Early versus delayed antihypertensive treatment in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: multicentre, open label, randomised, controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compared the effect of early antihypertensive treatment started within 24-48 h of stroke onset versus delaying treatment until day eight on reducing dependency or death.

Design

Multicentre, randomised, open label trial.

Setting

106 hospitals in China between 13 June 2018 and 10 July 2022.

Participants

4810 patients (≥40 years) were enrolled with acute ischaemic stroke within 24-48 h of symptom onset and elevated systolic blood pressure between 140 mm Hg and <220 mm Hg.

Interventions

Patients were randomly assigned to receive antihypertensive treatment immediately after randomisation (aimed at reducing systolic blood pressure by 10%-20% within the first 24 h and a mean blood pressure <140/90 mm Hg within seven days) or to discontinue antihyp

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10561001 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature