Shelagh B Coutts, Sandeep Ankolekar, Ramana Appireddy, Juan F Arenillas, Zarina Assis, Peter Bailey, Philip A Barber, Rodrigo Bazan, Brian H Buck, Ken S Butcher, Marie-Christine Camden, Bruce Campbell, Leanne K Casaubon, Luciana Catanese, Kausik Chatterjee, Philip M C Choi, Brian Clarke, Dar Dowlatshahi, Julia Ferrari, Thalia S Field, Aravind Ganesh, Darshan Ghia, Mayank Goyal, Stefan Greisenegger, Omid Halse, Mackenzie Horn, Gary Hunter, Oje Imoukhuede, Peter J Kelly, James Kennedy, Carol Kenney, Timothy J Kleinig, Kailash Krishnan, Fabrico Lima, Jennifer L Mandzia, Martha Marko, Sheila O Martins, George Medvedev, Bijoy K Menon, Sachin M Mishra, Carlos Molina, Aimen Moussaddy, Keith W Muir, Mark W Parsons, Andrew M W Penn, Arthur Pille, Octávio M Pontes-Neto, Christine Roffe, Joaquin Serena, Robert Simister, Nishita Singh, Neil Spratt, Daniel Strbian, Carol H Tham, M Ivan Wiggam, David J Williams, Mark R Willmot, Teddy Wu, Amy Y X Yu, George Zachariah, Atif Zafar, Charlotte Zerna, Michael D Hill
BACKGROUND: Individuals with minor ischaemic stroke and intracranial occlusion are at increased risk of poor outcomes. Intravenous thrombolysis with tenecteplase might improve outcomes in this population. We aimed to test the superiority of intravenous tenecteplase over non-thrombolytic standard of care in patients with minor ischaemic stroke and intracranial occlusion or focal perfusion abnormality. METHODS: In this multicentre, prospective, parallel group, open label with blinded outcome assessment, randomised controlled trial, adult patients (aged ≥18 years) were included at 48 hospitals in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, and the UK...
May 16, 2024: Lancet