About this trial
DATE-MeVO is an investigator-initiated, multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled, open-label, blinded endpoint (PROBE) clinical trial aiming at evaluating the efficacy and safety of tenecteplase combined with standard medications in acute ischemic stroke patients with medium vessel occlusion stroke within 24 hours of onset.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥18 years old
Acute isolated intracranial medium vessel occlusion (Distal middle cerebral artery M2; M3 and M4 segments of the middle cerebral artery; A1-A4 segments of the anterior cerebral artery; P1-P3 segments of the posterior cerebral artery), confirmed by imaging, with symptom onset to randomization within 24 hours;
NlHSS score ≥ 5
CT scan performed within 24 hours confirming that the ischemic lesion does not involve more than one-third of the territory supplied by the responsible vessel (no evidence of early large infarction)
Disqualifiers
Intracranial hemorrhage confirmed by cranial CT or MRI;
Already received intravenous thrombolysis;
Planned mechanical thrombectomy;
Intraoperative DSA showing vessel rupture, dissection, or contrast agent extravasation;
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Intra-arterial thrombolysis
- Standard medical treatment