Wake up Symptomatic Stroke - Benefit of Intravenous Clot Busters or Endovascular Intervention (WASSABI)
Stroke

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Stroke
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria: To be eligible for entry into this study, candidates must meet all of the following eligibility criteria at the time of Emergency Department presentation:
- Age: 18-80 years old
- Ischemic Wake Up Stroke (Unknown time of onset but less than 24 hours since last seen normal)
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 8-22
- Evidence of penumbra on Computed Tomography Perfusion(CTP) as mentioned above
- Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography (CT) Score (ASPECTS 7 or more)
- Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria: Potential study patients will be excluded from study entry if any of the following exclusion criteria exist at the time of screening:
- Evidence of intracranial hemorrhage (Intracerebral hematoma, intraventricular hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), epidural hemorrhage, acute or chronic subdural hematoma (SDH)) on the baseline CT
- Historical Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) of ≥2
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)<8 at the time of treatment
- Positive pregnancy test in women at age of childbearing
- Intracranial or intraspinal surgery within 3 months
- Stroke or serious head injury within 3 months
- History of intracranial hemorrhage
- Uncontrolled hypertension at time of treatment (eg, >185 mm Hg systolic or >110 mm Hg diastolic)
- Seizure at the onset of stroke
- Active internal bleeding
- Intracranial neoplasm
- Arteriovenous malformation or aneurysm
- Clinical presentation suggesting post-MI pericarditis
- Known bleeding diathesis including but not limited to current use of oral anticoagulants producing an Internation normalized ratio (INR) >1.7
- Internation normalized ratio (INR) >1.7
- Administration of heparin within 48 hours preceding the onset of stroke with an elevated activated Partial Thromboplastin Time(aPTT) at presentation
- Platelet count <100,000/mm
- Major surgery within 2 weeks
- GastroIntestinal (GI) or urinary tract hemorrhage within 3 weeks
- Aggressive treatment required to lower blood pressure
- Glucose level <50 or >400 mg/dL
- Arterial puncture at a noncompressible site or lumbar puncture within 1 week
Sites / Locations
- Millard Fillmore Gates Circle HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Active Comparator
Experimental
Experimental
Medical Therapy
Intravenous Thrombolysis
Intra-Arterial Therapy
Current standard of care per the latest stroke guidelines Permissive Hypertension up to 220 Antipletelets therapy: ASA 81 mg PO daily or Plavix 75 mg PO daily or Aggrenox 225mg PO twice daily Anti-inflammatory therapy: Lipitor 80 mg PO daily or Crestor 20 mg PO daily
Full dose Intravenous thrombolysis 0.9 mg/kg Maximum dose is 90 mg 10% of the dose will be given over one minute 90% of the dose will be infused over 1 hour Admission to Neuro Intensive Care Unit(NICU) for 24 hours if no complications Neuro checks every 5 minutes during the infusion Neuro checks every hour after the infusion for 24 hours
-Choice of therapy per experienced Endovascular surgeon and includes: Intra arterial Activase (Maximum dose of 22 mg) MERCI device (Maximum of 3 tries per device, no standard time frame for how long the procedure takes) PENUMBRA device (no standard time frame for how long the procedure takes)