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Secondary clinical efficacy outcomes include change in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score from baseline to day 1 and health-related quality of life at 90 days. Secondary technical efficacy outcomes include successful reperfusion prior to start of MT and time from randomization to successful reperfusion. Safety outcomes include all serious adverse events, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, and mortality up to 90 days.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>SWIFT DIRECT will inform physicians whether direct MT in acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion is equally or more efficacious than combined treatment with intravenous alteplase and MT.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Trial registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03192332<\/jats:p>\n                  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