Diederik W J Dippel, Ching F Khan, Bridget A Schoon
{"title":"Intra-Arterial Thrombolytics During Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke-End of the Story or a New Beginning?","authors":"Diederik W J Dippel, Ching F Khan, Bridget A Schoon","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.27100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.27100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gina M Piscitello, Erin S DeMartino, William F Parker
{"title":"Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders.","authors":"Gina M Piscitello, Erin S DeMartino, William F Parker","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.26282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.26282","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Error in Introductory Prevalence Data.","authors":"","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.28914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.28914","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intra-Arterial Tenecteplase Following Endovascular Reperfusion for Large Vessel Occlusion Acute Ischemic Stroke: The POST-TNK Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Jiacheng Huang, Jie Yang, Chang Liu, Linyu Li, Dahong Yang, Changwei Guo, Guoyong Zeng, Jiaxing Song, Jinfu Ma, Xu Xu, Xiaolei Shi, Shihai Yang, Wenzhe Sun, Zhixi Wang, Yufeng Tang, Maojun Jiang, Li Wang, Xiangping Cheng, Jun Luo, Peiyang Zhou, Xing Fang, Guangsen Cheng, Zhongfan Ruan, Jinglun Li, Jincheng Liu, Bo Lei, Yaoyu Tian, Xiaolin Tan, Guangxiong Yuan, Jian Wang, Xinyuan Huang, Shengling Deng, Zhenglong Jin, Xin Zou, Jie Zhang, Daoyou Cheng, Xiaojun Luo, Jiasheng Liao, Jian Miao, Zhenqiang Li, Yaxuan Sun, Guohui Jiang, Deyan Kong, Shuyu Jiang, Zhiyuan Wang, Duolao Wang, Johannes Kaesmacher, Thanh N Nguyen, Raul G Nogueira, Jeffrey L Saver, Yangmei Chen, Wenjie Zi","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.23466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.23466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>The impact of adjunctive intra-arterial tenecteplase administration following near-complete to complete reperfusion by endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for acute ischemic stroke is unknown.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the efficacy and adverse events of adjunctive intra-arterial tenecteplase in patients with large vessel occlusion stroke who had achieved near-complete to complete reperfusion (defined as a score on the expanded Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction [eTICI] scale of 2c to 3) after EVT.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>Investigator-initiated, randomized, open-label, blinded outcome assessment trial implemented at 34 hospitals in China among 540 patients with stroke due to proximal intracranial large vessel occlusion within 24 hours of the time they were last known to be well, with an eTICI score of 2c to 3 after EVT, and without prior intravenous thrombolysis. Recruitment took place between October 26, 2022, and March 1, 2024, with final follow-up on June 3, 2024.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Eligible patients were randomly assigned to receive intra-arterial tenecteplase (n = 269) at 0.0625 mg/kg or no intra-arterial thrombolysis (control group; n = 271).</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary efficacy outcome was freedom from disability, defined as a score of 0 or 1 on the modified Rankin Scale (range, 0 [no symptoms] to 6 [death]) at 90 days. The primary safety outcomes were death at 90 days and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage within 48 hours.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 539 participants (99.8%) completed the trial (median age, 69 years; 221 female [40.9%]). The proportion with a modified Rankin Scale score of 0 or 1 at 90 days was 49.1% (132/269) in the intra-arterial tenecteplase group and 44.1% (119/270) in the control group (adjusted risk ratio, 1.15 [95% CI, 0.97-1.36]; P = .11). Ninety-day mortality was 16.0% and 19.3% (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.75 [95% CI, 0.50-1.13]; P = .16), respectively. The proportions of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage were 6.3% and 4.4% (adjusted risk ratio, 1.43 [95% CI, 0.68-2.99]; P = .35), respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion presenting within 24 hours of time last known to be well and who had achieved near-complete to complete reperfusion after EVT, adjunctive intra-arterial tenecteplase did not significantly increase the likelihood of freedom from disability at 90 days.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ChiCTR.org.cn Identifier: ChiCTR2200064809.