TNK-tPA Evaluation for Minor Ischemic Stroke With Proven Occlusion (TEMPO-1)

A Phase 2, Prospective, Two Cohort, Dose-escalation, Safety and Feasibility Study of Thrombolysis for Minor Ischemic Stroke With Proven Acute Symptomatic Occlusion Using TNK-tPA

This trial will enroll patients that have been diagnosed with a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke that has occurred within the past 12 hours. Anyone diagnosed with a minor stroke faces the possibility of long-term disability and even death, regardless of treatment. Stroke symptoms such as weakness, difficulty speaking and paralysis may improve or worsen over the hours or days immediately following a stroke. The purpose of this research trial is to study the effects of a clot-dissolving drug, tenecteplase (TNK-tPA), as a treatment for patients who arrive within twelve hours from stroke onset. This study is attempting to see if TNK-tPA given through a vein in the arm (intravenous) to patients is a safe treatment for stroke patients. Neither the safety nor the effectiveness of this treatment has been proven yet.

This trial will be conducted at several site in Canada.

Dr Michael Hill and Dr. Shelagh Coutts are the Principal Investigators of this trial, coordinated at the University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Ischemic Stroke
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Tenecteplase

Detailed Description

The primary objective of TEMPO-1 is to demonstrate the safety and feasibility of using TNK-tPA (tenecteplase), a thrombolytic agent that is relatively novel to the treatment ischemic stroke but well-established in the treatment of myocardial infarction, to treat minor ischemic stroke patients with proven acute symptomatic occlusions. Up to 80% of ischemic stroke is minor and initially non-disabling. These patients present with a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke.An overwhelming majority are not treated with thrombolysis as they are considered "too good to treat" by most physicians.

TEMPO-1 will enroll patients within a 12 hour time window with a NIHSS score of <6 and an ASPECTS >5. Patients must have an intracranial occlusion on CTA. Study drug must be administered within 90 minutes from the first slice of CTA. This is an open- label, multi-centre trial, dose- escalated trial. A total of 50 patients will be enrolled, 25 per tier. There will two dose tiers at 0.1 mg/kg and 0.25 mg/kg. Advancement to the second dose-tier will be dependent upon safe completion of the 1st dose tier and the approval of the DSMB.

Patients will undergo a study CT angiogram of the intracranial circulation between 4-8 hours after treatment to determine the biological effect of the drug - whether the occluded artery has recanalized or not. Patients will be assessed at 24 and 48 hours, and at Days 5, 30, and 90.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Alberta
    • Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 2T9
      • University of Calgary

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Acute ischemic stroke in an adult patient (18 years of age or older)
2. Onset (last-seen-well) time to treatment time < 12 hours.
3. Minor stroke defined as a baseline NIHSS < 6 at the time of randomization. Patients must have a demonstrable neurological deficit on physical neurological examination.
4. Any acute intracranial occlusion (MCA, ACA, PCA, VB territories) defined by non-invasive acute imaging (CT angiography) that is neurologically relevant to the presenting symptoms and signs. An acute occlusion is defined as TICI 0 or TICI 1 flow.
5. Pre-stroke independent functional status in activities of daily living with pre-stroke estimated modified Barthel Index of 90 or greater AND premorbid mRS 0 or 1.
6. Informed consent from the patient or surrogate.
7. Patients can be treated within 90 minutes of the CT/CTA being completed.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Hyperdensity on NCCT consistent with any intracranial hemorrhage. Any clinical suspicion of any intracranial hemorrhage even in the absence of visible blood on baseline brain imaging.
2. Large acute stroke >1/3 MCA territory or ASPECTS<5 visible on baseline CT scan.
3. Core of established infarction. No area of grey matter hypodensity at a similar or lesser density to white matter or in the judgment of the enrolling neurologist is consistent with a subacute ischemic stroke > 12 hours of age.
4. Clinical history, past imaging and clinical judgment suggest that the intracranial occlusion is chronic.
5. Patient is a candidate for and should receive standard of care IV tPA.
6. Stroke occurring as an in-patient. An in-patient is a person who has been officially admitted to the hospital to a ward bed. A patient in the ED who has not been formally admitted is still considered to be an outpatient.
7. Patient has a severe or fatal or disabling illness that will prevent improvement or follow-up or such that the treatment would not likely benefit the patient.
8. Patient cannot complete follow-up due to co-morbid non-fatal illness or is visiting the host sites city and cannot return for follow-up.
9. Pregnancy.
10. Patient is actively taking dual antiplatelet medication (aspirin & clopidogrel) in the last 48 hours.
11. International normalized ratio > 1.4
12. Standard thrombolysis exclusions (Taken from Canadian guidelines1)

