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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2017 May 15;48(6):1608–1616. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.016720

Table 2.

Primary and secondary outcome results. All regression analyses adjusted for stratification variables. Abbreviations: CrI–credible interval, CI–confidence interval.

Control
rt-PA-alone
N=29
Low-Dose
Argatroban + rt-PA
N=30
High-Dose
Argatroban + rt-PA
N=31
Low + High-Dose
Argatroban + rt-PA
N=61

PRIMARY OUTCOME
  mRS 0–1 at 90-days N(%) 6(21) 9(30) 10(32) 19(31)
  RR (95% CrI), probability RR>1.0 1.17 (0.57, 2.37), 0.67 1.27 (0.63, 2.53), 0.74 1.34 (0.68, 2.76), 0.79

SECONDARY OUTCOMES
Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage N(%) 3(10) 4(13) 2(7) 6(10)
  RR (95% CrI), probability RR>1.0 1.55 (1.07, 2.25), 0.99 1.73 (1.04, 2.89), 0.98
Recanalization at 2–3 hours N=11 N=20 N=15 N=35
  Complete N (%) 2(18) 3(15) 4(27) 7(20)
   RR (95% CrI), probability RR>1.0 0.98 (0.61, 1.56), 0.46 1.05 (0.66, 1.68), 0.58 1.02 (0.64, 1.63), 0.53
  Complete + Partial N (%) 6(55) 4(20) 7(47) 11(31)
   RR (95% CrI), probability RR>1.0 0.86 (0.55, 1.33), 0.25 1.06 (0.68, 1.65), 0.60 0.92 (0.59, 1.43), 0.35
Neurological Improvement, NIHSS, median (IQR)
    RR (95% CrI), probability RR>1.0
  2-hours 11 (6,19) N=29 14.5 (5,18) N=28 11 (4,16) N=31 13 (5,18) N=59
1.11 (0.78, 1.58), 0.73 0.94 (0.66, 1.33), 0.36 1.02 (0.74, 1.39), 0.55
  24-hours 10 (5,18) N=29 14 (3,20) N=29 9 (4,16) N=31 11.5 (3.5,18) N=60
1.19 (0.79, 1.81), 0.79 0.94 (0.62, 1.42), 0.38 1.06 (0.72, 1.54), 0.62
  48-hours 8 (3,18) N=27 10 (4,21) N=29 10 (2,17) N=31 10 (2.5,20) N=60
1.19 (0.76, 1.88), 0.78 0.97 (0.61, 1.53), 0.44 1.09 (0.71, 1.63), 0.65
  Day 7 5 (3,14) N=27 10.5 (3,18) N=30 6 (2,14) N=29 9 (2,16) N=59
1.17 (0.7, 1.98), 0.72 0.9 (0.53, 1.53), 0.34 1.03 (0.64, 1.66), 0.55
  Day 90 2.5 (1,8) N=24 5.5 (1.5,12.5) N=24 2 (1,7) N=25 3 (1,12) N=49
1.33 (0.73, 2.42), 0.83 1.02 (0.55, 1.88), 0.52 1.21 (0.68, 2.1), 0.75
Quality of Life at 90-days, median (IQR)
  EuroQol EQ-5D utility 0.62 (0,0.82) N=29 0.38 (0.05,0.79) N=28 0.64 (0.18,0.84) N=29 0.48 (0.12,0.83) N=57
  Standard Gamble utility 0.83 (0.45,0.98) N=27 0.68 (0.05,0.94) N=27 0.88 (0.50,0.95) N=28 0.78 (0.45,0.94) N=55
  Visual Analogue Scale (converted to 0–1 scale) 0.50 (0.28,0.75) N=28 0.42 (0.22,0.80) N=28 0.60 (0.50,0.85) N=29 0.50 (0.30,0.80) N=57