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Key design elements of successful acute ischemic stroke treatment trials (2023)
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Yperzeele, L., Shoamanesh, A., Venugopalan, Y. V., Chapman, S., Mazya, M. V., Charalambous, M., …Koltsov, I. (2023). Key design elements of successful acute ischemic stroke treatment trials. Neurological Research and Practice, 5(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-022-00221-9

Purpose: We review key design elements of positive randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) treatment and summarize their main characteristics. Method: We searched Medline, Pubmed and Cochrane databases for positive RCTs in... Read More about Key design elements of successful acute ischemic stroke treatment trials.

Genotype-Guided Dual Antiplatelet Use for Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke by Imaging Status: Subgroup Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial (2022)
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Jing, J., Xie, X., Johnston, S. C., Bath, P. M., Li, Z., Zhao, X., …for the CHANCE‐2 Investigators. (2023). Genotype-Guided Dual Antiplatelet Use for Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke by Imaging Status: Subgroup Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial. Annals of Neurology, 93(4), 783-792. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26589

Objective: This study was performed to investigate whether ticagrelor/aspirin versus clopidogrel/aspirin can further reduce the residual risk of stroke recurrence in patients with positive diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the High-Risk Patients wi... Read More about Genotype-Guided Dual Antiplatelet Use for Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke by Imaging Status: Subgroup Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial.

Ticagrelor Aspirin vs Clopidogrel Aspirin in CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Carriers with Minor Stroke or TIA Stratified by Risk Profile (2022)
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Wang, A., Meng, X., Tian, X., Zuo, Y., Bath, P. M., Li, H., …Wang, Y. (2023). Ticagrelor Aspirin vs Clopidogrel Aspirin in CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Carriers with Minor Stroke or TIA Stratified by Risk Profile. Neurology, 100(5), e497-e504. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000201454

Background and ObjectiveGenotype data of the Clopidogrel with Aspirin in Acute Minor Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (CHANCE) trial showed that efficacy of clopidogrel aspirin depended on CYP2C19 genotype and risk profile. A stratification of pat... Read More about Ticagrelor Aspirin vs Clopidogrel Aspirin in CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Carriers with Minor Stroke or TIA Stratified by Risk Profile.

Stroke outcome related to initial volume status and diuretic use (2022)
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Renner, C., Kasner, S., Bath, P., & Bahouth, M. (2022). Stroke outcome related to initial volume status and diuretic use. Journal of the American Heart Association, 11(24), Article e026903. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.122.026903

Background: We hypothesized that stroke outcome is related to multiple baseline hydration-related factors including volume contracted state (VCS) and diuretic use.

Methods: We analyzed a prospective cohort of subjects with ischemic stroke <24 ho...

Time intervals and distances travelled for prehospital ambulance stroke care: data from the randomised-controlled ambulance-based Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl trinitrate in Hypertensive stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2) (2022)
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Dixon, M., Appleton, J. P., Scutt, P., Woodhouse, L. J., Haywood, L. J., Havard, D., …Bath, P. M. (2022). Time intervals and distances travelled for prehospital ambulance stroke care: data from the randomised-controlled ambulance-based Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl trinitrate in Hypertensive stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2). BMJ Open, 12(11), Article e060211. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060211

Objectives
Ambulances offer the first opportunity to evaluate hyperacute stroke treatments. We investigated the conduct of a hyperacute stroke study in the ambulance-based setting with a particular focus on timings and logistics of trial delivery.... Read More about Time intervals and distances travelled for prehospital ambulance stroke care: data from the randomised-controlled ambulance-based Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl trinitrate in Hypertensive stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2).

Dietary nitrate supplementation for preventing and reducing the severity of winter infections, including COVID-19, in care homes (BEET-Winter)-a randomised placebo-controlled feasibility trial (2022)
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Bath, P. M., Skinner, C. J. C., Bath, C. S., Woodhouse, L. J., Areti, A., Korovesi, K., …Gordon, A. L. (2022). Dietary nitrate supplementation for preventing and reducing the severity of winter infections, including COVID-19, in care homes (BEET-Winter)-a randomised placebo-controlled feasibility trial. European Geriatric Medicine, 13, 1343-1355. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-022-00714-5

Purpose
Infections cause considerable care home morbidity and mortality. Nitric oxide (NO) has broad-spectrum anti-viral, bacterial and yeast activity in vitro. We assessed the feasibility of supplementing dietary nitrate (NO substrate) intake in ca... Read More about Dietary nitrate supplementation for preventing and reducing the severity of winter infections, including COVID-19, in care homes (BEET-Winter)-a randomised placebo-controlled feasibility trial.

