For patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large-vessel occlusion who present within 4.5 hours, intravenous tenecteplase before endovascular thrombectomy is associated with higher functional independence at 90 days, according ...
May 25, 2025
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A new clotbusting drug tested on mice has been shown by University of Manchester scientists to be significantly better at treating ischemic stroke than existing therapies.
Apr 29, 2025
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A clot-busting drug recently approved to treat acute ischemic strokes (AIS) that can be delivered quickly works as well as a decades-old medication used by most hospitals in the U.S. and could hold significant advantages ...
Mar 13, 2025
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved TNKase (tenecteplase), a thrombolytic or clot-dissolving agent, for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in adults.
Mar 6, 2025
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For patients with large vessel occlusion presenting between 4.5 and 24 hours, intra-arterial tenecteplase after successful thrombectomy results in improved likelihood of excellent outcome (modified Rankin scale score 0 to ...
Feb 18, 2025
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Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery resulted in stroke survivors being more likely to have better function 90 days after their stroke than ...
Feb 8, 2025
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For patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS), tenecteplase (TNK) has improved functional outcome and reduced disability and similar safety to alteplase (tissue plasminogen activator [TPA]), according to a study published ...
Oct 17, 2024
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For people with ischemic stroke, treatment with the clot-busting drug tenecteplase is associated with a slightly higher likelihood of an excellent recovery and reduced disability three months later than the drug alteplase, ...
Oct 16, 2024
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Thrombolytic therapy administered longer after the onset of ischemic stroke than current recommendations did not demonstrate improved clinical outcomes as compared to placebo, according to a recent trial published in the ...
Mar 8, 2024
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Compared with the standard clot-busting medication alteplase, the newer clot-buster known as tenecteplase may offer a safe, effective and simpler way to treat ischemic (clot-caused) stroke in mobile stroke units, according ...
Feb 1, 2024
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