Raul G Nogueira1, Tudor G Jovin2, Diogo C Haussen1, Rishi Gupta3, Ashutov Jadhav4, Ronald F Budzik5, Blaise Baxter6, Antonin Krajina7, Alain Bonafe8, Ali Malek9, Ana Paula Narata10, Ryan Shields11, Yanchang Zhang11, Patricia Morgan11, Bruno Bartolini12, Joey English13, Mahmoud Mohammaden1, Michael R Frankel1, David S Liebeskind14, Erol Veznedaroglu15. 1. Department of Neurology, 12239Emory University School of Medicine, Marcus Stroke & Neuroscience Center, 71741Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA. 2. Department of Neurology, 2202Cooper University Hospital Neurological Institute, Camden, NJ, USA. 3. Department of Neurosciences, Wellstar Health System, Atlanta, GA, USA. 4. Stroke Institute, Department of Neurology, 6614University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA. 5. Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, 24601Riverside Methodist Hospital/Ohio Health Research Institute, Columbus, OH, USA. 6. Department of Radiology, Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, USA. 7. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. 8. Department of Neuroradiology, 26905CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France. 9. St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL, USA. 10. Department of Neuroradiology, CHU Tours, Tours, France. 11. 347070Stryker Neurovascular, Fremont, CA, USA. 12. Department of Interventional Radiology, La Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France. 13. 3Department of Neurology, 7153California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. 14. Department of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 15. Department of Neurosciences, Drexel Neurosciences Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The effect of time from stroke onset to thrombectomy in the extended time window remains poorly characterized. AIM: We aimed to analyze the relationship between time to treatment and clinical outcomes in the early versus extended time windows. METHODS: Proximal anterior circulation occlusion patients from a multicentric prospective registry were categorized into early (≤6 h) or extended (>6-24 h) treatment window. Patients with baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) ≥ 10 and intracranial internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery-M1-segment occlusion and pre-morbid modified Rankin scale (mRS) 0-1 ("DAWN-like" cohort) served as the population for the primary analysis. The relationship between time to treatment and 90-day mRS, analyzed in ordinal (mRS shift) and dichotomized (good outcome, mRS 0-2) fashion, was compared within and across the extended and early windows. RESULTS: A total of 1603 out of 2008 patients qualified. Despite longer time to treatment (9[7-13.9] vs. 3.4[2.5-4.3] h, p < 0.001), extended-window patients (n = 257) had similar rates of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH; 0.8% vs. 1.7%, p = 0.293) and 90-day-mortality (10.5% vs. 9.6%, p = 0.714) with only slightly lower rates of 90-day good outcomes (50.4% vs. 57.6%, p = 0.047) versus early-window patients (n = 709). Time to treatment was associated with 90-day disability in both ordinal (adjusted odd ratio (aOR), ≥ 1-point mRS shift: 0.75; 95%CI [0.66-0.86], p < 0.001) and dichotomized (aOR, mRS 0-2: 0.73; 95%CI [0.62-0.86], p < 0.001) analyses in the early- but not in the extended-window (aOR, mRS shift: 0.96; 95%CI [0.90-1.02], p = 0.15; aOR, mRS0-2: 0.97; 95%CI [0.90-1.04], p = 0.41). Early-window patients had significantly lower 90-day functional disability (aOR, mRS shift: 1.533; 95%CI [1.138-2.065], p = 0.005) and a trend towards higher rates of good outcomes (aOR, mRS 0-2: 1.391; 95%CI [0.972-1.990], p = 0.071). CONCLUSIONS: The impact of time to thrombectomy on outcomes appears to be time dependent with a steep influence in the early followed by a less significant plateau in the extended window. However, every effort should be made to shorten treatment times regardless of ischemia duration.
BACKGROUND: The effect of time from stroke onset to thrombectomy in the extended time window remains poorly characterized. AIM: We aimed to analyze the relationship between time to treatment and clinical outcomes in the early versus extended time windows. METHODS: Proximal anterior circulation occlusion patients from a multicentric prospective registry were categorized into early (≤6 h) or extended (>6-24 h) treatment window. Patients with baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) ≥ 10 and intracranial internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery-M1-segment occlusion and pre-morbid modified Rankin scale (mRS) 0-1 ("DAWN-like" cohort) served as the population for the primary analysis. The relationship between time to treatment and 90-day mRS, analyzed in ordinal (mRS shift) and dichotomized (good outcome, mRS 0-2) fashion, was compared within and across the extended and early windows. RESULTS: A total of 1603 out of 2008 patients qualified. Despite longer time to treatment (9[7-13.9] vs. 3.4[2.5-4.3] h, p < 0.001), extended-window patients (n = 257) had similar rates of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH; 0.8% vs. 1.7%, p = 0.293) and 90-day-mortality (10.5% vs. 9.6%, p = 0.714) with only slightly lower rates of 90-day good outcomes (50.4% vs. 57.6%, p = 0.047) versus early-window patients (n = 709). Time to treatment was associated with 90-day disability in both ordinal (adjusted odd ratio (aOR), ≥ 1-point mRS shift: 0.75; 95%CI [0.66-0.86], p < 0.001) and dichotomized (aOR, mRS 0-2: 0.73; 95%CI [0.62-0.86], p < 0.001) analyses in the early- but not in the extended-window (aOR, mRS shift: 0.96; 95%CI [0.90-1.02], p = 0.15; aOR, mRS0-2: 0.97; 95%CI [0.90-1.04], p = 0.41). Early-window patients had significantly lower 90-day functional disability (aOR, mRS shift: 1.533; 95%CI [1.138-2.065], p = 0.005) and a trend towards higher rates of good outcomes (aOR, mRS 0-2: 1.391; 95%CI [0.972-1.990], p = 0.071). CONCLUSIONS: The impact of time to thrombectomy on outcomes appears to be time dependent with a steep influence in the early followed by a less significant plateau in the extended window. However, every effort should be made to shorten treatment times regardless of ischemia duration.