Trends in Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Use in Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Cancer

Background To determine how intravenous thrombolysis (IV‐tPA) and mechanical thrombectomy (MT) use has changed in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with cancer (AIS‐C) compared with patients with AIS and noncancer (AIS‐NC) in the United States since publication of pivotal MT trials. Methods...

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Main Authors: Fadar Oliver Otite, Sana Somani, Seemant Chaturvedi, Prachi Mehndiratta
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/SVIN.122.000504
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author Fadar Oliver Otite
Sana Somani
Seemant Chaturvedi
Prachi Mehndiratta
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description Background To determine how intravenous thrombolysis (IV‐tPA) and mechanical thrombectomy (MT) use has changed in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with cancer (AIS‐C) compared with patients with AIS and noncancer (AIS‐NC) in the United States since publication of pivotal MT trials. Methods All primary AIS‐NC and AIS‐C admissions (weighted N=5 748 357) were identified from the 2007 to 2019 Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Joinpoint and multivariable‐adjusted models with interaction terms were used to compare the rate of change in IV‐tPA and MT use between AIS‐C and AIS‐NC. Results From 2007 to 2019, 4.4% of AIS admissions had active cancer. Overall IV‐tPA use in AIS‐C (6.4%) was lower than that of AIS‐NC (8.5%) (P<0.001) but use differed by cancer subtype (hematologic, 7.2%; metastatic, 4.2%). IV‐tPA use increased over time in all cancers, but analysis of status‐by‐time interaction revealed that the pace of increase was slower in metastatic compared with AIS‐NC admissions (rate ratio, 0.98; P=0.015) per year. In contrast, MT use in AIS‐C (2.2%) was greater than that of AIS‐NC (1.9%), but use was highest in metastatic (2.5%) and lowest in hematologic cancers (1.6%) (P values for all pairwise comparisons <0.001). MT use increased at a faster pace in metastatic AIS‐C (rate ratio, 1.06; P=0.001)/year compared with AIS‐NC. In‐hospital all‐cause mortality in AIS‐NC was 4.2% compared with 8.2% in AIS‐C (P<0.001). Mortality declined over time in all cancer groups, but the pace of decline was faster in solid and metastatic AIS‐C compared with AIS‐NC (P values <0.01). Conclusions Use of IV‐tPA and MT has increased in AIS‐C over the past decade. Contrary to prior studies, the current frequency and pace of increase in MT use is greater in metastatic AIS‐C compared with AIS‐NC. Future studies are needed to determine whether AIS‐C are more predisposed to large‐vessel occlusion.
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spelling doaj.art-aab9ff71c7f8470f93878b921fcb73872024-03-18T06:39:33ZengWileyStroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology2694-57462023-01-013110.1161/SVIN.122.000504Trends in Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Use in Patients With Ischemic Stroke and CancerFadar Oliver Otite0Sana Somani1Seemant Chaturvedi2Prachi Mehndiratta3Department of Neurology State University of New York Upstate Medical University Syracuse NYDepartment of Neurology Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington DCDepartment of Neurology University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore MDDepartment of Neurology University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore MDBackground To determine how intravenous thrombolysis (IV‐tPA) and mechanical thrombectomy (MT) use has changed in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with cancer (AIS‐C) compared with patients with AIS and noncancer (AIS‐NC) in the United States since publication of pivotal MT trials. Methods All primary AIS‐NC and AIS‐C admissions (weighted N=5 748 357) were identified from the 2007 to 2019 Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Joinpoint and multivariable‐adjusted models with interaction terms were used to compare the rate of change in IV‐tPA and MT use between AIS‐C and AIS‐NC. Results From 2007 to 2019, 4.4% of AIS admissions had active cancer. Overall IV‐tPA use in AIS‐C (6.4%) was lower than that of AIS‐NC (8.5%) (P<0.001) but use differed by cancer subtype (hematologic, 7.2%; metastatic, 4.2%). IV‐tPA use increased over time in all cancers, but analysis of status‐by‐time interaction revealed that the pace of increase was slower in metastatic compared with AIS‐NC admissions (rate ratio, 0.98; P=0.015) per year. In contrast, MT use in AIS‐C (2.2%) was greater than that of AIS‐NC (1.9%), but use was highest in metastatic (2.5%) and lowest in hematologic cancers (1.6%) (P values for all pairwise comparisons <0.001). MT use increased at a faster pace in metastatic AIS‐C (rate ratio, 1.06; P=0.001)/year compared with AIS‐NC. In‐hospital all‐cause mortality in AIS‐NC was 4.2% compared with 8.2% in AIS‐C (P<0.001). Mortality declined over time in all cancer groups, but the pace of decline was faster in solid and metastatic AIS‐C compared with AIS‐NC (P values <0.01). Conclusions Use of IV‐tPA and MT has increased in AIS‐C over the past decade. Contrary to prior studies, the current frequency and pace of increase in MT use is greater in metastatic AIS‐C compared with AIS‐NC. Future studies are needed to determine whether AIS‐C are more predisposed to large‐vessel occlusion.https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/SVIN.122.000504cancerstrokethrombectomythrombolysis
spellingShingle Fadar Oliver Otite
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Trends in Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Use in Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Cancer
Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
cancer
stroke
thrombectomy
thrombolysis
title Trends in Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Use in Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Cancer
title_full Trends in Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Use in Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Cancer
title_fullStr Trends in Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Use in Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Cancer
title_full_unstemmed Trends in Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Use in Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Cancer
title_short Trends in Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Use in Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Cancer
title_sort trends in thrombolysis and thrombectomy use in patients with ischemic stroke and cancer
topic cancer
stroke
thrombectomy
thrombolysis
url https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/SVIN.122.000504
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