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Dual Antiplatelet Treatment up to 72 Hours after Ischemic Stroke (2023)
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Gao, Y., Chen, W., Pan, Y., Jing, J., Wang, C., Johnston, S. C., …Wang, Y. (2023). Dual Antiplatelet Treatment up to 72 Hours after Ischemic Stroke. New England Journal of Medicine, 389(26), 2413-2424. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2309137

BACKGROUND: Dual antiplatelet treatment has been shown to lower the risk of recurrent stroke as compared with aspirin alone when treatment is initiated early (≤24 hours) after an acute mild stroke. The effect of clopidogrel plus aspirin as compared w... Read More about Dual Antiplatelet Treatment up to 72 Hours after Ischemic Stroke.

Analysis of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtypes as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke (2023)
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ABDULKADIR, R., RAKKAR, K., OTHMAN, O., SPRIGG, N., BATH, P., & BAYRAKTUTAN, U. (2023). Analysis of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtypes as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 21843. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48907-7

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), expressing markers for stemness (CD34), immaturity (CD133) and endothelial maturity (KDR), may determine the extent of post-stroke vascular repair. Given the prevalence of stroke in elderly, this study explored wh... Read More about Analysis of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtypes as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke.

Analysis of endothelial progenitor cell subtypes as clinical biomarkers for elderly patients with ischaemic stroke (2023)
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Kadir, R. R. A., Rakkar, K., Othman, O. A., Sprigg, N., Bath, P. M., & Bayraktutan, U. (2023). Analysis of endothelial progenitor cell subtypes as clinical biomarkers for elderly patients with ischaemic stroke. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 21843. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48907-7

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), expressing markers for stemness (CD34), immaturity (CD133) and endothelial maturity (KDR), may determine the extent of post-stroke vascular repair. Given the prevalence of stroke in elderly, this study explored wh... Read More about Analysis of endothelial progenitor cell subtypes as clinical biomarkers for elderly patients with ischaemic stroke.

Prevention of infections and fever to improve outcome in older patients with acute stroke (PRECIOUS): a randomised, open, phase III, multifactorial, clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment (2023)
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de Jonge, J. C., Sluis, W. M., Reinink, H., Bath, P. M., Woodhouse, L. J., Zweedijk, B., …van der Worp, H. B. (2024). Prevention of infections and fever to improve outcome in older patients with acute stroke (PRECIOUS): a randomised, open, phase III, multifactorial, clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment. Lancet Regional Health – Europe, 36, Article 100782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100782

Background Infections and fever after stroke are associated with poor functional outcome or death. We assessed whether prophylactic treatment with anti-emetic, antibiotic, or antipyretic medication would improve functional outcome in older patient... Read More about Prevention of infections and fever to improve outcome in older patients with acute stroke (PRECIOUS): a randomised, open, phase III, multifactorial, clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment.

Challenges and Experiences in Multicenter Prehospital Stroke Research: Narrative Data from the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2) (2023)
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Dixon, M., Williams, J., Bath, P. M., Investigators, R., & for the RIGHT-2 Investigators. (2023). Challenges and Experiences in Multicenter Prehospital Stroke Research: Narrative Data from the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2). Prehospital Emergency Care, https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2023.2287171

Background: Ambulance services are increasingly research active and the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl trinitrate in Hypertensive stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2) is the largest United Kingdom (UK) ambulance-based randomized controlled trial in stroke. We... Read More about Challenges and Experiences in Multicenter Prehospital Stroke Research: Narrative Data from the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2).

Evaluating artificial intelligence software for delineating hemorrhage extent on CT brain imaging in stroke: AI delineation of ICH on CT. (2023)
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Vacek, A., Mair, G., White, P., Bath, P. M., Muir, K. W., Al-Shahi Salman, R., …Wardlaw, J. M. (2024). Evaluating artificial intelligence software for delineating hemorrhage extent on CT brain imaging in stroke: AI delineation of ICH on CT. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 33(1), Article 107512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2023.107512

Background: : The extent and distribution of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) directly affects clinical management. Artificial intelligence (AI) software can detect and may delineate ICH extent on brain CT. We evaluated e-ASPECTS software (Brainomix Ltd... Read More about Evaluating artificial intelligence software for delineating hemorrhage extent on CT brain imaging in stroke: AI delineation of ICH on CT..

Haemostatic therapies for stroke due to acute, spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (2023)
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Eilertsen, H., Menon, C. S., Law, Z. K., Chen, C., Bath, P. M., Steiner, T., …Al-Shahi Salman, R. (2023). Haemostatic therapies for stroke due to acute, spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(10), Article CD005951.pub5. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005951.pub5

Background Outcome after acute spontaneous (non‐traumatic) intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is influenced by haematoma volume. ICH expansion occurs in about 20% of people with acute ICH. Early haemostatic therapy might improve outcome by limiting ICH... Read More about Haemostatic therapies for stroke due to acute, spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage.