</p>","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intra-Arterial Urokinase After Endovascular Reperfusion for Acute Ischemic Stroke: The POST-UK Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Chang Liu, Changwei Guo, Fengli Li, Nizhen Yu, Jiacheng Huang, Zhouzhou Peng, Weilin Kong, Jiaxing Song, Xiang Liu, Shitao Fan, Chengsong Yue, Boyu Chen, Chong Zheng, Xingyun Yuan, Jian Sheng, Youlin Wu, Bo Sun, Zengqiang Zhao, Minzhen Zhu, Ling Han, Qiang Shi, Zhongbin Xia, Xianjin Shang, Fengguang Li, Rongzong Li, Feixue Yue, Shunfu Jiang, Dengwen Song, Min Song, Yuanjun Shan, Chawen Ding, Li Yao, Yong Yang, Junbin Chen, Wencheng He, Feibao Pan, Wensheng Zhang, Tieying Cai, Shibo Han, Wei Li, Gongbo Li, Chen Gong, Liping Huang, Cheng Huang, Duolao Wang, Johannes Kaesmacher, Thanh N Nguyen, Raul G Nogueira, Jeffrey L Saver, Wenjie Zi, Yangmei Chen, Qingwu Yang","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.23480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.23480","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Persisting or new thrombi in the distal arteries and the microcirculation have been reported to limit the benefits of successful endovascular thrombectomy for patients with acute ischemic stroke. It remains uncertain whether intra-arterial thrombolysis by urokinase following near-complete to complete reperfusion by thrombectomy improves outcomes among patients with ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the efficacy and adverse events of intra-arterial urokinase after near-complete to complete reperfusion by thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This investigator-initiated, randomized, open-label, blinded-end point trial was implemented at 35 hospitals in China, enrolling 535 patients with proximal intracranial large vessel occlusion presenting within 24 hours of time last known well, who achieved near-complete or complete reperfusion by endovascular thrombectomy and did not receive intravenous thrombolysis prior to the procedure. Recruitment took place between November 15, 2022, and March 29, 2024, with final follow-up on July 4, 2024.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Eligible patients were randomly assigned to the intra-arterial urokinase group (a single dose of intra-arterial 100 000 IU urokinase injected in the initial target territory; n = 267) or control group (without intra-arterial thrombolysis; n = 267).</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary efficacy outcome was the percentage of patients achieving survival without disability (modified Rankin Scale score of 0 or 1) at 90 days. The primary safety outcomes were mortality at 90 days and incidence of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage within 48 hours.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 535 patients were enrolled (median age, 69 years; 223 [41.8%] female) and 532 (99.6%) completed the trial. The percentage of patients with survival without disability at 90 days was 45.1% (120/266) in the intra-arterial urokinase group and 40.2% (107/266) in the control group (adjusted risk ratio, 1.13 [95% CI, 0.94-1.36]; P = .19). Mortality at 90 days (18.4% vs 17.3%, respectively; adjusted hazard ratio, 1.06 [95% CI, 0.71-1.59]; P = .77) and incidence of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (4.1% vs 4.1%, respectively; adjusted risk ratio, 1.05 [95% CI, 0.45-2.44]; P = .91) were not significantly different between groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>Among patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion, adjunct intra-arterial urokinase after near-complete to complete reperfusion by endovascular thrombectomy did not significantly increase the likelihood of survival without disability at 90 days.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ChiCTR.org.cn Identifier: ChiCTR2200065617.</p>","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"As Lifespan Increases, People Spend More Years Burdened by Disease.","authors":"Avery Orrall","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.26884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.26884","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142959118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dengue Cases in the Americas Highest Recorded.","authors":"Avery Orrall","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.26880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.26880","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142959126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Flu-Related Deaths After Hospital Discharge May Be Undercounted.","authors":"Avery Orrall","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.26882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.26882","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142959128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maternal Cancers Detected Through Prenatal Blood Tests.","authors":"Avery Orrall","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.26885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.26885","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142959139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biased Methodology Could Be Skewing ACL Injury Rates for Women.","authors":"Avery Orrall","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.26881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.26881","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142959120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}