NCT03367286

Brief Summary

Acute ischemia stroke (AIS) is the leading cause of death in China. Thrombolytic therapy with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) has been proven to reduce disability in AIS patients within 4.5 hours after symptom onset. However, only 2% of AIS patients received thrombolytic therapy in China. Perfusion imaging is demonstrated to increase the rate of thrombolytic therapy by identifying the ischemic infarct core (the brain tissue that is irreversibly injured) and the ischemia penumbra (the brain tissue surrounding the ischemia infarct core that is hypoperfused but still viable) for those patients with extending therapeutic window (beyond the current 4.5 hours after symptom onset), as well as minor stroke or those with atypical symptoms. Three prospective clinical trials, DEFUSE, DEFUSE-2 and EPITHET, has confirmed that mismatch between perfusion weighted-imaging (PWI) and diffusion weighted-imaging (DWI) correspond to the ischemic penumbra whereas DWI provides information of the ischemia infarct core and major reperfusion relate to good clinical outcome in extending therapeutic window AIS patients with DWI-PWI mismatch. Computed tomography perfusion (CTP) may be a potential alternative technology for recognition of reversibly damaged brain tissue in AIS patients, with the prominent advantage of fast scan. Recent studies also demonstrated that CTP could select eligible candidates for reperfusion therapy. More recently, with data of EXTEND-IA, reperfusion therapy in AIS patients with CTP mismatch (using a CT time to maximum \>6 s as ischemic hypoperfusion volume and a CT relative cerebral blood flow \<30% of that in normal tissue as ischemic core volume) were related to good clinical outcome. However, plenty of studies demonstrated CT cerebral blood volume did not always predict ischemic infarct core in AIS patients. A recent study also confirmed the poor contrast: noise ratios of CT cerebral blood volume and CT cerebral blood flow result in large measurement error, compared with those of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), making it problematic to substitute DWI in selecting individual AIS patients for reperfusion treatment. Based on those studies, it is still remained unclear whether CTP can be an alternative choice to replace magnetic resonance perfusion (MRP) in AIS patients with extending therapeutic windows. So in this study, the investigators try to determine whether baseline CTP profiles have a comparable ability to MRP in identifying patients who have a robust clinical response after early reperfusion.

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Enrollment
1,000

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
8mo left

Started Jun 2009

Longer than P75 for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress96%
Jun 2009Dec 2026

Study Start

First participant enrolled

June 30, 2009

Completed
8.3 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 5, 2017

Completed
2 months until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

December 8, 2017

Completed
6.6 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 30, 2024

Completed
2.5 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 30, 2026

Expected
Last Updated

November 23, 2022

Status Verified

November 1, 2022

Enrollment Period

15 years

First QC Date

October 5, 2017

Last Update Submit

November 21, 2022

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • modified Rankin Scale at 90 days

    modified Rankin Scale at 90 days

    90 days

Study Arms (2)

Computed Tomography Perfusion (CTP)

Other: inspection mode

Magnetic Resonance Perfusion (MRP)

Other: inspection mode

Interventions

different inspection modes:Computed Tomography Perfusion (CTP) or Magnetic Resonance Perfusion (MRP)

Computed Tomography Perfusion (CTP)Magnetic Resonance Perfusion (MRP)

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodProbability Sample
Study Population

acute ischemic stroke patients

You may qualify if:

  • Provision of informed consent;
  • Male and female adults aged 18-80 years old;
  • For patients accepting CTP or MRP over 4.5 hours after stroke onset, imaging criteria: infarct core volume \<70mL, perfusion leison volume / infarct core volume \>1.2, and absolute mismatch \>10 mL.

You may not qualify if:

  • Standard contraindications to rt-PA;
  • Contraindication to imaging with contrast agents;
  • Pre-stroke mRS score of ≥2 (indicating previous disability);
  • Participation in any investigational study in the previous 30 days;
  • Any terminal illness such that patient would not be expected to survive more than one-year.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

The second affiliated hospital of Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, 310000, China

RECRUITING

Related Publications (2)

  • Zhou Y, He Y, Yan S, Chen L, Zhang R, Xu J, Hu H, Liebeskind DS, Lou M. Reperfusion Injury Is Associated With Poor Outcome in Patients With Recanalization After Thrombectomy. Stroke. 2023 Jan;54(1):96-104. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.039337. Epub 2022 Nov 11.

  • Yan S, Zhang X, Zhang R, Xu J, Lou M. Early Fibrinogen Depletion and Symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage After Reperfusion Therapy. Stroke. 2019 Oct;50(10):2716-2721. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.025711. Epub 2019 Aug 9.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stroke

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular DisordersBrain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesVascular DiseasesCardiovascular Diseases

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
COHORT
Time Perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 5, 2017

First Posted

December 8, 2017

Study Start

June 30, 2009

Primary Completion

June 30, 2024

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 30, 2026

Last Updated

November 23, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-11

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