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CompletedNCT04676659Updated Dec 21, 2020

Tenecteplase Reperfusion Therapy in Acute Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events(TRACE)

A Phase 2 interventional study of TNK-tPA in Acute Ischemic Stroke, sponsored by Beijing Tiantan Hospital. Completed at 24 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-12-21.

Sponsored by Beijing Tiantan Hospital · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 2 years 2 months after the study started (first participant enrolled May 2018, registered Jul 2020).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
240
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

To explore the safe and efficacious dose of rhTNK-tPA injection administered within 3 hours after onset of hyperacute ischemic stroke; to provide dose evidence for phase III clinical trial.

Read the detailed description

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of rhTNK-tPA at different doses of 0.10 mg/kg, 0.25 mg/kg and 0.32 mg/kg compared with standard rt-PA intravenous thrombolytic therapy within 3 hours after onset of ischemic stroke. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the differences of NIHSS scores among the four treatment groups at 14 days after intravenous thrombolysis.

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Conditions studied

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke

Keywords

  • rhTNK-tPA
  • acute
  • stroke
  • phaseII
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke
  • rt-PA
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In context

Stroke

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This study's enrollment of 240 is above the median of 50 across 5,369 interventional studies indexed under Stroke.

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Lead sponsor

Beijing Tiantan Hospital is the lead sponsor of 465 studies on the registry; 282 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Age over 18 years.
  2. Time from onset to treatment \< 3 hours; the time symptoms start is defined as "the last moment they appear normal".
  3. Diagnosis of ischemic stroke according to "2014 China Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke" with assessable neurological impairment e.g., language, motor function, cognitive impairment, gaze impairment, visual field deficit and/or visual neglect. Ischemic stroke is defined as sudden acute focal neurological impairment with suspected cerebral ischemia, hemorrhage ruled out by CT scan.
  4. mRS > 2 at the first onset or prior onset.
  5. Baseline NIHSS score is > 4 and \< 26.
  6. Signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Absolute contraindications:

    1.1 History of severe head trauma or stroke within 3 months; 1.2 Suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage; 1.3 Arterial puncture at a non-compressible site within the previous 1week; 1.4 History of intracranial hemorrhage; 1.5 Intracranial tumor, vascular malformation, or arterial aneurysm; 1.6 Recent intracranial or intraspinal surgery; 1.7 Systolic blood pressure ≧ 180 mm Hg, or diastolic blood pressure ≧ 100 mm Hg; Increased blood pressure; 1.8 Active internal bleeding ; 1.9 Acute bleeding tendency, including platelet count below 100×109/L or otherwise; 1.10 Heparin treatment was performed within 48 h ( APTT exceeded the upper limit of normal range ) ; 1.11 Warfarin has been taken orally , and the international standardized ratio is INR > 1.7 or PT > 15 s ; 1.12 Anticoagulant drugs such as thrombin inhibitor or Xa factor inhibitor , argatroban ( including new anticoagulants with unclear mechanism ) are currently being used , and various sensitive laboratory tests are abnormal ( such as live ) APTT , INR , Platelet count , Serpentine ECT of pulse enzyme setting time ; thrombin time TT or appropriate determination of Xa factor activity ) ; 1.13 Blood glucose \< 2.7 mmol/L; 1.14 CT showed multilobular infarction ( low density > 1 / 3 cerebral hemisphere )

  2. Relative contraindications : The risks and benefits of thrombolysis should be carefully considered and weighed in the following cases ( that is , although there is one or more relative contraindications , it is not absolutely impossible to thrombolysis ).

    2.1 Mild stroke or stroke with rapid improvement of symptoms; 2.2 Women in pregnancy ; 2.3 Symptoms of neurological impairment after seizures ; 2.4 There have been major surgical operations or serious injuries in the last 2 weeks; 2.5 There were gastrointestinal or urinary system bleeding in recent 3 weeks ; 2.6 History of myocardial infarction within 3 months.

  3. Have been enrolled in rhTNK-tPA in pre-study or participated in other clinical trials within 3 months prior to screening.
  4. Lactating women, or childbearing women who do not use effective contraception.
  5. Known allergy to rhTNK-tPA and/or rt-PA or relevant excipients.
  6. The researchers judged that not suitable to participate in this study or participate in this study may lead to greater risk for patients ;
  7. Can not comply with the test program or follow-up requirements .
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
240 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group 1 (rhTNK-tPA 0.10 mg/kg)

    Dissolve one vial of rhTNK-tPA in 3 ml sterile water for injection to prepare a solution of 5.33 mg/ml. Calculate the required volume according to the body weight of the subject, then measure the required volume. Administer as a single 0.10 mg/kg IV bolus over 5-10 seconds.

