Science News for
International Stroke Conference 2016

SCIENCE NEWS for #ISC16 features interviews, presenter slides, and exclusive summaries you won't see anywhere else.

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Kyra Becker, MD, Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, and Colin Derdeyn, MD provide an overview of the science that was presented for ISC 2016 in Los Angeles.

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• Thrace Study: Final Results

• Main Results of the Insulin Resistance Intervention After Stroke (IRIS) Trial
• Finding Atrial Fibrillation In Stroke Patients - A Multicenter Randomised Evaluation Of Enhanced And Prolonged Holter Monitoring (Find-AFrandomised- Trial)
• Randomized Trial of Stent versus Surgery for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: Initial and Five-year Results of the ACT 1 Trial
• ARTSS-2: Final Results of a Pilot, Phase IIb, Randomized, Multi-center Trial of Argatroban in Combination With Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Stroke

• ICTuS-2 Final Results
• High-dose Statin Therapy After Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Phase 2 Neuroprotection with Statin Therapy for Acute Recovery Trial (NeuSTART)
• GAMES (Glyburide Advantage in Malignant Edema and Stroke) RP: A Phase II Study Toward Preventing Edema After Ischemia
• Time is Brain in Endovascular Thrombectomy: Results From Individual Patient Pooled Data Analysis of Mr Clean, Escape, Extend IA, Swift Prime and Revascat
• Virtual Reality in Stroke Rehabilitation: Results From EVREST Multicenter Trial
• Results of the Pragmatic Ischaemic Thrombectomy Evaluation (PISTE) Trial

• Carotid Endarterectomy versus Stenting for Treatment of Carotid Artery Stenosis: Long-term Results of the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST)
• A Randomized Trial of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations (ARUBA): 5-year Results
• Clot Lysis: Evaluating Accelerated Resolution of Intraventricular Hemorrhage (CLEAR III) Results
• Efficiency of Intraventricular Hemorrhage Removal Determines Modified Rankin Scale Score (CLEAR III)
• Randomized Trial on Normalization of International Normalized Ratio Using Prothrombin Complex or Fresh Frozen Plasma in Vitamin-k Related Intracranial Bleeding

• Predictors of Intracranial Hemorrhage and Clinical Outcome After Stentriever Thrombectomy: Pooled Analysis From Swift Prime, Swift and Star Trials
• Randomized Trial of Revascularization with Solitaire FR® dDevice versus Best Medical Therapy in the Treatment of Acute Stroke due to Anterior Circulation Large Vessel Occlusion Presenting Within Eight Hours of Symptom Onset) REVASCAT Trial- Final Results at 12 Months
• Expanding Opportunities for Intravenous Alteplase Treatment of Patients With Unwitnessed Acute Stroke Using MRI-based Patient Selection: Imaging Results of the MR WITNESS Multicenter Trial
• Endovascular Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data From Mr Clean, Escape, Extend IA, Swift Prime and Revascat
• MultiStem® Treatment Reduces Length of Hospitalization When Administered Within 36 Hours After Onset of Ischemic Stroke: Implications on Lowering Stroke Related Health Care Costs
• Validation of a Simplified Eight-item NIHSS to Identify Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients With Large Vessel Occlusion
• Cost-effectiveness of Solitaire + IV-tPA for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results From the Swift-Prime Trial

• Primary Results of the ACTION Trial of Natalizumab in Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS)
• IV Alteplase in MR-selected Patients With Stroke of Unknown Onset is Safe and Feasible: Results of the Multicenter MR WITNESS Trial
• GAMES (Glyburide Advantage in Malignant Edema and Stroke) RP Trial: Intermediate Endpoint Analysis as Proof-of-Concept