Clinical trial NCT01422616: Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study (ENCHANTED)
Official title: An International Randomised Controlled Trial to Establish the Effects of Low-dose rtPA and the Effects of Early Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Patients With Acute Ischaemic Stroke
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Ischemic Stroke
High Blood Pressure
Keywords: Ischemic stroke
High blood pressure
Thrombolysis
Antihypertensive drugs
Disability
Clinical trial
Lead sponsor: The George Institute
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
name: The Stroke Association, United Kingdom
name: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
name: Takeda
First posted: 2011-08-24
Enrollment: 4587
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: ENCHANTED is an independent, investigator initiated, international collaborative, quasi-factorial randomised controlled trial involving a package of 2 linked comparative randomised treatment arms, which aims to address 4 key questions in patients eligible for thrombolysis in the acute phase of ischaemic stroke. (1) Does low-dose (0.6 mg/kg) intravenous (i.v.) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) provide equivalent benefits compared to standard-dose (0.9 mg/kg) rtPA? (2) Does intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering (130-140 mmHg systolic target) improve outcomes compared to the current guideline recommended level of BP control (180 mmHg systolic target)? (3) Does low-dose (0.6 mg/kg) intravenous (i.v.) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) reduce the risk of symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage (sICH)? (4) Does the addition of intensive BP lowering to thrombolysis with rtPA reduce the risk of any intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH)?

The rtPA dose arm of the study addressing questions (1) and (3) concluded with a publication of the results in May 2016. The BP intensity arm of the study addressing questions (2) and (4) concluded with a publication of the results in February 2019.

Detailed description: This study is an international, multicentre, prospective, fixed-time point (optional) randomisation for two arms (\[A\] 'dose of rtPA' and \[B\] 'level of BP control'), open-label, blinded endpoint (PROBE) controlled trial that involved 4587 patients (3310 for rtPA arm {recruitment completed in August 2015} and 2227 for BP arm {recruitment completed in April 2018} with 939 overlap) with acute ischaemic stroke recruited from over 100+ Clinical Centres from Australia, Asia, Europe and South America.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult (age ≥18 years)
* A clinical diagnosis of acute ischaemic stroke confirmed by brain imaging
* Able to receive treatment within 4.5 hours after the definite time of onset of symptoms
* Have a systolic BP ≤185 mmHg
* Provide informed consent (or via an appropriate proxy, according to local requirements)

Specific criteria for arm \[A\] of low-dose vs standard-dose rtPA (Recruitment completed in August 2015.):

* Able to receive either low-dose or standard-dose rtPA

Specific criteria for arm \[B\] of intensive BP lowering vs guideline recommended BP control

* Patient will or has received thrombolysis treatment with rtPA, either randomised dose within the trial or physician decided dose rtPA outside of the trial
* Sustained elevated systolic BP level, defined as 2 readings ≥ 150 mmHg
* Able to commence intensive BP lowering treatment within 6 hours of stroke onset
* Able to receive either immediate intensive BP lowering or conservative BP management

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unlikely to potentially benefit from the therapy (e.g. advanced dementia), or a very high likelihood of death within 24 hours of stroke onset.
* Other medical illness that interferes with outcome assessments and follow-up \[known significant pre-stroke disability (mRS scores 2-5)\].
* Specific contraindications to rtPA (Actilyse) or any of the blood pressure agents to be used.
* Participation in another clinical trial involving evaluation of pharmacological agents.
* Need for following concomitant medication, including phosphodiesterase inhibitors and monoamine oxidase inhibitors.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Combined death and disability
timeFrame: 90 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage
timeFrame: 36 hours
measure: Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage
timeFrame: 36 hours
measure: Death or disability by the alternative, ordinal shift analysis
timeFrame: 90 days
measure: Death
timeFrame: at 7 and 90 days
measure: Disability
timeFrame: 90 days
measure: Neurological deterioration
timeFrame: 72 hours
measure: Health-related quality of life
timeFrame: 90 days
measure: Admission to residential care
timeFrame: 90 days
measure: Health service use
timeFrame: 90 days
measure: Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)
timeFrame: within 7 days
measure: Any intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)
timeFrame: any time during 90 days
measure: Death or disability in as treated per-protocol population
timeFrame: 90 days
measure: Death or disability in as treated per-protocol population
timeFrame: 90 days
measure: Death or neurological deterioration
timeFrame: 72 hours
measure: Length of initial acute hospital stay
timeFrame: within 90 days
measure: Recurrent acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke
timeFrame: within 90 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sydney
country: Australia
facility: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
state: New South Wales
Study officials:
affiliation: The George Institute
name: Craig S Anderson, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Anderson CS, Woodward M, Arima H, Chen X, Lindley RI, Wang X, Chalmers J; ENCHANTED Investigators. Statistical analysis plan for evaluating low- vs. standard-dose alteplase in the ENhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis strokE stuDy (ENCHANTED). Int J Stroke. 2015 Dec;10(8):1313-5. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12602. Epub 2015 Aug 18.
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