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. 2025 Dec 2;25:493. doi: 10.1186/s12883-025-04529-2

Table 2.

Comparison of primary outcomes (treatment metrics) between patients treated with rt-PA and patients treated with TNK

Overall (n = 139) All patients (n = 139) rt-PA group (n = 65) TNK group (n = 74) p-value
DTN time [min] (median (IQR)) 26 (33–18) 28 (33–22) 23 (32–17) 0.047
Golden hour IVT (n (%)) 13 (9.4) 3 (4.6) 10 (13.5) 0.088
DTN time < 30 min (n (%)) 81 (58.3) 34 (52.3) 47 (63.5) 0.147
Subgroup of patients with EVT ( n  = 41) ( n  = 41) ( n  = 24) ( n  = 17)
Needle-to-groin time [min] (median (IQR)) 48 (53–41) 49 (53–44) 44.5 (50–36) 0.096
DTG time [min] (median (IQR)) 65 (75–59) 71 (78–65) 61 (63–57) 0.002

rt-PA Alteplase, TNK Tenecteplase, DTN Door-to-needle, min Minutes, IVT Intravenous thrombolysis, EVT Endovascular thrombectomy, DTG Door-to-groin, IQR Interquartile range, EVT Endovascular thrombectomy

Numbers written in bold indicate statistically significant group comparisons