Intravenous Tenecteplase before Thrombectomy in Stroke

Abstract

Among patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large-vessel occlusion who had presented within 4.5 hours after onset, the percentage of patients with functional independence at 90 days was higher with intravenous tenecteplase plus endovascular thrombectomy than with endovascular thrombectomy alone. (Funded by the Chongqing Science and Health Joint Medical Research Project and others; BRIDGE-TNK ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04733742.).