Ticagrelor-Aspirin versus Clopidogrel-Aspirin among CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Carriers with Minor Stroke or TIA in Relation to Renal Function: A Post Hoc Analysis of CHANCE-2 Trial (2022)
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Wang, A., Wang, Y., Xie, X., Tian, X., Claiborne Johnston, S., Li, H., …Wang, Y. (2022). Ticagrelor-Aspirin versus Clopidogrel-Aspirin among CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Carriers with Minor Stroke or TIA in Relation to Renal Function: A Post Hoc Analysis of CHANCE-2 Trial. Annals of Internal Medicine, 175(11), 1534-1542. https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-1667

Background: Evidence on the risk-benefit ratio of dual antiplatelet therapies among stroke patients with impaired renal function is limited and inconsistent.

Objective: To investigate the effect of renal function on the efficacy and safety of tic... Read More about Ticagrelor-Aspirin versus Clopidogrel-Aspirin among CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Carriers with Minor Stroke or TIA in Relation to Renal Function: A Post Hoc Analysis of CHANCE-2 Trial.

Ticagrelor–Aspirin Versus Clopidogrel–Aspirin Among CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Carriers With Minor Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack in Relation to Renal Function: A Post Hoc Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial (2022)
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Wang, A., Xie, X., Tian, X., Johnston, S. C., Li, H., Bath, P. M., …Wang, Y. (2022). Ticagrelor–Aspirin Versus Clopidogrel–Aspirin Among CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Carriers With Minor Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack in Relation to Renal Function: A Post Hoc Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial. Annals of Internal Medicine, 175(11), 1534-1542. https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-1667

Background:
Evidence on the risk–benefit ratio of dual antiplatelet therapies among patients with stroke and impaired renal function is limited and inconsistent.

Objective:
To investigate the effect of renal function on the efficacy and safety o... Read More about Ticagrelor–Aspirin Versus Clopidogrel–Aspirin Among CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Carriers With Minor Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack in Relation to Renal Function: A Post Hoc Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial.

Measures of intracranial compartments in acute intracerebral haemorrhage: data from the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke-2 Trial (RIGHT-2) (2022)
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Krishnan, K., Law, Z. K., Woodhouse, L. J., Dineen, R. A., Sprigg, N., Wardlaw, J. M., & Bath, P. M. (2023). Measures of intracranial compartments in acute intracerebral haemorrhage: data from the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke-2 Trial (RIGHT-2). Stroke and Vascular Neurology, 8(2), 151-160. https://doi.org/10.1136/svn-2021-001375

Background and purpose: Intracerebral haemorrhage volume (ICHV) is prognostically important but does not account for intracranial volume (ICV) and cerebral parenchymal volume (CPV). We assessed measures of intracranial compartments in acute ICH using... Read More about Measures of intracranial compartments in acute intracerebral haemorrhage: data from the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke-2 Trial (RIGHT-2).

Semantic Segmentation of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, and Associated Edema on CT Images Using Deep Learning (2022)
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Kok, Y. E., Pszczolkowski, S., Law, Z. K., Ali, A., Krishnan, K., Bath, P., …French, A. P. (2022). Semantic Segmentation of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, and Associated Edema on CT Images Using Deep Learning. Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, 4(6), https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.220096

This study evaluated deep learning algorithms for semantic segmentation and quantification of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), perihematomal edema (PHE), and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) on noncontrast CT scans of patients with spontaneous ICH. M... Read More about Semantic Segmentation of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, and Associated Edema on CT Images Using Deep Learning.

External validation of e-ASPECTS software for interpreting brain CT in stroke (2022)
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Mair, G., White, P., Bath, P. M., Muir, K. W., Salman, R. A.-S., Martin, C., …Wardlaw, J. M. (2022). External validation of e-ASPECTS software for interpreting brain CT in stroke. Annals of Neurology, 92(6), 943-957. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26495

Objective
To test e-ASPECTS software in patients with stroke. Marketed as a decision-support tool, e-ASPECTS may detect features of ischemia or hemorrhage on computed tomography (CT) imaging and quantify ischemic extent using ASPECTS (Alberta Strok... Read More about External validation of e-ASPECTS software for interpreting brain CT in stroke.

Cilostazol and isosorbide mononitrate for the prevention of progression of cerebral small vessel disease: baseline data and statistical analysis plan for the Lacunar Intervention Trial-2 (LACI-2) (ISRCTN14911850) (2022)
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Bath, P. M., Mhlanga, I., Woodhouse, L. J., Doubal, F., Oatey, K., Montgomery, A. A., … LACI-2 Trial Investigators. (2023). Cilostazol and isosorbide mononitrate for the prevention of progression of cerebral small vessel disease: baseline data and statistical analysis plan for the Lacunar Intervention Trial-2 (LACI-2) (ISRCTN14911850). Stroke and Vascular Neurology, 8, Article e001816. https://doi.org/10.1136/svn-2022-001816

Background: Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) causes lacunar strokes (25% of all ischaemic strokes), physical frailty and cognitive impairment and vascular and mixed dementia. There is no specific treatment to prevent progression of SVD. Methods: T... Read More about Cilostazol and isosorbide mononitrate for the prevention of progression of cerebral small vessel disease: baseline data and statistical analysis plan for the Lacunar Intervention Trial-2 (LACI-2) (ISRCTN14911850).

Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to prevent COVID-19 in care homes (COS-COVID-PCARE Study) (2022)
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Shepherd, V., Islam, I., Wood, F., Williamson, P. R., Goodman, C., Bath, P. M., …Hood, K. (2022). Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to prevent COVID-19 in care homes (COS-COVID-PCARE Study). BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), Article 710. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03395-8

Background: People living in care homes have experienced devastating impact from COVID-19. As interventions to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 are developed and evaluated, there is an urgent need for researchers to agree on the outcomes used whe... Read More about Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to prevent COVID-19 in care homes (COS-COVID-PCARE Study).

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and the Risk of Hematoma Expansion (2022)
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Seiffge, D. J., Polymeris, A. A., Law, Z. K., Krishnan, K., Zietz, A., Thilemann, S., …Peters, N. (2022). Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and the Risk of Hematoma Expansion. Annals of Neurology, 92(6), 921-930. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26481

Objective: We assessed whether hematoma expansion (HE) and favorable outcome differ according to type of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Methods: Among participants with ICH enrolled in the TICH-2 (Tranexamic Acid for Hyperacute Primary Intracerebral... Read More about Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and the Risk of Hematoma Expansion.

Framework for Clinical Trials in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (FINESSE): A Review (2022)
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Markus, H. S., Van Der Flier, W. M., Smith, E. E., Bath, P., Biessels, G. J., Briceno, E., …Dichgans, M. (2022). Framework for Clinical Trials in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (FINESSE): A Review. JAMA Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2262

Importance: Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) causes a quarter of strokes and is the most common pathology underlying vascular cognitive impairment and dementia. An important step to developing new treatments is better trial methodology. Disease me... Read More about Framework for Clinical Trials in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (FINESSE): A Review.

The role of CYP2C19 genotyping to guide antiplatelet therapy following ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (2022)
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McDermott, J. H., Leach, M., Sen, D., Smith, C. J., Newman, W. G., & Bath, P. M. (2022). The role of CYP2C19 genotyping to guide antiplatelet therapy following ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 15, 811-825. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512433.2022.2108401

Introduction: Clopidogrel is an antiplatelet agent recommended for secondary prevention of ischemic stroke (IS) and transient ischemic attack (TIA). Conversion of clopidogrel to its active metabolite by hepatic cytochrome P450-2C19 (CYP2C19) is essen... Read More about The role of CYP2C19 genotyping to guide antiplatelet therapy following ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack.

Time Course for Benefit and Risk with Ticagrelor and Aspirin in Individuals with Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Who Carry CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Alleles: A Secondary Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Randomized Clinical Trial (2022)
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Pan, Y., Meng, X., Jin, A., Johnston, S. C., Li, H., Bath, P. M., …Wang, Y. (2022). Time Course for Benefit and Risk with Ticagrelor and Aspirin in Individuals with Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Who Carry CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Alleles: A Secondary Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.1457

Importance: Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with ticagrelor and aspirin has been found to be effective for secondary prevention after minor ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in individuals who carry CYP2C19 loss-of-function (LOF) al... Read More about Time Course for Benefit and Risk with Ticagrelor and Aspirin in Individuals with Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Who Carry CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Alleles: A Secondary Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Randomized Clinical Trial.

Association Between Use of a Flying Intervention Team vs Patient Interhospital Transfer and Time to Endovascular Thrombectomy Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in Nonurban Germany (2022)
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Hubert, G. J., Hubert, N. D., Maegerlein, C., Kraus, F., Wiestler, H., Müller-Barna, P., …Haberl, R. L. (2022). Association Between Use of a Flying Intervention Team vs Patient Interhospital Transfer and Time to Endovascular Thrombectomy Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in Nonurban Germany. Journal of the American Medical Association, 327(18), 1795-1805. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.5948

Importance: The benefit of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for acute ischemic stroke is highly time-dependent, and it is challenging to expedite treatment for patients in remote areas. Objective: To determine whether deployment of a flying interventi... Read More about Association Between Use of a Flying Intervention Team vs Patient Interhospital Transfer and Time to Endovascular Thrombectomy Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in Nonurban Germany.

Perfusion Imaging for Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Is Associated With Improved Functional Outcomes in the Early and Late Time Windows (2022)
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Dhillon, P. S., Butt, W., Podlasek, A., McConachie, N., Lenthall, R., Nair, S., …England, T. J. (2022). Perfusion Imaging for Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Is Associated With Improved Functional Outcomes in the Early and Late Time Windows. Stroke, 53(9), 2770–2778. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.038010

Background: The impact on clinical outcomes of patient selection using perfusion imaging for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke presenting beyond 6 hours from onset remains undetermined in routine clinical practice... Read More about Perfusion Imaging for Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Is Associated With Improved Functional Outcomes in the Early and Late Time Windows.