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Supplementary Material for: Relevance of Collaterals for the Success of Neuroprotective Therapies in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Insights from the Randomized URICO-ICTUS Trial
posted on 2019-06-04, 13:20authored byAmaro S., Renú A., Laredo C., Castellanos M., Arenillas J.F., Llull L., Rudilloso S., Urra X., Obach V., Chamorro Á., on behalf of the URICO-ICTUS investigators
Background: Collateral circulation may modify the effect of neuroprotective therapies. We report a post hoc analysis of the URICO-ICTUS trial (NCT00860366) assessing the modifying treatment effect of pretreatment collaterals on clinical and radiological outcomes in patients with large-vessel acute ischemic stroke receiving uric acid therapy or placebo. Methods: URICO-ICTUS was a randomized clinical trial where 411 alteplase-treated patients also received uric acid 1,000 mg (n = 211) or placebo (n = 200) before the end of alteplase infusion. Herein, we included a nested study of 84 patients (placebo = 40, uric acid = 44) who had a pretreatment CT-angiography (CTA) showing a proximal arterial occlusion in the carotid territory. Excellent collaterals were defined as 100% collateral supply on pretreatment CTA. Regression models assessed the interaction between therapy (uric acid/placebo) and collaterals on the main outcome (ordinal modified Rankin Scale [mRS] shift at 90 days). Results: Overall, excellent collaterals were associated with improved outcome. There was a significant interaction between therapy and pretreatment collaterals (p interaction = 0.02) for the prediction of improved mRS shift. The largest treatment contrast in favor of uric acid was found in patients with excellent collaterals (adjusted OR 9.2; 95% CI 1.23–68.6; p = 0.03). Conclusions: Collectively, the study found that collaterals were associated with the neuroprotective effect of uric acid therapy highlighting the importance of assessing collateral status in neuroprotection trials.