Table 1

Baseline characteristics

SPEED study (N=86)Pivotal trial (N=125)
Mean±SD age (years)66±1664±14
Women (%)6249
Mean±SD NIHSS18.2±6.417.6±5.2
Target vessel (%)
 ICA3018
 MCA6470
 Vertebrobasilar59
TIMI 0–1 (%)100100
Median time from symptom onset to presentation (h)3.0*1.5
Median time from symptom onset to arterial puncture (h)5.1*4.1
Median time required for revascularization (min)20**45
  • ICA, internal carotid artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.

  • *p<0.005, **p<0.0001 (Wilcoxon test).