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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2013 Jul 25;44(9):2381–2387. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001059

Table 3.

Safety End Points and Other SAEs*

rt-PA+Eptifibatide (n=101) rt-PA (n=25) Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Value
Prespecified primary safety end point
 Symptomatic ICH in 36 h, n (%) 2 (2.0) 3 (12.0) 0.15 (0.01–1.40) 0.053
Other end points
 Asymptomatic ICH in 36 h, n (%) 14 (13.9) 3 (12.0) 1.18 (0.29–6.95) 1.00
 Any ICH in 36 h, n (%) 16 (15.8) 6 (24.0) 0.60 (0.21–1.72) 0.34
 Fatal ICH in 36 h, n (%) 1 (1.0) 1 (4.0) 0.24 (0.003–19.62) 0.36
Safety end points in 7 d
 Symptomatic ICH, n (%) 2 (2.0) 3 (12.0) 0.15 (0.01–1.40) 0.053
 Asymptomatic ICH, n (%) 16 (15.8) 3 (12.0) 1.38 (0.35–8.02) 0.76
 PH-1, n(%) 6 (5.9) 3 (12.0) 0.47 (0.09–3.10) 0.38
 PH-2, n (%) 1 (1.0) 2 (8.0) 0.12 (0.002–2.35) 0.10
 Life-threatening systemic bleed (≥2 U
 packed red blood cells required)
1 (1.0%) 0 not estimable 1.00
 Moderate bleeding* 4 (4.0%) 0 not estimable 0.58
 Mild bleeding* 12 (11.9%) 0 not estimable 0.12
 Death of any cause, n (%) 12 (11.9) 3 (12.0) 0.99 (0.24–5.92) 1.00
 Death caused by stroke, n (%) 12 (11.9) 3 (12.0) 0.99 (0.24–5.92) 1.00
Safety end points in 90 d
 Death of any cause, n (%) 20 (19.8) 4 (16.0) 1.29 (0.38–5.76) 0.78
 Death caused by stroke, n (%) 15 (14.8) 4 (16.0) 0.92 (0.26–4.18) 1.00
 AE rate 2.59 (2.01–3.33) [223 events] 2.82 (1.75–4.56) [62 events] 0.76
 Subjects with ≥1 AE, n (%) 83 (82.2) 19 (76.0) 1.46 (0.51–4.16) 0.48
 SAE rate 0.40 (0.26–0.60) [34 events] 0.36 (0.15–0.86) [8 events] 0.87
 Subjects with ≥1 SAE, n (%) 26 (25.7) 7 (28.0) 0.89 (0.33–2.38) 0.82

AE indicates adverse events; CI, confidence interval; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; rt-PA, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; and SAE, serious AE.

*

Events are not mutually exclusive.

Exact logistic and CI.