The assessment of dysphagia after stroke: state of the art and future directions (2023)
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Labeit, B., Michou, E., Hamdy, S., Trapl-Grundschober, M., Suntrup-Krueger, S., Muhle, P., …Dziewas, R. (2023). The assessment of dysphagia after stroke: state of the art and future directions. Lancet Neurology, 22(9), 858-870. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422%2823%2900153-9

Dysphagia is a major complication following an acute stroke that affects the majority of patients. Clinically, dysphagia after stroke is associated with increased risk of aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition, mortality, and other adverse functional out... Read More about The assessment of dysphagia after stroke: state of the art and future directions.

Blood pressure medication and acute kidney injury after intracerebral haemorrhage: an analysis of the ATACH-II trial (2023)
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Naidech, A. M., Wang, H., Hutch, M., Murphy, J., Paparello, J., Bath, P., …Luo, Y. (2023). Blood pressure medication and acute kidney injury after intracerebral haemorrhage: an analysis of the ATACH-II trial. BMJ Neurology Open, 5(2), Article e000458. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2023-000458

Background: Acute blood pressure (BP) reduction is standard of care after acute intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). More acute BP reduction is associated with acute kidney injury (AKI). It is not known if the choice of antihypertensive medications affec... Read More about Blood pressure medication and acute kidney injury after intracerebral haemorrhage: an analysis of the ATACH-II trial.

Usability and feasibility of PreventS-MD webapp for stroke prevention (2023)
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Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R., Medvedev, O., Merkin, A., Nair, B., Kravchenko, M., …Feigin, V. L. (2024). Usability and feasibility of PreventS-MD webapp for stroke prevention. International Journal of Stroke, 19(1), 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930231190745

Background: Most strokes and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are potentially preventable if their risk factors are identified and well controlled. Digital platforms, such as the PreventS-MD webapp (PreventS-MD) may aid health care professionals (HCPs)... Read More about Usability and feasibility of PreventS-MD webapp for stroke prevention.

Bleeding with intensive versus guideline antiplatelet therapy in acute cerebral ischaemia (2023)
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Woodhouse, L. J., Appleton, J. P., Christensen, H., Dineen, R. A., England, T. J., James, M., …Bath, P. M. (2023). Bleeding with intensive versus guideline antiplatelet therapy in acute cerebral ischaemia. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 11717. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38474-2

Intensive antiplatelet therapy did not reduce recurrent stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA) events as compared with guideline treatment in the Triple Antiplatelets for Reducing Dependency after Ischaemic Stroke (TARDIS) trial, but did increase th... Read More about Bleeding with intensive versus guideline antiplatelet therapy in acute cerebral ischaemia.

A systematic review of ambulance service-based randomised controlled trials in stroke (2023)
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Dixon, M., Appleton, J. P., Siriwardena, A. N., Williams, J., & Bath, P. M. (2023). A systematic review of ambulance service-based randomised controlled trials in stroke. Neurological Sciences, 44(12), 4363-4378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-06910-w

Background: Treatment for stroke is time-dependent, and ambulance services play a vital role in the early recognition, assessment and transportation of stroke patients. Innovations which begin in ambulance services to expedite delivery of treatments... Read More about A systematic review of ambulance service-based randomised controlled trials in stroke.

Optimising the analysis of vascular prevention trials: Re-Assessment of the TARDIS trial, the first prevention trial to adopt an ordinal primary outcome measure (2023)
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Woodhouse, L. J., Montgomery, A. A., Pocock, S., James, M., Ranta, A., Bath, P. M., & TARDIS Investigators, T. I. (2023). Optimising the analysis of vascular prevention trials: Re-Assessment of the TARDIS trial, the first prevention trial to adopt an ordinal primary outcome measure. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 35, Article 101186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101186

Background: Ordinalised vascular outcomes incorporating event severity are more informative than binary outcomes that just include event numbers. The TARDIS trial was the first vascular prevention study to use an ordinalised vascular outcome as its p... Read More about Optimising the analysis of vascular prevention trials: Re-Assessment of the TARDIS trial, the first prevention trial to adopt an ordinal primary outcome measure.

Prehospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with ultra-acute presumed stroke (RIGHT-2): effects on outcomes at day 365 in a randomised, sham-controlled, blinded, phase III, superiority ambulance-based trial (2023)
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Woodhouse, L. J., Appleton, J. P., Ankolekar, S., England, T. J., Mair, G., Muir, K., …Bath, P. M. (2023). Prehospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with ultra-acute presumed stroke (RIGHT-2): effects on outcomes at day 365 in a randomised, sham-controlled, blinded, phase III, superiority ambulance-based trial. BMJ Neurology Open, 5(1), Article e000424. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2023-000424

Background The Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2) reported no overall treatment difference between glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) and sham at day 90. Here we assess participants' outcomes 1 year after rand... Read More about Prehospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with ultra-acute presumed stroke (RIGHT-2): effects on outcomes at day 365 in a randomised, sham-controlled, blinded, phase III, superiority ambulance-based trial.

