RIGHT-2

Clinical Trial Details

Glyceryl Trinitrate for Pre-hospital Ultra-acute Stroke: Main Results From the Rapid Intervention With Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2)

RIGHT-2 is a clinical trial assessing the safety and efficacy of transdermal glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) patches vs. placebos for patients suffering acute stroke when administered ultra-acutely by paramedics in the pre-hospital setting.

Key Findings

Transdermal glyceryl trinitrate compared to sham, started by paramedics to lower BP before hospital admission and continued over the next 3 days, in very early presumed stroke did not improve functional outcomes and may have worsened outcomes for those with hemorrhagic stroke.

Purpose: to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) path given first by paramedics in the ambulance to lower BP before hospital admission and then over the next 3 days to patients with ischemic stroke(IS) or intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).

Trial Design: Phase 3, UK, multicenter, 1:1 randomized, prospective, blinded endpoint trial; 1149 patients with presumed IS or ICH randomized to 5 mg. transdermal GTN or sham patch first given by paramedics within 4 hours of symptom onset and daily over the next 3 days. 8 Ambulance Services/54 hospitals. Mean age 73. 52% male. IS 52%, ICH 13%, TIA 9%, mimic 26%; onset to randomization median 71 minutes. Systolic BP ≥ 120 mm Hg. Cohort 1: patients with TIA or stroke. Cohort 2: all intention to treat patients.

Primary Endpoints: modified Rankin Scale (mRS) shift at 3 months. (90 days)

  GTN SHAM  
mRS score Cohort 1: acOR 1.25, p=0.083
Cohort 2: acOR 1.104, p=0.69
BP GTN group:
Lowered systolic BP 5.8mm Hg vs sham; p<0.0001
Lowered diastolic BP 2.6 mm Hg vs sham; p=0.0026
Treatment-related death 36 23 p=0.091
Serious adverse events 188 patients 177 patients P=0.16

Results: Transdermal glyceryl trinitrate compared to sham in very early presumed stroke did not improve stroke outcomes and may have worsened outcomes for those with hemorrhagic stroke.

RIGHT-2: Interview with PI Philip Bath

Louise McCullough, MD, PhD interviews Philip Bath, MD, DSc, principal investigator of the RIGHT-2 trial, about the prehospital administration of TNG in ultra-acute stroke.

Detailed Results

Primary endpoints, Efficacy

  • Cohort 1, mRS score in AIS/TIA: 1adjusted common odds ratio (acOR) 1.25, p=0.083
  • Cohort 2, mRS in all: acOR 1.04, p=0.69
  • BP: GTS lowered systolic BP 5.8 mm Hg vs sham; p<0.0001 and diastolic BP 2.6 mmHg vs sham; p=0.0026

Secondary endpoints

  • Death in AIS/TIA: 36 deaths GTN; 23 deaths sham; p=0.091
  • Serious adverse events: 188 GTN; 170 sham; p=0.16

Background

Trial Design: Phase 3, UK, multicenter, randomized 1:1, prospective, blinded endpoint trial; randomized to 5 mg. transdermal GTN or sham patch first given by paramedics within 4 hours of symptom onset and daily over the next 3 days. 8 Ambulance Services/54 hospitals. Onset to randomization median 71 minutes.

Trial population: 1149 patients with presumed IS or ICH. Mean age 73. 52% male. IS 52%, ICH 13%, TIA 9%, mimic 26%. Systolic BP ≥ 120 mm Hg.

  • Cohort 1: patients with TIA or stroke
  • Cohort 2: all intention to treat patients

Primary endpoint: modified Rankin Scale (mRS) shift at 3 months (90 days).

Sponsors and Collaborators— British Heart Foundation

References

Key Words

Blood pressure, stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, paramedic, glyceryl trinitrate

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