Abstract Body: Background and Objective: The effect of time from onset to treatment on reperfusion in an extended time window remains unexplored. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the time to treatment and the probability of reperfusion in acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion treated with tenecteplase in an extended time window, using data from the Chinese Acute tissue-Based imaging selection for Lysis In Stroke Tenecteplase (CHABLIS-T) trials.
Methods: This study included patients treated with intravenous tenecteplase from the CHABLIS-T1 and CHABLIS-T2 clinical trials, both of which screened patients in the extended window using CT perfusion (CTP) imaging. Major reperfusion was assessed through follow-up CTP or digital subtraction angiography (DSA) imaging. Time variables, including the time from last known normal (LKN) /symptom onset to hospital arrival/ administration of tenecteplase were entered as continuous, categorical, and cubic spline variables in multivariable logistic regression models to explore their association with the probability of post-thrombolytic reperfusion.
Results: A total of 199 patients arrived within 4.5-24 hours from LKN were included in this study, of whom 67 achieved post-thrombolytic major reperfusion. Cubic spline analysis indicated a linear correlation between time variables and the probability of reperfusion. Therefore, time variables were entered as continuous or categorical variables in the regression models. Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that a longer time from LKN to hospital arrival was associated with a lower probability of major reperfusion (continuous variable: OR=0.998, P=0.018, Figure 1). Similarly, a longer time from LKN to thrombolysis was associated with a lower probability of reperfusion (continuous variable: OR=0.996, P=0.020, Figure 2; categorical variable: OR=0.043, P=0.005, Figure 3). The analysis of time from symptom onset to hospital arrival/thrombolysis and reperfusion drew similar results
Conclusion: In acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion treated with tenecteplase in an extended time window, a longer time to treatment was associated with a lower probability of post-thrombolytic reperfusion. Therefore, rapid reperfusion treatment should still be required even in patients with large vessel occlusion in an extended time window with a good collateral flow, in order to optimize treatment effect.