Association of CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Metabolizer Status With Stroke Risk Among Chinese Patients Treated With Ticagrelor-Aspirin vs Clopidogrel-Aspirin: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. (2023)
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Xie, X., Johnston, S. C., Wang, A., Xu, Q., Bath, P. M., Pan, Y., …Wang, Y. (2023). Association of CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Metabolizer Status With Stroke Risk Among Chinese Patients Treated With Ticagrelor-Aspirin vs Clopidogrel-Aspirin: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 6(6), Article e2317037. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.17037

Importance: The Clopidogrel With Aspirin in High-Risk Patients With Acute Nondisabling Cerebrovascular Events II (CHANCE-2) trial showed that ticagrelor-aspirin combination therapy reduced the risk of stroke compared with a clopidogrel-aspirin combi... Read More about Association of CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Metabolizer Status With Stroke Risk Among Chinese Patients Treated With Ticagrelor-Aspirin vs Clopidogrel-Aspirin: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial..

Isosorbide Mononitrate and Cilostazol Treatment in Patients With Symptomatic Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: The Lacunar Intervention Trial-2 (LACI-2) Randomized Clinical Trial (2023)
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Wardlaw, J. M., Woodhouse, L. J., Mhlanga, I. I., Oatey, K., Heye, A. K., Bamford, J., …Bath, P. M. (2023). Isosorbide Mononitrate and Cilostazol Treatment in Patients With Symptomatic Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: The Lacunar Intervention Trial-2 (LACI-2) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurology, 80(7), 682-692. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.1526

Importance Cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) is a common cause of stroke (lacunar stroke), is the most common cause of vascular cognitive impairment, and impairs mobility and mood but has no specific treatment. Objective To test the feasibili... Read More about Isosorbide Mononitrate and Cilostazol Treatment in Patients With Symptomatic Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: The Lacunar Intervention Trial-2 (LACI-2) Randomized Clinical Trial.

Accuracy of artificial intelligence software for CT angiography in stroke (2023)
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Mair, G., White, P., Bath, P. M., Muir, K., Martin, C., Dye, D., …for the RITeS Collaboration. (2023). Accuracy of artificial intelligence software for CT angiography in stroke. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 10(7), 1072-1082. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51790

Objective: Software developed using artificial intelligence may automatically identify arterial occlusion and provide collateral vessel scoring on CT angiography (CTA) performed acutely for ischemic stroke. We aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy... Read More about Accuracy of artificial intelligence software for CT angiography in stroke.

Evaluation of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Characteristics as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke (2023)
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Rakkar, K., Othman, O. A., Sprigg, N., Bath, P. M., & Bayraktutan, U. (2023). Evaluation of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Characteristics as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 19(6), 1856-1869. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-023-10544-y

Ageing impairs endothelial function and predisposes the person to ischaemic stroke (IS). Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) repair endothelial damage and induce post-ischaemic neovascularisation. Given the prevalence of IS in older population, this... Read More about Evaluation of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Characteristics as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke.

Indobufen versus aspirin in patients with acute ischaemic stroke in China (INSURE): a randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, active control, non-inferiority trial (2023)
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Pan, Y., Meng, X., Yuan, B., Johnston, S. C., Li, H., Bath, P. M., …Wang, Y. (2023). Indobufen versus aspirin in patients with acute ischaemic stroke in China (INSURE): a randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, active control, non-inferiority trial. Lancet Neurology, 22(6), 485-493. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422%2823%2900113-8

Background Aspirin is recommended for secondary stroke prevention in patients with moderate-to-severe ischaemic stroke but can lead to gastrointestinal intolerance and bleeding. Indobufen is used as an alternative antiplatelet agent in some countrie... Read More about Indobufen versus aspirin in patients with acute ischaemic stroke in China (INSURE): a randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, active control, non-inferiority trial.

Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on cerebral ischaemia in thrombolysed patients: insights from the ENCHANTED trial (2023)
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Chen, C., Ouyang, M., Ong, S., Zhang, L., Zhang, G., Delcourt, C., …ENCHANTED investigators. (2023). Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on cerebral ischaemia in thrombolysed patients: insights from the ENCHANTED trial. eClinicalMedicine, 57, Article 101849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101849

Background: Intensive blood pressure lowering may adversely affect evolving cerebral ischaemia. We aimed to determine whether intensive blood pressure lowering altered the size of cerebral infarction in the 2196 patients who participated in the Enhan... Read More about Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on cerebral ischaemia in thrombolysed patients: insights from the ENCHANTED trial.