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Trial reportDer Nervenarzt2012

[EU-funded treatment study: WAKE-UP: a randomized, placebo-controlled MRI-based trial of thrombolysis in wake-up stroke].

G Thomalla, M Ebinger, J Fiehler, J B Fiebach, M Endres, C Gerloff

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Trial report in Der Nervenarzt, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014
    Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. What to do With Wake-Up Stroke.The Neurohospitalist · 2015
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

G ThomallaKlinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Kopf- und Neurozentrum, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Deutschland. thomalla@uke.uni-hamburg.de
M Ebinger
J Fiehler
J B Fiebach
M Endres
C Gerloff
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEKlinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients waking up with stroke symptoms are generally excluded from intravenous thrombolysis. It was shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can identify patients within the time window for thrombolysis (≤  4.5 h from symptom onset) by a mismatch between the acute ischemic lesion visible on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) but not visible on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) imaging. The WAKE-UP trial is an investigator initiated, European, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial designed to test efficacy and safety of MRI-based thrombolysis with alteplase (tPA) in stroke patients with unknown time of symptom onset, e.g. due to symptom recognition on awakening. A total of 800 patients showing MRI findings of a DWI-FLAIR-mismatch will be randomized to either tPA or placebo. The primary efficacy endpoint will be favourable outcome defined by a modified Rankin scale score 0-1 at day 90. The primary safety outcome measures will be mortality and death or dependency defined by modified Rankin scale score 4-6 at 90 days. If positive the WAKE-UP trial is expected to change clinical practice and to make effective and safe treatment available for a large group of acute stroke patients currently excluded from specific acute treatment.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingDouble-Blind MethodEuropeEuropean UnionFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPlacebo EffectStrokeThrombolytic TherapyFibrinolytic Agents

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PMID23015193
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