NOTES: NIHSS = National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ACA = anterior cerebral artery MCA = middle cerebral artery ICA = internal cerebral artery PCA = posterior cerebral artery VB = vertebrobasilar TICI = thrombolysis in cerebral ischemic scale CT = computed tomography NCCT = non-contrast CT CTA = CT angiography ASPECTS = Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score IV = intravenous tPA = tissue plasminogen activator ED = Emergency Department

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: TNK-tPA Tenecteplase; This is an open-label trial, all patients will receive tenecteplase.	Drug: Tenecteplase; Tenecteplase will be given to the patient as an intravenous bolus over 1- 2 minutes within 90 minutes of the first slice of the CTA. This is an open-label trial, all patients will receive tenecteplase, either tier 1 or tier 2 dosage.; Other Names: TNK-tPA

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Patients With Serious Bleeding Events	The primary safety outcome will be the rate of expected serious adverse events associated with study drug. This will be defined as the number patients with at least one SAE divided by the number of patients enrolled by dose-tier. Thus, the unit of analysis will be the patient and not the SAE.	Up to 12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Patients With NIHSS 0 and mRS 0 and Barthel Index > 90	Complete neurological and functional recovery at 90 days defined as: NIHSS 0 and mRS 0 iii)Complete neurological and functional recovery at 90 days defined as: a. NIHSS 0-1 and mRS 0-1 and Barthel Index > 90 NIHSS = National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. This integer scale ranges 0-42 and is a quantitative measure of the neurological examination. mRS = modified Rankin Scale. This integer scale ranges from 0-6 and is a criterion-based quantitative measure of functional neurological disability. BI = Barthel Index. This scale range from 0-100 (in increments of 5 points) and is a summative categorical score measuring activities of daily living.	90 days

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Patients With Recanalization 4-8 Hours Post-treatment	Recanalization defined on follow-up 4-8 hour CTA as a modified arterial occlusive lesion (mAOL) score 0-1.	4-8 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Calgary
• Collaborators: CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval; Université de Sherbrooke; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Vancouver General Hospital; Vancouver Island Health Authority; Hopital Charles Lemoyne
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Michael D Hill, MD,MSc FRCPC, University of Calgary; Principal Investigator: Shelagh B Coutts, MD,FRCPC, University of Calgary

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Coutts SB, Dubuc V, Mandzia J, Kenney C, Demchuk AM, Smith EE, Subramaniam S, Goyal M, Patil S, Menon BK, Barber PA, Dowlatshahi D, Field T, Asdaghi N, Camden MC, Hill MD; TEMPO-1 Investigators. Tenecteplase-tissue-type plasminogen activator evaluation for minor ischemic stroke with proven occlusion. Stroke. 2015 Mar;46(3):769-74. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.008504. Epub 2015 Feb 12.

Helpful Links

• TEMPO-1 site

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 25, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): July 31, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 25, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 23, 2020
• Last Verified: November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Minor stroke
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Necrosis; Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Brain Ischemia; Infarction; Brain Infarction; Stroke; Ischemic Stroke; Ischemia; Cerebral Infarction; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Fibrinolytic Agents; Fibrin Modulating Agents; Tenecteplase
• Other Study ID Numbers: Version 2.2, Aug 28,2013