Satoshi Namitome, Kazutaka Uchida, Seigo Shindo, Shinichi Yoshimura, Nobuyuki Sakai, Hiroshi Yamagami, Kazunori Toyoda, Yuji Matsumaru, Yasushi Matsumoto, Kazumi Kimura, Reiichi Ishikura, Manabu Inoue, Mikiya Beppu, Fumihiro Sakakibara, Manabu Shirakawa, Mitsuharu Ueda, Takeshi Morimoto,

Number of Passes of Endovascular Therapy for Stroke With a Large Ischemic Core: Secondary Analysis of RESCUE-Japan LIMIT

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  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Neurology (clinical)
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BACKGROUND: The increased risk of intracranial hemorrhage with multiple passes in endovascular therapy (EVT) for large vessel occlusion with a large ischemic core is a concern. We explored the effect of the number of EVT passes on patients in a randomized clinical trial. METHODS: This post hoc study was the secondary analysis of RESCUE-Japan LIMIT, which was a randomized clinical trial comparing EVT and medical treatment alone for large vessel occlusion with large ischemic core. We grouped patients according to the number of passes with successful reperfusion (modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction score, ≥2b) in 1, 2, and 3 to 7 passes and failed reperfusion (modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction score, 0–2a) after any pass in the EVT group, and these groups were compared with medical treatment group. The primary outcome was modified Rankin Scale score of 0 to 3 at 90 days. Secondary outcomes were improvement in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of ≥8 at 48 hours, mortality at 90 days, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, and any intracranial hemorrhage within 48 hours. RESULTS: The number of patients who received EVT with successful reperfusion after 1, 2, and 3 to 7 passes and failed reperfusion were 44, 23, 19, and 14, respectively, and 102 received medical treatment alone. The adjusted odds ratios (95% CIs) for the primary outcome relative to medical treatment were 5.52 (2.23–14.28) after 1 pass, 6.45 (2.22–19.30) after 2 passes, 1.03 (0.15–4.48) after 3 to 7 passes, and 1.17 (0.16–5.37) if reperfusion failed. The adjusted odds ratios (95% CIs) for any intracranial hemorrhage within 48 hours relative to medical treatment were 1.88 (0.90–3.93) after 1 pass, 5.14 (1.97–14.72) after 2 passes, 3.00 (1.09–8.58) after 3 to 7 passes, and 6.16 (1.87–24.27) if reperfusion failed. CONCLUSIONS: The successful reperfusion within 2 passes was associated with better clinical outcomes. REGISTRATION: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov ; Unique identifier: NCT03702413.

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