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Ischemic StrokePhase 1AWOKENCT01150266

Study for the Use of Alteplase in Patients Who Awaken With Stroke

A Phase 1 study testing Alteplase (tPA) in people with Ischemic Stroke, run by University of California, San Diego at 1 site in United States.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

This is a pilot study of thrombolytic therapy in patients with ischemic stroke who present with stroke symptoms upon awakening. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 22 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Ischemic Stroke
What is being tested?
Alteplase (tPA)
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Aug 2011to Sep 2013
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 22 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age ≥22
  • Stroke upon awakening
  • Measurable deficit by NIHSS
  • No deficit before sleep or last seen normal before to sleep
  • Head CT with no evidence of intracranial hemorrhage.
  • Able to receive IV t-PA treatment within 2.5 hrs after patient awoke with deficit.
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  • Written informed consent signed and dated by the patient (or patient's authorized representative)
  • Core lesion: ASPECTS ≥7 on MRI-DWI, CTP-CBV or CTA source imaging.
  • Mismatch of at least 20% measured by CT CVB/MMT or DWI/TTP

Who cannot join

  • Stroke or serious head trauma within the preceding 3 months
  • Major surgery or serious trauma within 14 days
  • History of intracranial hemorrhage
  • Systolic blood pressure above 185 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure above 110 mm Hg that is not controlled after aggressive measures.
  • Rapidly improving or minor symptoms
  • Symptoms suggestive of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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  • Gastrointestinal hemorrhage or urinary tract hemorrhage within the previous 21 days.
  • Arterial puncture at a non-compressible site within the previous 7 days
  • Seizure at the onset of stroke and considered the cause for the neurological symptom.
  • Patients who are taking anticoagulants or who had received heparin within the 48 hours preceding the onset of stroke and have an elevated partial-thromboplastin time, INR>1.7 or platelet counts below 100,000/mm3
  • Finger sticks glucose below 50 mg/dl (2.7 mmol/ Lt) or above 400 mg per deciliter (22.2 mmol/Lt) and considered the cause for the neurological symptom.
  • Active internal bleeding
  • Pregnancy in women of child-bearing potential (must have pregnancy test, urine or blood, prior to therapy).
  • Lumbar puncture within 7 days.
  • Known co-morbid conditions likely to complicate therapy or interfere with patient assessment, such us: heart failure stage 4, severe dementia, end-stage AIDS, pericarditis, cirrhosis or known cancer.
  • Unable to obtain CTA or perfusion brain studies (PWI or CTP)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of California, San Diego

    San Diego, California, 92037-0979

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About this study

Official title: Alteplase for Waking Onset STROKE

This is a pilot study of thrombolytic therapy in patients with ischemic stroke who present with stroke symptoms upon awakening.

Read the detailed description

Patients with ischemic stroke are currently only eligible for the treatment with intravenous thrombolysis if the stroke is diagnosed within 4.5 hours from known onset of symptoms.

Many patients awaken with stroke and are excluded from this therapy, following current guidelines.

Patients who suffer from a stroke just before or after waking up may be candidates for thrombolysis and our study will use advanced neuroimaging to select those patients.

Conditions
Ischemic Stroke
Being tested
Alteplase (tPA)
Keywords
stroke, ischemia, thrombolysis, thrombolytics, tPA, rt-PA, t-PA, Activase®, Alteplase, wake-up stroke, waking onset stroke, sleep
Medical subject headings
Ischemic Stroke, Stroke, Ischemia

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Alteplase (tPA)Drug

    Also called Activase®, rt-PA, t-PA, tPA

    0.9mg/KG (maximum 90mg), 10% bolus over one minutes, remainder over one hour.

Study groups in NCT01150266
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
AlteplaseExperimentalAlteplase 0.9mg/kg (maximum 90mg), 10% IV bolus over 1 minute and the remainder over one hour infusion in patients with ischemic stroke after awaking.
Receives: Drug: Alteplase (tPA)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage

    sICH is defined as any confluent dense hematoma occupying greater than 30% of the infarcted area with substantial space occupying effect, or any brain hemorrhage outside the infarcted area that occurs within 72 hours of tPA treatment and is associated with an increase of at least 4 points in the NIHSS.

    Measured: 0-72 hours

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Modified Rankin Scale

    A good outcome is defined as a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) of ≤1 or return to baseline mRS.

    Measured: 90 days

  2. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)

    An improvement of the NIHSS is defined as a 4-point improvement in the NIHSS, or NIHSS 0 measured 24 hours after treatment.

    Measured: 24 hours

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted24 Jun 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2011
  3. Primary completionSep 2013

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01150266
Sponsor's protocol ID
AWOKE
Other IDs
5P50NS044148
Acronym
AWOKE
Status last verified
Sep 2013
First submitted
23 Jun 2010
Last updated
13 Sep 2013
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Alteplase (tPA) in people with Ischemic Stroke, run by University of California, San Diego at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 9 inclusion and 16 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Sep 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage (time frame: 0-72 hours). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Sep 2013.

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