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may arise as a result of an outside relationship or a personal, professional, or business interest of a member of the writing panel. Specifically, all members of the writing group are required to complete and submit a Disclosure Questionnaire showing all such relationships that might be perceived as real or potential conflicts of interest. This advisory was approved by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee on April 22, 2009. A …