Randomised Trial of Contrast-enhanced Sonothrombolysis in Acute Ischaemic Stroke
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 终止
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 59
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Proof of concept: Early neurological improvement
研究概览
简要总结
BACKGROUND: Thrombolytic drugs may dissolve blood vessel clots in acute ischemic stroke. The overall benefit of intravenous thrombolysis is substantial, but up to 2/3 of patients with large clots may not achieve re-opening of the vessel and up to 40% of the patients may remain severely disabled or die. Ultrasound accelerates clot break-up (lysis) when combined with thrombolysis (sonothrombolysis) and increases the likelihood of functional independence at 3 months. Adding intravenous ultrasound contrast (gaseous microspheres) further enhances the thrombolytic effect (contrast enhanced sonothrombolysis = CEST). Contrast enhanced ultrasound may also accelerate clot break-up in the absence of thrombolytic drugs (contrast enhanced sonolysis = CES).
HYPOTHESIS: Contrast enhanced ultrasound treatment administered within 4 1/2 hours after symptom onset may be given safely to patients with acute ischemic stroke, both to those receiving intravenous thrombolysis and those not receiving intravenous thrombolysis, and will improve clinical outcome.
AIMS: To compare efficacy and safety of contrast enhanced ultrasound treatment vs. no ultrasound treatment in patients with acute ischemic stroke receiving or not receiving intravenous thrombolysis.
STUDY ENDPOINTS: The primary endpoints are 1) neurological improvement at 24 hours (proof of concept) and 2) excellent clinical outcome at 3 months (effect). Secondary endpoints are bleeding complications (safety), brain damage (infarct size/location) and early clinical improvement (effect).
详细描述
NOR-SASS aims at testing contrast enhanced sonothrombolysis in all patients with acute ischemic stroke. Patients eligible for thrombolysis (randomized tenecteplase or alteplase) are included in the NOR-SASS A sub-study, patients receiving standard (non-trial) thrombolysis with alteplase are included in the NOR-SASS B sub-study, and patients not eligible for thrombolysis are included in the NOR-SASS C sub-study.
DESIGN: NOR-SASS is a PROBE (prospective randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint) trial, designed to establish the superiority of contrast-enhanced ultrasound treatment given within 4½ hours after stroke onset in consecutively admitted patients with acute ischaemic stroke, as compared with 1) standard iv thrombolysis with tenecteplase (TNK) or alteplase (tPA) in patients eligible for thrombolytic treatment, and 2) no specific treatment in patients not eligible for thrombolytic treatment.
HYPOTHESIS
1.) In patients eligible for intravenous thrombolysis, contrast enhanced sonothrombolysis (CEST) has superior effect as compared with standard intravenous thrombolysis and may be given safely. 2.) In patients not eligible for thrombolysis, contrast enhanced sonolysis (CES) has superior effect as compared with no specific treatment and may be given safely.
RANDOMISATION: In NOR-SASS-A (two step randomisation), 1st randomisation is 1:1 to either tenecteplase (TNK) or alteplase (tPA); 2nd randomisation is 1:1 to either CEST or no CEST. In NOR-SASS-B, randomisation is 1:1 to either CEST or no CEST. In NOR-SASS-C, randomisation is 1:1 to either CES or no CES.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Ischemic stroke in the anterior circulation
- •Treatment within 4.5 hours after stroke onset
- •Informed consent
排除标准
- •Patients with premorbid modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score ≥3;
- •Patients for whom a complete NIH Stroke Score cannot be obtained;
- •Hemiplegic migraine with no arterial occlusion on baseline CT;
- •Seizure at stroke onset and no visible occlusion on baseline CT;
- •Intracranial haemorrhage on baseline CT;
- •Clinical subarachnoid haemorrhage even if baseline CT is normal;
- •Large areas of hypodense ischaemic changes on baseline CT;
- •Patients with primary endovascular treatment;
- •Female, pregnant or breast feeding; pericarditis; sepsis; any other serious medical illness likely to interact with treatment; confounding pre-existent neurological or psychiatric disease; unlikely to complete follow-up; any investigational drug <14 days;
结局指标
主要结局
Proof of concept: Early neurological improvement
时间窗: 22-36 hours
NIHSS=0 or reduction of ≥4 NIHSS points compared with baseline
Clinical: Functional handicap
时间窗: 90 days
Sliding dichotomy/responder analysis: Excellent outcome is defined as modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 0 with baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), as mRS 0-1 with baseline NIHSS 8-14, as mRS 0-2 with baseline NIHSS ≥15
次要结局
- Short term functional outcome(7 days)
- Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage(24-36 hours)
- Hemorrhagic transformation(24-36 hours)
- Brain infarct size and location(22-36 hours)