Bronwyn Tunnage
Pre-hospital Transdermal Glyceryl Trinitrate in Patients With Stroke Mimics: Data From the Right-2 Randomised-controlled Ambulance Trial
Tunnage, Bronwyn; Woodhouse, Lisa J.; Dixon, Mark; Anderson, Craig; Ankolekar, Sandeep; Appleton, Jason; Cala, Lesley; England, Timothy; Krishnan, Kailash; Havard, Diane; Mair, Grant; Muir, Keith; Phillips, Steve; Potter, John; Price, Christopher; Randall, Marc; Robinson, Thompson G.; Roffe, Christine; Sandset, Else; Siriwardena, Niro; Scutt, Polly; Wardlaw, Joanna M.; Sprigg, Nikola; Bath, Philip M.; Investigators, RIGHT-2
Authors
Lisa J. Woodhouse
Mark Dixon
Craig Anderson
Sandeep Ankolekar
Jason Appleton
Lesley Cala
Timothy England
Kailash Krishnan
Diane Havard
Grant Mair
Keith Muir
Steve Phillips
John Potter
Christopher Price
Marc Randall
Thompson G. Robinson
Christine Roffe c.roffe@keele.ac.uk
Else Sandset
Niro Siriwardena
Polly Scutt
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Nikola Sprigg
Philip M. Bath
RIGHT-2 Investigators
Abstract
Background: Prehospital stroke trials will inevitably recruit patients with non-stroke conditions, so called stroke mimics. We undertook a pre-specified analysis to determine outcomes in patients with mimics in the second Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl trinitrate in Hypertensive stroke Trial (RIGHT-2). Methods: RIGHT-2 was a prospective, multicentre, paramedic-delivered, ambulance-based, sham-controlled, participant-and outcome-blinded, randomised-controlled trial of transdermal glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) in adults with ultra-acute presumed stroke in the UK. Final diagnosis (intracerebral haemorrhage, ischaemic stroke, transient ischaemic attack, mimic) was determined by the hospital investigator. This pre-specified subgroup analysis assessed the safety and efficacy of transdermal GTN (5 mg daily for 4 days) versus sham patch among stroke mimic patients. The primary outcome was the 7-level modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 90 days. Results Among 1149 participants in RIGHT-2, 297 (26%) had a final diagnosis of mimic (GTN 134, sham 163). The mimic group were younger, mean age 67 (SD: 18) vs 75 (SD: 13) years, had a longer interval from symptom onset to randomisation, median 75 [95% CI: 47,126] vs 70 [95% CI:45,108] minutes, less atrial fibrillation and a lower systolic blood pressure and Face-Arm-Speech-Time tool score than the stroke group. The three most common mimic diagnoses were seizure (17%), migraine or primary headache disorder (17%) and functional disorders (14%). At 90 days, the GTN group had a better mRS score as compared to the sham group (adjusted common odds ratio 0.54; 95% confidence intervals 0.34, 0.85; p = 0.008), a difference that persisted at 365 days. There was no difference in the proportion of patients who died in hospital, were discharged to a residential care facility, or suffered a serious adverse event. Conclusions One-quarter of patients suspected by paramedics to have an ultra-acute stroke were subsequently diagnosed with a non-stroke condition. GTN was associated with unexplained improved functional outcome observed at 90 days and one year, a finding that may represent an undetected baseline imbalance, chance, or real efficacy. GTN was not associated with harm.
Citation
Tunnage, B., Woodhouse, L. J., Dixon, M., Anderson, C., Ankolekar, S., Appleton, J., …Investigators, R. (in press). Pre-hospital Transdermal Glyceryl Trinitrate in Patients With Stroke Mimics: Data From the Right-2 Randomised-controlled Ambulance Trial. BMC Emergency Medicine, 22, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00560-x
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 28, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 10, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | May 30, 2023 |
Journal | BMC Emergency Medicine |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 22 |
Article Number | 2 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00560-x |
Publisher URL | https://bmcemergmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12873-021-00560-x#article-info |
Related Public URLs | https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-147007/v1 |
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