Gemmill JD, Hogg KJ, MacIntyre PD, Booth N, Rae AP, Dunn FG, Hillis WS. A pilot study of the efficacy and safety of bolus administration of alteplase in acute myocardial infarction.
Heart 1991;
66:134-8. [PMID:
1909151 PMCID:
PMC1024603 DOI:
10.1136/hrt.66.2.134]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To examine the efficacy, safety, and the pharmacokinetic profile of a bolus dose administration regimen of alteplase in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
DESIGN
An open pilot study.
SETTING
District general hospital.
PATIENTS
33 suitable consecutive patients presenting within six hours of the onset of symptoms who satisfied the electrocardiographic criteria for acute myocardial infarction.
INTERVENTIONS
Two intravenous boluses of 35 mg alteplase, 30 minutes apart.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Angiographic coronary patency at 90 minutes and 24 hours. Plasma alteplase concentration-time profile and pharmacokinetic analysis.
RESULTS
Coronary patency at 90 minutes: 26 of 30 arteries (87%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 74-99%). Coronary patency at 24 hours: 24 of 29 arteries (83%, CI 69-97%). Mean (SD) plasma tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) concentration reached 4434.8 (2117.8) and 4233.3 (2217.5) ng/ml within 10 minutes of each bolus and fell to 425.8 (288.3) ng/ml between boluses. The estimated peak concentrations at two minutes after boluses were 12,389 (8580) ng/ml and 10,811 (6802) ng/ml. The derived pharmacokinetic variables were volume of distribution 3.11 (1.89) 1, clearance 21.3 (9.3) 1/h, half life 5.9 (1.7) minutes.
CONCLUSIONS
This simple administration regimen achieved brief, high concentrations of plasma t-PA that were well tolerated. The regimen was associated with a high coronary patency rate at 90 minutes that was well maintained at 24 hours.
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