Trial of Endovascular Treatment of Acute Basilar-Artery Occlusion.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-13-2022
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Data from trials investigating the effects and risks of endovascular thrombectomy for the treatment of stroke due to basilar-artery occlusion are limited.
METHODS: We conducted a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled trial of endovascular thrombectomy for basilar-artery occlusion at 36 centers in China. Patients were assigned, in a 2:1 ratio, within 12 hours after the estimated time of basilar-artery occlusion to receive endovascular thrombectomy or best medical care (control). The primary outcome was good functional status, defined as a score of 0 to 3 on the modified Rankin scale (range, 0 [no symptoms] to 6 [death]), at 90 days. Secondary outcomes included a modified Rankin scale score of 0 to 2, distribution across the modified Rankin scale score categories, and quality of life. Safety outcomes included symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage at 24 to 72 hours, 90-day mortality, and procedural complications.
RESULTS: Of the 507 patients who underwent screening, 340 were in the intention-to-treat population, with 226 assigned to the thrombectomy group and 114 to the control group. Intravenous thrombolysis was used in 31% of the patients in the thrombectomy group and in 34% of those in the control group. Good functional status at 90 days occurred in 104 patients (46%) in the thrombectomy group and in 26 (23%) in the control group (adjusted rate ratio, 2.06; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.46 to 2.91, P
CONCLUSIONS: In a trial involving Chinese patients with basilar-artery occlusion, approximately one third of whom received intravenous thrombolysis, endovascular thrombectomy within 12 hours after stroke onset led to better functional outcomes at 90 days than best medical care but was associated with procedural complications and intracerebral hemorrhage. (Funded by the Program for Innovative Research Team of the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC and others; ATTENTION ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04751708.).
Volume
387
Issue
15
First Page
1361
Last Page
1372
ISSN
1533-4406
Published In/Presented At
Tao, C., Nogueira, R. G., Zhu, Y., Sun, J., Han, H., Yuan, G., Wen, C., Zhou, P., Chen, W., Zeng, G., Li, Y., Ma, Z., Yu, C., Su, J., Zhou, Z., Chen, Z., Liao, G., Sun, Y., Ren, Y., Zhang, H., … ATTENTION Investigators (2022). Trial of Endovascular Treatment of Acute Basilar-Artery Occlusion. The New England journal of medicine, 387(15), 1361–1372. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2206317
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
36239644
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article