    Drug: TNK-tPA

  • Experimental
    Group 2 (rhTNK-tPA 0.25 mg/kg)

    Dissolve one vial of rhTNK-tPA in 3 ml sterile water for injection to prepare a solution of 5.33 mg/ml. Calculate the required volume according to the body weight of the subject, then measure the required volume. Administer as a single 0.25 mg/kg IV bolus over 5-10 seconds.

    Drug: TNK-tPA

  • Experimental
    Group 3 (rhTNK-tPA 0.32 mg/kg)

    Dissolve one vial of rhTNK-tPA in 3 ml sterile water for injection to prepare a solution of 5.33 mg/ml. Calculate the required volume according to the body weight of the subject, then measure the required volume. Administer as a single 0.32 mg/kg IV bolus over 5-10 seconds.

    Drug: TNK-tPA

  • Active comparator
    Group 4 (rt-PA 0.9 mg/kg)

    10% of rt-PA 0.9 mg/kg administered as an initial IV bolus followed by the remaining 90% as an IV infusion over the next 1 hour.

    Drug: TNK-tPA

Interventions

  • DrugTNK-tPA

    Experimental arms for low, middle, and high dosing; and active control arm for the standard protocol

    Also known as: rtPA

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)

    Proportion of subjects with NIHSS 1 or at least 4 on the NIHSS score decreased from the baseline at day14.

    Time frame: 14 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Modified Rankin Scale (mRS)

    1. Proportion of subjects of excellent outcome defined as mRS (0-1) at 90 days. 2. Ordinal distribution of mRS and change of proportion of subjects with mRS (0-2) at 90 days.

    Time frame: 90 days

  2. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)

    Neurological impairment defined as change of NIHSS score at 90 days.

    Time frame: 90 days

  3. Barthel(BI)

    Global function of daily living defined as BI ≥ 95 at 90 days.

    Time frame: 90 days

  4. EQ-5D

    Quality of life measured by EQ-5D scale.

    Time frame: 90 days

Other outcomes

  1. Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage(sICH)

    Proportion of subjects with symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) at 36 hours.

    Time frame: 36 hours

  2. Death

    Overall mortality rate at 90 days.

    Time frame: 90 days

  3. Asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage

    Proportion of patients with asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage at 90 days.

    Time frame: 90 days

  4. Hemorrhage in other parts

    The proportion of patients with other bleeding events was defined by GUSTO bleeding at 90 days.

    Time frame: 90 days

  5. AE/SAE

    Proportion of patients with adverse events / severe adverse events at 90 days.

    Time frame: 90 days

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Study locations

24 sites
  • Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University
    Beijing, Beijing, China
  • The Ninth People's Hospital of Chongqing
    Chongqing, Chongqing, China
  • First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University
    Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
  • ShenZhen Hospital ,Beijing University
    Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  • Affiliated Hosptial to GuiZhou Medical University
    Guiyang, Guizhou, China
  • HaiNan Provincial People's Hospital
    Haikou, Hainan, China
  • Hebei Medical University Third Hospital
    Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050051, China
  • Tangshan Workers' Hospital
    Tangshan, Hebei, China
  • The First Hospital Of Qiqihar
    Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China
  • Luoyang First People's Hosptical
    Luoyang, Henan 471000, China
  • 1st Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University
    Zhengzhou, Henan, China
  • ChangSha 1st Municipal Hospital
    Changsha, Hunan, China
  • Baotou Central Hospital
    Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
  • Inner Mongolia BaoGang Hospital
    Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
  • Huai'an Second People's Hospital
    Huai'an, Jiangsu, China
  • First Hospital of Jilin University
    Chang chun, Jilin, China
  • Meihekou Central Hospital
    Tonghua, Jilin 135000, China
  • First People 's Hospital Of Shenyang
    Shenyang, Liaoning, China
  • General Hospital of Northern War Zone , PLA
    Shenyang, Liaoning, China
  • Linyi People's Hospital
    Linyi, Shandong, China
  • Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital
    Yantai, Shandong, China
  • HuaShan Hospital Affiliated to FuDan University
    Shanghai, Shanghai, China
  • ZhongShan Hospital ,FuDan University
    Shanghai, Shanghai, China
  • SiChuan University HuaXi Hospital
    Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04676659
Lead sponsor
Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Collaborators
Guangzhou Recomgen Biotech Co., Ltd., The First Hospital Of Qiqihar, Hebei Medical University Third Hospital, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Fudan University, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Huashan Hospital, West China Hospital, Inner Mongolia Baogang Hospital, Linyi People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Baotou Central Hospital
Responsible party
Yongjun Wang (Vice President of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Director of Neurology Center, Beijing Tiantan Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 21, 2020
Start date
May 12, 2018
Primary completion
May 30, 2020
Completion
Jul 10, 2020
Last update
Dec 21, 2020

Study contacts

Meng Wang, MD,ph.D
study director · IRB of Beijing Tiantan Hospital,Capital Medical University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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