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StrokePhase 3RESILIENTNCT02216643

EndoVascular Treatment With Stent-retriever and/or Thromboaspiration vs. Best Medical Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke

A Phase 3 study testing Thrombectomy and Stentriever Solitaire FR® or Penumbra System® in people with Stroke and Ischemic Stroke, run by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre at 15 sites in Brazil.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

Prospective, multi-center, randomized, controlled, open, blinded-endpoint trial with a sequential design. The randomization employs a 1:1 ratio of mechanical thrombectomy with stentriever and/or Thromboaspiration versus medical management alone. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Stroke, Ischemic Stroke
What is being tested?
Thrombectomy and Stentriever Solitaire FR® or Penumbra System®
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
221 participants
Where
15 sitesBrazil
Study dates
8 Feb 2017to 30 Jun 2019
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Acute ischemic stroke where patient is ineligible for IV thrombolytic treatment or the treatment is contraindicated (e.g., subject presents beyond recommended time from symptom onset), or where patient has received IV thrombolytic therapy without clinical improvement.
  • No significant pre-stroke functional disability (mRS ≤ 1)
  • Baseline NIHSS score obtained prior to randomization must be equal or higher than 8 points
  • Age ≥18 years
  • Occlusion (TICI 0-1) of the intracranial ICA (distal ICA or T occlusions) and/or MCA-M1 segment suitable for endovascular treatment, as evidenced by CTA, MRA or angiogram, with or without concomitant cervical carotid occlusion or stenosis.
  • Patient treatable within eight hours of symptom onset. Symptoms onset is defined as point in time the patient was last seen well (at baseline). Treatment start is defined as groin puncture.
  • Informed consent obtained from patient or acceptable patient surrogate

Who cannot join

  • Known hemorrhagic diathesis, coagulation factor deficiency, or oral anticoagulant therapy with INR > 3.0
  • Baseline platelet count < 30.000/µL
  • Baseline blood glucose of < 50mg/dL or > 400mg/dl
  • Severe, sustained hypertension (SBP > 185 mm Hg or DBP > 110 mm Hg) NOTE: If the blood pressure can be successfully reduced and maintained at the acceptable level using AHA guidelines recommended medication (including iv antihypertensive drips), the patient can be enrolled.
  • Patients in coma (NIHSS item of consciousness >1) (Intubated patients for transfer could be randomized only in case an NIHSS is obtained by a neurologist prior transportation).
  • Seizures at stroke onset which would preclude obtaining a baseline NIHSS
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  • Serious, advanced, or terminal illness with anticipated life expectancy of less than one year.
  • History of life threatening allergy (more than rash) to contrast medium
  • Subjects who has received IV t-PA treatment beyond 4,5 hours from the beginning of the symptoms
  • Woman of childbearing potential who is known to be pregnant or lactating or who has a positive pregnancy test on admission.
  • Subject participating in a study involving an investigational drug or device that would impact this study.
  • Cerebral vasculitis
  • Patients with a pre-existing neurological or psychiatric disease that would confound the neurological or functional evaluations, mRS score at baseline must be ≤1. This excludes patients who are severely demented, require constant assistance in a nursing home type setting or who live at home but are not fully independent in activities of daily living (toileting, dressing, eating, cooking and preparing meals, etc.)
  • Unlikely to be available for 90-day follow-up (e.g. no fixed home address, visitor from overseas).
  • Hypodensity on CT or restricted diffusion amounting to an ASPECTS score of <6 on NCCT, or <5 on DWI MRI. The use of CTP or MRI perfusion is optional.
  • Collaterals with malignant profile on CTA (without colateral circulation on CTA)
  • CT or MR evidence of hemorrhage (the presence of GRE microbleeds is allowed).
  • Significant mass effect with midline shift.
  • Evidence of ipsilateral carotid occlusion, high grade stenosis or arterial dissection in the extracranial or petrous segment of the internal carotid artery that cannot be treated or will prevent access to the intracranial clot or excessive tortuosity of cervical vessels precluding device delivery/deployment
  • Subjects with occlusions in multiple vascular territories (e.g., bilateral anterior circulation, or anterior/posterior circulation)
  • Evidence of intracranial tumor (except small meningioma).

Trial locations and contacts

15 sites in 1 country.

