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Edaravone (Radicut), a free radical scavenger, is a potentially useful addition to thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Review)

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    • Kiyoshi Kikuchi
    • Naoki Miura
    • Ko-Ichi Kawahara
    • Yoshinaka Murai
    • Motohiro Morioka
    • Paul A. Lapchak
    • Eiichiro Tanaka
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    Affiliations: Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Davis Research Building, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA, Laboratory of Functional Foods, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka 535-8585, Japan , Department of Systems Biology in Thromboregulation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima 890‑8520, Japan, Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan, Department of Neurosurgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
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Abstract

Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the aging population worldwide. Alteplase, a recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, is the only Food and Drug Administration-approved thrombolytic agent for the treatment of AIS. Only 2-5% of patients with stroke receive thrombolytic treatment, mainly due to delay in reaching the hospital. Edaravone is a free radical scavenger marketed in Japan to treat patients with AIS, who present within 24 h of the onset of symptoms. When used in combination with alteplase, edaravone may have three useful effects: enhancement of early recanalization, inhibition of alteplase‑induced hemorrhagic transformation and extension of the therapeutic time window for alteplase. This is the first review of the literature evaluating the clinical efficacy of edaravone, aiming to clarify whether edaravone should be further evaluated for clinical use worldwide. This review covers both clinical and experimental studies conducted between 1994 and 2012. Edaravone is a potentially useful neurovascular protective agent, used in combination with thrombolytic agents to treat >15 million patients devastated by stroke worldwide annually. Additional clinical studies are necessary to verify the efficacy of edaravone when used in combination with a thrombolytic agent.
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Kikuchi K, Miura N, Kawahara K, Murai Y, Morioka M, Lapchak PA and Tanaka E: Edaravone (Radicut), a free radical scavenger, is a potentially useful addition to thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Review). Biomed Rep 1: 7-12, 2013.
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Kikuchi, K., Miura, N., Kawahara, K., Murai, Y., Morioka, M., Lapchak, P.A., & Tanaka, E. (2013). Edaravone (Radicut), a free radical scavenger, is a potentially useful addition to thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Review). Biomedical Reports, 1, 7-12. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2012.7
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Kikuchi, K., Miura, N., Kawahara, K., Murai, Y., Morioka, M., Lapchak, P. A., Tanaka, E."Edaravone (Radicut), a free radical scavenger, is a potentially useful addition to thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Review)". Biomedical Reports 1.1 (2013): 7-12.
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Kikuchi, K., Miura, N., Kawahara, K., Murai, Y., Morioka, M., Lapchak, P. A., Tanaka, E."Edaravone (Radicut), a free radical scavenger, is a potentially useful addition to thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Review)". Biomedical Reports 1, no. 1 (2013): 7-12. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2012.7
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Kikuchi K, Miura N, Kawahara K, Murai Y, Morioka M, Lapchak PA and Tanaka E: Edaravone (Radicut), a free radical scavenger, is a potentially useful addition to thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Review). Biomed Rep 1: 7-12, 2013.
APA
Kikuchi, K., Miura, N., Kawahara, K., Murai, Y., Morioka, M., Lapchak, P.A., & Tanaka, E. (2013). Edaravone (Radicut), a free radical scavenger, is a potentially useful addition to thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Review). Biomedical Reports, 1, 7-12. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2012.7
MLA
Kikuchi, K., Miura, N., Kawahara, K., Murai, Y., Morioka, M., Lapchak, P. A., Tanaka, E."Edaravone (Radicut), a free radical scavenger, is a potentially useful addition to thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Review)". Biomedical Reports 1.1 (2013): 7-12.
Chicago
Kikuchi, K., Miura, N., Kawahara, K., Murai, Y., Morioka, M., Lapchak, P. A., Tanaka, E."Edaravone (Radicut), a free radical scavenger, is a potentially useful addition to thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Review)". Biomedical Reports 1, no. 1 (2013): 7-12. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2012.7
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