Adjunctive, Low-dose tPA in Primary PCI for STEMI (STRIVE)

May 6, 2026 updated by: Population Health Research Institute

Adjunctive, Low-dose Intracoronary Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) Versus Placebo for Primary PCI in Patients With ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

STRIVE will evaluate the use of adjunctive, low-dose intracoronary tissue plasminogen activator during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in reducing the incidence of post-procedural myocardial blush (MBG) grade 0/1 or distal embolization.

Study Overview

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

STRIVE is a prospective, 3-arm, parallel group, blinded, randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a novel approach to prevent and treat microvascular obstruction thereby reducing major cardiovascular events using intracoronary administration of very low-dose fibrinolytic (tissue plasminogen activator, tPA) directly into the culprit coronary artery during primary PCI.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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210

Phase

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  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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  • Name: Jennifer Cunningham
  • Phone Number: 905-527-4322
  • Email: strive@phri.ca

Study Contact Backup

  • Name: Tara McCready, PhD, MBA
  • Phone Number: 905-527-4322
  • Email: strive@phri.ca

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Alberta
      • Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4Z6
        • University of Calgary - Foothills Medical Centre
      • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7
        • University of Alberta - Mazankowski Alberta Heart Insitute
    • Ontario
      • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8L2X2
        • Hamilton General Hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI and,
  2. ECG changes indicating large territory STEMI (defined as ≥2mm ST-segment elevation in 2 contiguous anterior precordial leads; or ≥2mm ST-segment elevation in 2 inferior leads coupled with ST-segment depression in 2 contiguous anterior leads for a total ST-segment deviation of ≥8mm) and,
  3. Randomization within 6 to 12 hours of symptom onset and,
  4. Large thrombus burden with angiographic TIMI Thrombus Grade ≥3 after guidewire crossing.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Active internal bleeding or high risk of bleeding or any prior intracranial bleeding.
  2. Any other absolute or relative contraindication to fibrinolytic therapy.
  3. Administration of a fibrinolytic ≤24hrs prior to randomization.
  4. Cardiogenic shock on presentation.
  5. Left bundle branch block (excluded because the ECG cannot be evaluated for ST segment resolution, an outcome of the study).
  6. Planned upfront use of a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor.
  7. Any medical, geographic, or social factor making study participation impractical or precluding 1 month follow-up.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Intracoronary tPA 10 mg
Drug: tissue plasminogen activator
Recombinant tPA is a fibrin-specific 2nd generation plasminogen activator and thrombolytic drug.
Experimental: Intracoronary tPA 20 mg
Drug: tissue plasminogen activator
Recombinant tPA is a fibrin-specific 2nd generation plasminogen activator and thrombolytic drug.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
saline
Other: Saline
Placebo

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
MACE OR Myocardial Blush Grade 0/1 OR Distal Embolization OR Failure to Achieve ≥50% ST-segment Resolution
Time Frame: 30 days post-randomization

The primary efficacy variable is the binary composite outcome with the following components:

  • The occurrence of any of the MACE outcomes (cardiovascular death, myocardial re-infarction, cardiogenic shock and new onset heart failure) at 30 days post-randomization.
  • Post-procedural Myocardial Blush Grade of either 0 (Failure of dye to enter the microvasculature or persistent "staining", suggesting leakage of the contrast medium into the extravascular space) or 1 (Dye enters slowly but fails to exit the microvasculature. Dye is present in the next injection (30 seconds)).
  • Post-procedural Distal embolization, defined as distal filling defect with an abrupt 'cut-off' in one of the peripheral coronary branches of the infarct related artery, distal to the angioplasty site following PCI).
  • Failure to achieve ≥50% ST-segment resolution post-procedure.
30 days post-randomization

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The Composite of MBG grade 0/1 or Distal Embolization or Failure to Achieve ≥50% ST-segment Resolution
Time Frame: 30 minutes post-PCI
  • Post-procedural Myocardial Blush Grade of either 0 (Failure of dye to enter the microvasculature or persistent "staining", suggesting leakage of the contrast medium into the extravascular space) or 1 (Dye enters slowly but fails to exit the microvasculature. Dye is present in the next injection (30 seconds)).
  • Post-procedural Distal embolization, defined as distal filling defect with an abrupt 'cut-off' in one of the peripheral coronary branches of the infarct related artery, distal to the angioplasty site following PCI).
  • Failure to achieve ≥50% ST-segment resolution post-procedure of the summed absolute ST-segment deviations across associated and reciprocal leads at 30 minutes post-PCI
30 minutes post-PCI
The Composite of MBG grade 0/1 or Distal Embolization
Time Frame: Immediately following PCI
  • Post-procedural Myocardial Blush Grade of either 0 (Failure of dye to enter the microvasculature or persistent "staining", suggesting leakage of the contrast medium into the extravascular space) or 1 (Dye enters slowly but fails to exit the microvasculature. Dye is present in the next injection (30 seconds)).
  • Post-procedural Distal embolization, defined as distal filling defect with an abrupt 'cut-off' in one of the peripheral coronary branches of the infarct related artery, distal to the angioplasty site following PCI).
Immediately following PCI
MBG Grade 0/1
Time Frame: Immediately following PCI
Post-procedural Myocardial Blush Grade of either 0 (Failure of dye to enter the microvasculature or persistent "staining", suggesting leakage of the contrast medium into the extravascular space) or 1 (Dye enters slowly but fails to exit the microvasculature. Dye is present in the next injection (30 seconds)).
Immediately following PCI
Distal Embolization
Time Frame: Immediately following PCI
Post-procedural distal embolization, defined as distal filling defect with an abrupt 'cut-off' in one of the peripheral coronary branches of the infarct related artery, distal to the angioplasty site following PCI.
Immediately following PCI
Failure to Achieve ≥50% ST-segment Resolution.
Time Frame: 30 minutes post-PCI
Failure to achieve ≥50% ST-segment resolution of the summed absolute ST-segment deviations across associated and reciprocal leads at 30 minutes post-PCI.
30 minutes post-PCI
Time to the First Occurrence of MACE
Time Frame: 30 days post-randomization
Time to the first occurrence of MACE (composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial re-infarction, cardiogenic shock or new onset heart failure) over the duration of 30 days follow-up.
30 days post-randomization

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Population Health Research Institute

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Shamir Mehta, MD, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Population Health Research Institute

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General Publications

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

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April 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

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September 17, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

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February 12, 2025

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First Submitted

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November 3, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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November 6, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

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November 8, 2017

Study Record Updates

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Last Update Posted

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May 11, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 6, 2026

Last Verified

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May 1, 2026

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  • STRIVE.2018

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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