15 sites in 1 country

Brazil15 sites
  • Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu

    Botucatu, São Paulo

  • Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal

    Brasília, Federal District

  • Hospital de Clínicas - UNICAMP

    Campinas, São Paulo

  • Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná

    Curitiba, Paraná

  • Hospital Governador Celso Ramos

    Florianópolis, Santa Catarina

  • Hospital Geral de Fortaleza/SUS

    Fortaleza, Ceará

  • Hospital São José do Avaí

    Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro

  • Clinica Neurologica e Neurocirurgica de Joinville S/S Ltda

    Joinville, Santa Catarina

  • Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035903

  • UNIÃO BRASILEIRA DE EDUCAÇÃO E ASSISTENCIA, Hospital São Lucas PUCRS

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

  • Hospital de Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto

    Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo

  • Hospital Geral Roberto Santos

    Salvador, Estado de Bahia

  • Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia

    São Paulo, São Paulo

  • Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP/EPM

    São Paulo

  • Hospital Estadual Central

    Vitória, Espírito Santo

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About this study

Official title: Randomization of Endovascular Treatment With Stent-retriever and/or Thromboaspiration vs. Best Medical Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to Large VEssel OcclusioN Trial

Prospective, multi-center, randomized, controlled, open, blinded-endpoint trial with a sequential design. The randomization employs a 1:1 ratio of mechanical thrombectomy with stentriever and/or Thromboaspiration versus medical management alone. Randomization will be done under a minimization process using age, baseline NIHSS, use of IV tpa, vessel occlusion site and hospital. To evaluate the hypothesis that mechanical thrombectomy is superior to medical management alone in achieving more favorable outcomes in the distribution of the modified Rankin Scale scores at 90 days in subjects presenting with acute large vessel ischemic stroke <8 hours from symptom onset. Subjects are either ineligible for IV alteplase or have received IV alteplase therapy without recanalization. Sample size is projected to be 690 patients for a difference in treatment effect of 10%.

Read the detailed description

Patients with acute ischemic stroke related to anterior circulation large vessel occlusion will be randomized up to 8 hours from symptoms onset in both arms (mechanical thrombectomy versus medical management alone). Subjects are either ineligible for IV alteplase or have received IV alteplase therapy without recanalization. They will be admitted at acute stroke units in Brazil (or ICU if needed) and treated following international guidelines. Concomitant medications and non-pharmacological therapies will be recorded. A maximum of six attempts to retrieve the thrombus in a single vessel can be made. No additional treatment will be allowed either with Intrarterial tPA, mechanical devices or angioplasty/stenting.

The primary endpoint will be distribution of the modified Rankin Scale scores at 90 days (shift analysis) as evaluated by two separate assessors who are blinded to treatment

Interim Analysis The sample size for this Phase III Trial is projected to be 690 subjects. For interim analyses, the method of Lan and DeMets will be used to allocate alpha via the power family method with φ (phi) equal to 1 for the assessment of efficacy and futility, respectively after the first 174, 346 and 518 patients enrolled have completed the 90-day follow-up. The interval may be more frequent if requested by the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB). At interim analysis, in case the stopping boundaries are crossed the DSMB may recommend stopping the study either for better efficacy of the tested treatment either for futility. Other factors, such as safety, will be taken into consideration by the DSMB in the decision to stop the study. When considering stopping the trial for safety reasons, the DSMB will be instructed to consider both mortality (mRS=6) and severe dependency (mRS=5) at 3 months as one single outcome.

Being tested
Thrombectomy, Stentriever Solitaire FR® or Penumbra System®
Keywords
Stroke, Ischemic Stroke, Thrombectomy, Reperfusion Therapy, Treatment
Medical subject headings
Stroke, Ischemic Stroke

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • ThrombectomyProcedure or surgery

    Also called Endovascular treatment, Intrarterial treatment, Endovascular revascularization

    Patients with acute ischemic stroke with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion will be randomized to receive mechanical thrombectomy with stent-retriever Solitaire FR® and/or thromboaspiration with Penumbra System® versus medical management alone versus medical management alone. A maximum of six attempts to retrieve the thrombus in a single vessel can be made . No additional treatment will be allowed either with IA tPA, other mechanical devices or angioplasty/stenting.

  • Stentriever Solitaire FR® or Penumbra System®Device

    Patients with acute ischemic stroke with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion will be randomized to receive mechanical thrombectomy with stent-retriever and/or thromboaspiration versus medical management alone versus medical management alone. A maximum of six attempts to retrieve the thrombus in a single vessel can be made . No additional treatment will be allowed either with IA tPA, other mechanical devices or angioplasty/stenting.

