NCT01422616

Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study (ENCHANTED)

An International Randomised Controlled Trial to Establish the Effects of Low-dose rtPA and the Effects of Early Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Patients With Acute Ischaemic Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 4,587 (actual)
• Sponsor: The George Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

ENCHANTED is an independent, investigator initiated, international collaborative, quasi-factorial randomised controlled trial involving a package of 2 linked comparative randomised treatment arms, which aims to address 4 key questions in patients eligible for thrombolysis in the acute phase of ischaemic stroke. (1) Does low-dose (0.6 mg/kg) intravenous (i.v.) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) provide equivalent benefits compared to standard-dose (0.9 mg/kg) rtPA? (2) Does intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering (130-140 mmHg systolic target) improve outcomes compared to the current guideline recommended level of BP control (180 mmHg systolic target)? (3) Does low-dose (0.6 mg/kg) intravenous (i.v.) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) reduce the risk of symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage (sICH)? (4) Does the addition of intensive BP lowering to thrombolysis with rtPA reduce the risk of any intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH)? The rtPA dose arm of the study addressing questions (1) and (3) concluded with a publication of the results in May 2016. The BP intensity arm of the study addressing questions (2) and (4) concluded with a publication of the results in February 2019.

Detailed description

This study is an international, multicentre, prospective, fixed-time point (optional) randomisation for two arms (\[A\] 'dose of rtPA' and \[B\] 'level of BP control'), open-label, blinded endpoint (PROBE) controlled trial that involved 4587 patients (3310 for rtPA arm {recruitment completed in August 2015} and 2227 for BP arm {recruitment completed in April 2018} with 939 overlap) with acute ischaemic stroke recruited from over 100+ Clinical Centres from Australia, Asia, Europe and South America.

Conditions

• Ischemic Stroke
• High Blood Pressure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Low-dose rtPA	Patients allocated to low-dose will receive 0.6 mg/kg (maximum of 60 mg) i.v. (15% bolus \[maximum bolus dose of 9mg\] and 85% infusion over 60 mins) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA).
DRUG	Standard-dose rtPA	Patients allocated to standard-dose will receive 0.9 mg/kg (maximum of 90 mg) i.v. (10% bolus and 90% infusion over 60 mins) rtPA.
OTHER	Intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering	Intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering to a target systolic BP range 130-140 mmHg within one hour and to maintain this level for at least 72 hours (or until hospital discharge or death if this should occur earlier). A standardised i.v. BP lowering regimen using locally available and approved i.v. BP lowering agents will be used, commenced in the emergency department and later in a high dependency area (e.g. acute stroke or neurointensive care unit) as is usual for patients receiving rtPA. The trial is an assessment of BP lowering management strategies, using routinely available drugs. There is some flexibility in the use of particular BP lowering agents to achieve BP targets.
OTHER	BP management policies	Patients allocated to the control group will receive management of BP that is based on a standard guideline, as published by the AHA. For this group, the attending clinician may consider commencing BP treatment if the systolic level is greater than 180 mmHg, however and the first line treatment will be oral (including nasogastric if required) and/or transdermal routes. Should control of systolic BP not be achieved via these routes, i.v. treatment may be started until the target systolic BP of 180 mmHg is achieved. The trial is an assessment of BP lowering management strategies, using routinely available drugs. There is some flexibility in the use of particular BP lowering agents to achieve BP targets.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2018-08-01
• Completion: 2018-08-01
• First posted: 2011-08-24
• Last updated: 2021-10-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Australia