Endovascular Therapy Versus Medical Management for Large Ischemic Infarct: 1-Year Outcomes of the ANGEL-ASPECT Trial
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Several trials have shown the benefit and safety of endovascular therapy (EVT) compared with medical management (MM) of patients with a large ischemic core in the 90-day follow-up. However, the 1-year outcome comparison between EVT and MM in Asian patients with a large ischemic core has not been investigated. Our aim was to evaluate the 1-year outcomes of patients in the ANGEL-ASPECT trial (Endovascular Therapy in Acute Anterior Circulation Large Vessel Occlusive Patients with a Large Infarct Core). METHODS: In this phase 3, randomized, open-label, blinded end point assessment trial, patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion and an Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score of 3 to 5 or an infarct core volume of 70 to 100 mL were enrolled across 46 hospitals in China. Patients were randomly assigned 1:1 to EVT or MM. The 90-day outcomes were previously reported. We report a prespecified analysis of the ANGEL-ASPECT trial, with 1-year functional outcome as the primary outcome in this study. The primary outcome was the shift of the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score (range, 0-6, with a higher score reflecting greater disability) to better outcomes at 1-year. The secondary outcomes included functional independence (mRS score, 0-2), independent ambulation (mRS score, 0-3), and mortality. This trial is registered with https://www.clinicaltrials.gov (Unique identifier: NCT04551664). RESULTS: =0.04). Functional independence and independent ambulation were higher in the EVT compared with MM groups (mRS score, 0-2: 30.4% [65/214] versus 17.1% [36/211]; relative risk, 1.87 [95% CI, 1.27-2.75]; mRS score, 0-3: 50.0% [107/214] versus 35.6% [75/211]; relative risk, 1.46 [95% CI, 1.15-1.85], respectively). The 1-year mortality rate was 31.3% (67/214) in the EVT group and 26.5% (56/211) in the MM group (relative risk, 1.12 [95% CI, 0.82-1.53]). In addition, no change was found in the rate of functional independence between 90 days and 1 year in the EVT group (29.4% [69/214] versus 30.4% [65/214], respectively); however, a gain in functional independence was observed in the MM group from 90 days to 1 year (10.9% [26/211] versus 17.1% [36/211]), narrowing the magnitude of EVT treatment effect from 18.5% at 90 days to 13.3% at 1 year. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with large ischemic stroke from a proximal arterial occlusion presenting within 24 hours of onset, EVT reduced disability with durable 1-year benefit compared with MM. REGISTRATION: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT04551664.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.004 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
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