Safety of Intravenous Thrombolysis for Wake-up Stroke

NCT01183533 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2014-11-25

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Summary

The purpose is to demonstrate the safety of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV t-PA) in ischemic stroke patients who present to the emergency department (ED) after awakening with the symptoms of suspected ischemic stroke.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Alteplase (iv t-PA)

0.9 mg/kg (maximum of 90 mg) IV t-PA will be administered with 10% bolus given over 1 minute, the rest given as an infusion over the remaining hour.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Genentech, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sean I Savitz, MD · UT-Houston Health Science Center

  • Andrew D Barreto, MD · Study Co-PI

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2014-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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