PRISMS is a double-blind, multicenter, randomized, Phase IIIb study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous (IV) alteplase in participants with mild acute ischemic strokes that do not appear to be clearly disabling. Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive within 3 hours of last known well time either 1) one dose of IV alteplase and one dose of oral aspirin placebo or 2) one dose of IV alteplase placebo and one dose of oral aspirin 325 milligrams (mg).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
313
Percentage of Participants With a Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) Score of 0 or 1 at Day 90
mRS score was determined by the investigator. The mRS is a 7 point scale (0-6) with 0: No symptoms at all, 1: No significant disability despite symptoms, able to carry out all usual duties and activities, 2: Slight disability, unable to carry out all previous activities but able to look after own affairs without assistance, 3: Moderate disability requiring some help, but able to walk without assistance, 4: Moderately severe disability, unable to walk without assistance and unable to attend to own bodily needs without assistance, 5: Severe disability, bedridden, incontinent and requiring constant nursing care and attention, 6: death prior to Day 90. Reported is the percentage of participants with scores of 0 or 1 on the mRS.
Time frame: Day 90
Distribution of Participants Across the Ordinal mRS
mRS score was determined by the investigator. The mRS is a 7 point scale (0-6) with 0: No symptoms at all, 1: No significant disability despite symptoms, able to carry out all usual duties and activities, 2: Slight disability, unable to carry out all previous activities but able to look after own affairs without assistance, 3: Moderate disability requiring some help, but able to walk without assistance, 4: Moderately severe disability, unable to walk without assistance and unable to attend to own bodily needs without assistance, 5: Severe disability, bedridden, incontinent and requiring constant nursing care and attention, 6: death before Day 90. Reported are the percentages of participants for all scores on the mRS.
Time frame: Day 90
Percentage of Participants With Global Favorable Recovery on mRS, NIHSS, BI, and GOS
Global favorable recovery is an integrated assessment of participants who meet the following: mRS Score 0-1, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Score 0-1, Barthel Index \[BI\] greater than or equal to 95, and Glasgow Outcome Scale \[GOS\] equal to 1. mRS Score 0-1: 0= No symptoms at all, 1= No significant disability despite symptoms, able to carry out all usual duties and activities. NIHSS Score 0-1: 0= No stroke symptoms and 1= Minor stroke symptoms. BI is a 10 question index with a total score range of 0-100 with 100 being the best outcome. GOS =1: Good recovery. Reported here are the percentages of participants who achieved a favorable score on each of these scales.
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Single dose of aspirin placebo will be administered orally.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, United States
St. Jude Medical Center
Fullerton, California, United States
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California, United States
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States
Hoag Memorial Hospital
Newport Beach, California, United States
University of California Los Angeles
Santa Monica, California, United States
Colorado Neurological Institute
Englewood, Colorado, United States
Poudre Valley Hospital
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
...and 78 more locations
Time frame: Day 90
Percentage of Participants With Symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH )
ICH was considered symptomatic if it was not seen on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan at baseline and any neurologic decline was attributed to it by the local investigator. To detect intracranial hemorrhage, neuroimaging (CT or MRI) scan was performed at 22 to 36 hours after study drug administration.
Time frame: Within 36 hours after study drug administration on Day 1
Percentage of Participants With Any ICH
To detect ICH, neuroimaging (CT or MRI) scan was performed at 22 to 36 hours after study drug administration.
Time frame: Within 36 hours after study drug administration on Day 1
Overall Mortality
Reported here is the percentage of participants who died due to any cause during the study.
Time frame: From baseline to Day 90
Percentage of Participants Who Died Due to Stroke and Neurological Disorders
Reported here is the percentage of participants who died due to stroke and neurological disorders.
Time frame: From baseline to Day 90
Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events
An adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence in a subject administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with the treatment. An adverse event can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a pharmaceutical product, whether or not considered related to the pharmaceutical product. Preexisting conditions which worsen during a study are also considered as adverse events.
Time frame: From baseline up to Day 90: Non-serious adverse events were collected through the Day 30 visit. Serious adverse events were collected through the end of study at Day 90.
Percentage of Participants With Serious Adverse Events
A serious adverse event (SAE) was defined as any experience that suggested a significant hazard, contraindication, side effect, or precaution, and fulfilled any of the following criteria: fatal (resulted in death), life-threatening, required in-patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, was a congenital anomaly/birth defect, was medically significant or required intervention to prevent any of the other outcomes listed here.
Time frame: From baseline to Day 90