Ticagrelor With Aspirin Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Combined With Intravenous Thrombolysis for Ischemic Stroke

Overview

Early antiplatelet therapy is promising for further improvement of functional prognosis on the basis of intravenous thrombolytic therapy. The primary purpose of this multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-parallel controlled trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the early dual antiplatelet therapy (within 6 hours of onset ) of ticagrelor with aspirin combined with intravenous thrombolysis in improving good functional outcome (mRS score 0-1) at 90 days inpatients with ischemic stroke.

Theoretically, early administration of antiplatelet therapy is expected to counteract platelet aggregation during intravenous thrombolysis, improving the efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis as well as the functional prognosis. According to current evidence, mainstream guidelines clearly state that the administration of intravenous aspirin (or other antiplatelet agents) within 24 hours of Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) thrombolytic therapy is not recommended as an adjunctive treatment of intravenous thrombolysis therapy, despite the fact that rt-PA thrombolytic therapy is still acceptable for patients who have received antiplatelet therapy before the onset of stroke. Evidence from high-quality clinical trials for the routine use of oral antiplatelet drugs before and within 24 hours of intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients is quite limited. Meanwhile, trials including INSPIRES and CHANCE 2 have demonstrated that early initiation of dual antiplatelet therapy could significantly reduce the risk of recurrence and thus improve the functional prognosis without significantly increasing the risk of bleeding, providing a promising treatment for early oral antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing intravenous thrombolysis. This trial is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-parallel controlled designed clinical trial. A total of 1380 patients (aged 18-80 years) who have a new diagnosed ischemic stroke (within 6 hours of onset), a NIHSS score of 4-10 points, and have received/are planned to receive intravenous thrombolysis therapy with will be enrolled from 50 centers in China. Patients will be randomly assigned into intervention (dual antiplatelet therapy of Ticagrelor and Aspirin) and control group (placebo) by the ratio of 1:1. Face to face or distance (via video or telephone) interviews will be made at baseline, 7 ± 1 days, 30 ± 3 days, 60 ± 5 days and 90 ± 7 days after randomization. Primary outcome is defined as good functional outcomes (mRS score of 0-1 points) at 90 days. Secondary outcomes include neurologic improvement，quality of life ( quality-of-life EuroQol-5 Dimensions scale)，activity of daily living (Barthel index)，recurrent ischemic stroke. Safety outcomes, relating to antiplatelet and intravenous thrombolysis therapy (i.e., symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, parenchymal hematoma type 2, bleeding events) will also be investigated. The Chi-square test was used to compare the proportion difference of good functional outcomes between two groups after 90 days of treatment, and the 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated by using the Newcombe method. The generalized linear regression model was used to calculate the relative risk (RR) and its 95%CI. For survival outcomes, hazard ratio (HR) and 95% CI were calculated using the Cox proportional risk model.

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