Study groups in NCT02216643
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
thrombectomyExperimentalmechanical thrombectomy with stentriever Solitaire FR® and/or thromboaspiration with Penumbra System® in patients with large vessel occlusion in cerebral anterior circulation vessels
Receives: Procedure: Thrombectomy; Device: Stentriever Solitaire FR® or Penumbra System®
best medical treatmentNo interventionbest medical treatment in patients with acute ischemic stroke with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Distribution of the modified Rankin Scale scores (shift analysis)

    Distribution of the modified Rankin Scale scores at 90 days (shift analysis) as evaluated by two separate assessors who are blinded to treatment

    Measured: 90 days

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. Functional independence (modified Rankin Score ≤ 2)

    Functional independence measured by modified Rankin Score ≤ 2 in 90 days in both groups

    Measured: 90 days

  2. Infarct Burden at 24 hours

    ASPECTS change from baseline to 24 hours on CT or MRI

    Measured: 24 hours

  3. Dramatic early favorable response

    defined as an NIHSS score 0-2 or a NIHSS score decrease of ≥8 from baseline at 24 hours

    Measured: 24 hours

  4. Cost effectiveness

    Cost effectiveness analysis of interventional therapy vs medical therapy alone

    Measured: Life-time horizon perspective

  5. Quality of life analysis

    Quality of life analysis as measured by EuroQol/EQ5D at 3 month, 6 months and one year, between interventional therapy vs medical therapy alone

    Measured: 3 months, 6 months, 1 year

  6. Vessel recanalization at 24 hours

    Vessel recanalization evaluated by CT angiography (CTA) or MR angiography (MRA) at 24 hours in both treatment groups

    Measured: 24 hours

  7. Successful recanalization at the end of procedure

    defined as a grade of 2b or 3 (indicating reperfusion of >50% of the affected territory) on the modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction (mTICI) scale

    Measured: immediatelly after procedure (only thrombectomy arm)

  8. Mortality

    Mortality at 90 days

    Measured: 90 days

  9. Symptomatic Intracranial hemorrhage

    Clinically significant Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) rates at 24 (-2/+12) hours. All intracerebral hemorrhages will be classified by a central core-lab using the ECASS criteria for CT evaluation. Symptomatic ICH will be defined as per the SITS-MOST definition: deterioration in NIHSS score of ≥4 points within 24 hours from treatment and evidence of intraparenchymal hemorrhage type 2 in the 22 to 36 hours follow-up imaging scans. The incidence of any asymptomatic hemorrhage measured at 24 (-2/+12) hours will also be compared

    Measured: 24 hours

  10. Procedure related complications

    Complications occurring during the procedure will be evaluated: distal embolization in a new territory, arterial dissection, arterial perfuration, groin hematoma

    Measured: During the procedure

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted15 Aug 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study start8 Feb 2017
  3. Primary completion30 Jun 2019
  4. Study completion30 Jun 2019

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
221 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02216643
Sponsor's protocol ID
22042613.6.1001.5327
Acronym
RESILIENT
Status last verified
Feb 2020
First submitted
13 Aug 2014
Last updated
19 Feb 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Silva GS, Alves MM, Barros FCD, Frudit ME, Pontes-Neto OM, Mont'Alverne FJ, Rebello LC, Carbonera LA, Abud DG, Lima F, de Souza AC, Liebeskind D, Mosmann G, Bezerra D, Saver J, Cardoso F, Nogueira RG, Martins SO. The role of intravenous thrombolysis before mechanical Thrombectomy: A subgroup analysis of the RESILIENT trial. J Neurol Sci. 2024 Feb 15;457:122853. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2023.122853. Epub 2023 Dec 20.

    PubMed 38182456
  • Martins SO, Mont'Alverne F, Rebello LC, Abud DG, Silva GS, Lima FO, Parente BSM, Nakiri GS, Faria MB, Frudit ME, de Carvalho JJF, Waihrich E, Fiorot JA Jr, Cardoso FB, Hidalgo RCT, Zetola VF, Carvalho FM, de Souza AC, Dias FA, Bandeira D, Miranda Alves M, Wagner MB, Carbonera LA, Oliveira-Filho J, Bezerra DC, Liebeskind DS, Broderick J, Molina CA, Fogolin Passos JE, Saver JL, Pontes-Neto OM, Nogueira RG; RESILIENT Investigators. Thrombectomy for Stroke in the Public Health Care System of Brazil. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jun 11;382(24):2316-2326. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2000120.

    PubMed 32521133
  • Gagliardi VDB, Gagliardi RJ. Current and future conditions of stroke care in Brazil. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2019 Jan;77(1):68-69. doi: 10.1590/0004-282X20180160. No abstract available.

    PubMed 30758449

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Thrombectomy and Stentriever Solitaire FR® or Penumbra System® in people with Stroke and Ischemic Stroke, run by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre at 15 sites in Brazil.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 21 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Feb 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 15 sites in Brazil. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Distribution of the modified Rankin Scale scores (shift analysis) (time frame: 90 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02216643, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Feb 2020.

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