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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2021

Outcomes in Antiplatelet-Associated Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the TICH-2 Randomized Controlled Trial.

Zhe Kang Law, Michael Desborough, Ian Roberts, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Timothy J England, David J Werring, Thompson Robinson, Kailash Krishnan, Robert Dineen, Ann Charlotte Laska and 12 more

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 18 institutions in 11 countries.

Zhe Kang LawStroke Trials Unit Division of Clinical Neuroscience University of Nottingham United Kingdom.
Michael DesboroughHaemophilia and Thrombosis Centre Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London United Kingdom.
Ian RobertsClinical Trials Unit London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London United Kingdom.
Rustam Al-Shahi SalmanCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences University of Edinburgh United Kingdom.
Timothy J EnglandVascular Medicine Division of Medical Sciences & GEM Royal Derby Hospital CentreUniversity of Nottingham United Kingdom.
David J WerringStroke Research Centre UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology London United Kingdom.
Thompson RobinsonDepartment of Cardiovascular Sciences and National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre University of Leicester United Kingdom.
Kailash KrishnanNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham United Kingdom.
Robert DineenRadiological Sciences University of Nottingham United Kingdom.
Ann Charlotte LaskaDepartment of Clinical Sciences Karolinska InstitutetDanderyd Hospital Sweden.
Nils PetersNeurology and Stroke Center Klinik Hirslanden Zürich Switzerland.
Juan Jose Egea-GuerreroNeuroCritical Care Unit Virgen del Rocio University Hospital Seville Spain.
Michal KarlinskiInstitute of Psychiatry and Neurology Warsaw Poland.
Hanne ChristensenDepartment of Neurology Bispebjerg Hospital and University of Copenhagen Denmark.
Christine RoffeStroke Research Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Keele University Stoke-on-Trent United Kingdom.
Daniel BereczkiDepartment of Neurology Semmelweis University Budapest Hungary.
Serefnur OzturkDepartment of Neurology Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine Konya Turkey.
Jegan ThanabalanDivision of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery National University of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
Rónán CollinsTallaght University Hospital Dublin Republic of Ireland.
Maia BeridzeThe First University Clinic of Tbilisi State Medical University Tbilisi Georgia.
Philip M BathStroke Trials Unit Division of Clinical Neuroscience University of Nottingham United Kingdom.
Nikola SpriggStroke Trials Unit Division of Clinical Neuroscience University of Nottingham United Kingdom.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GBGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · GBHospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío · ESInstitute of Psychiatry and Neurology · PLKarolinska Institutet · SEKeele University · GBLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBNational University of Malaysia · MYSelçuk University · TRSemmelweis University · HUTallaght University Hospital · IETbilisi State Medical University · GEUniversity of Basel · CHUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Edinburgh · GBUniversity of Leicester · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/13/72/30531British Heart Foundation SP/12/2/29422Department of Health 11/129/109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Antiplatelet therapy increases the risk of hematoma expansion in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) while the effect on functional outcome is uncertain. Methods and Results This is an exploratory analysis of the TICH-2 (Tranexamic Acid in Intracerebral Hemorrhage-2) double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, which studied the efficacy of tranexamic acid in patients with spontaneous ICH within 8 hours of onset. Multivariable logistic regression and ordinal regression were performed to explore the relationship between pre-ICH antiplatelet therapy, and 24-hour hematoma expansion and day 90 modified Rankin Scale score, as well as the effect of tranexamic acid. Of 2325 patients, 611 (26.3%) had pre-ICH antiplatelet therapy. They were older (mean age, 75.7 versus 66.5 years), more likely to have ischemic heart disease (25.4% versus 2.7%), ischemic stroke (36.2% versus 6.3%), intraventricular hemorrhage (40.2% versus 27.5%), and larger baseline hematoma volume (mean, 28.1 versus 22.6 mL) than the no-antiplatelet group. Pre-ICH antiplatelet therapy was associated with a significantly increased risk of hematoma expansion (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.28; 95% CI, 1.01-1.63), a shift toward unfavorable outcome in modified Rankin Scale (adjusted common OR, 1.58; 95% CI, 1.32-1.91) and a higher risk of death at day 90 (adjusted OR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.25-2.11). Tranexamic acid reduced the risk of hematoma expansion in the overall patients with ICH (adjusted OR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.62-0.93) and antiplatelet subgroup (adjusted OR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.41-0.91) with no significant interaction between pre-ICH antiplatelet therapy and tranexamic acid (P interaction=0.248). Conclusions Antiplatelet therapy is independently associated with hematoma expansion and unfavorable functional outcome. Tranexamic acid reduced hematoma expansion regardless of prior antiplatelet therapy use. Registration URL: https://www.isrctn.com; Unique identifier: ISRCTN93732214.

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AgedAntifibrinolytic AgentsCerebral HemorrhageDisease ProgressionDose-Response Relationship, DrugDouble-Blind MethodFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMalePlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPrognosisProspective StudiesTranexamic AcidAntifibrinolytic AgentsPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsTranexamic Acidantiplateletcerebral hemorrhagehematoma expansionrandomized controlled trialtranexamic acid

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PMID33586453
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