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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Neurol. 2008 Dec 25;8(2):141–150. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70267-9

Table 5.

Comparison of baseline characteristics: DIAS/DEDAS versus DIAS-2

Desmoteplase 90 µg/kg Desmoteplase 125 µg/kg Placebo DIAS/DEDAS vs DIAS-2



DIAS/DEDAS (n=29) DIAS-2 (n=57) DIAS/DEDAS (n=30) DIAS-2 (n=66) DIAS/DEDAS (n=35) DIAS-2 (n=63) p value
NIHSS 11.6 (4.4); 10.7 (5.6); 11.1 (4.9); 10.4 (4.6); 11.8 (4.5); 10.3 (5.0); 0.053
11 (8 to 15) 9 (7 to 14) 11 (7 to 16) 9 (7 to 15) 12 (8 to 16) 9 (6 to 14)

Men 15 (52%) 27 (47%) 16 (53%) 29 (44%) 19 (54%) 37 (59%) 0.70

Core lesion volume (cm3) 35.8 (26.0); 21.3 (32.0); 40.1 (36.6); 17.6 (17.7); 30.1 (25.4); 16.2 (17.1); <0.0001
27.6 (14 to 53) 7.9 (3 to 25) 22.1 (13 to 68) 11.3 (3 to 31) 23.5 (10 to 47) 12.3 (4 to 20)

Mismatch volume (cm3) 117.4 (117.4); 83.3 (80.2); 133.6 (90.9); 87.0 (70.4); 115.1 (101.7); 75.8 (72.6); 0.008
113.9 (13 to 195) 51.9 (25 to 127) 129.9 (44 to 219) 66.2 (32 to 138) 99.2 (23 to 205) 48.8 (26 to 106)

Mismatch volume (%) 550 (650); 3400 (14 000); 950 (1400); 4200 (12 000); 540 (670); 1400 (2900); 0.002
310 (50 to 870) 510 (120 to 1700) 240 (160 to 1400) 530 (210 to 2400) 270 (75 to 730) 480 (220 to 1500)

Vessel occlusion*
  TIMI 0–1 15 (54%) 14 (26%) 16 (59%) 22 (36%) 20 (59%) 17 (27%) 0.0001

Time since stroke onset
  3–6 h 6 (21%) 19 (33%) 19 (63%) 24 (36%) 23 (66%) 26 (41%) 0.03

Data are mean (SD), median (IQR), or number (%). DIAS/DEDAS=Desmoteplase In Acute ischemic Stroke/Dose Escalation study of Desmoteplase in Acute ischemic Stroke phase II studies.

*

Patients with available TIMI assessment (DIAS/DEDAS vs DIAS-2): 90 µg/kg (n=28 vs 54); 125 µg/kg (n=27 vs 62); and placebo (n=34 vs 63).