Tag: intravenous thrombolysis

Mobile stroke units increase odds of averting strokes and achieving complete...

Receiving intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) in an ambulance-based mobile stroke unit (MSU) increases the likelihood of averting strokes and the odds of a...

‘Minimal differences’ in clinical outcomes between stroke thrombectomy with or without...

There are likely to be minimal differences in clinical outcomes between acute stroke patients presenting directly to endovascular treatment centres who undergo mechanical thrombectomy...

IRIS data shed new light on how treatment delays may impact...

A collaboration analysing several major clinical trials has found that endovascular therapy (EVT) plus intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) is likely to be superior to EVT...

New data represent “fantastic news” in IVT despite lack of efficacy...

Results from the TIMELESS trial represent “fantastic news” on the safety of intravenous tenecteplase in selected late-window stroke patients, despite the drug failing to...

Chinese TRACE II trial deems tenecteplase non-inferior to alteplase in ischaemic...

New data on intravenous tenecteplase indicate that it can achieve comparable efficacy and safety to alteplase in treating stroke—and, as such, may be used...

Czech study finds thrombectomy and IVT rates “remained unchanged” during first...

A national study conducted by researchers in the Czech Republic has found that, while stroke admissions in the country declined during the first year...

Tenecteplase offers “incredible opportunity” to optimise thrombolytic stroke treatments

Earlier this year, results from the Canadian AcT (Alteplase compared to tenecteplase) randomised controlled trial (RCT) were delivered for the first time at the...

Tenecteplase shown to be effective for acute ischaemic stroke in large...

In what is claimed to be the largest stroke clinical trial ever run in Canada, researchers have shown that tenecteplase—a safe, well-tolerated drug commonly...

ISC 2022: New study finds better outcomes in patients treated at...

When comparing outcomes for acute ischaemic stroke patients treated at various levels of stroke centres, patients who received care at comprehensive stroke centres (CSC) or thrombectomy-capable...
evt neuroprotection

LINNC 2021: ESCAPE-NEXT trial may bring “dream” of combining neuroprotection with...

At this year’s LINNC Paris Course (14–16 September, Paris, France and virtual), audiences heard that the ESCAPE-NEXT trial (sponsored by NoNO Inc.), which has already started enrolling...
swift-direct trial thrombectomy

Direct mechanical thrombectomy fails to show non-inferiority compared with IV t-PA...

The preliminary results of the SWIFT-DIRECT (Solitaire with the intention for thrombectomy plus IV t-PA versus direct Solitaire stent-retriever thrombectomy in acute anterior circulation...