Brain pressure monitor could boost recovery after major bleed
NCT ID NCT05593380
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether using a device to measure pressure inside the skull helps doctors treat people with a large brain bleed. 193 patients were randomly assigned to get either standard care or care guided by the pressure monitor. The goal was to see if the monitor helped more patients recover with less disability after 90 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- intracranial pressure monitor (device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that using a brain pressure monitor helps doctors make better treatment decisions, improving recovery and reducing disability after a large brain bleed.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial with 193 patients, but it's still a relatively small study. The results may not apply to all patients, and the device itself carries a small risk of infection or bleeding during placement.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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193 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥18 years old and Age \<80 years old. 2. Diagnosed of a supratentorial spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. 3. Diagnosis of supratentorial large-volume cerebral hemorrhage by CT or other imaging and meeting the diagnostic criteria for large-volume cerebral hemorrhage(hemorrhage volume ≥ 30 mL of supratentorial cerebral parenchymal hematoma volume according to the Coniglobus formula on the first CT scan at onset). 4. Participants were enrolled within 48 hours of symptom onset. 5. The family signed the informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Traumatic cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral amyloid angiopathy(CAA), secondary cerebral hemorrhage due to other specific etiologies (aneurysm, vascular malformation, smoker's disease, coagulopathy, aneurysmal stroke, vasculitis, cerebral venous thrombosis, hemorrhagic cerebral infarction, etc.) 2. The presence of fixed bilateral dilated pupils on admission, no recovery of pupils after initial dehydration treatment, and very poor survival 3. Patients with extremely unstable vital signs after admission, with extremely poor prognosis and those considered non-viable, and patients whose families have abandoned follow-up treatment 4. Patients who are pregnant or lactating. 5. Patients with bilateral temporal skin ulceration, or subcutaneous hematoma in which monitoring electrode placement cannot be implemented 6. The presence of other serious underlying diseases (intractable hypoxemia and circulatory failure with cardiopulmonary insufficiency that is difficult to correct by treatment, severe abnormal coagulation, severely reduced platelets, severe hepatic and renal insufficiency, combined neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric diseases, autoimmune diseases, malignant tumors, thyroid diseases, etc.) 7. The patient is agitated, coughing or choking too frequently, unable to be sedated or has difficulty in handling. 8. Those with mRS score \> 2 before this onset. 9. Individuals unable to complete the follow-up phase of this trial due to psychiatric, cognitive, or emotional conditions; 10. Family members decline to provide informed consent. Exit criteria: 1. Acute onset of other life-threatening illnesses identified as the primary cause of mortality; 2. Participants who voluntarily withdraw from the study before completion; 3. Participants deemed unsuitable for the trial's monitoring protocol post-enrollment; 4. Participants requiring a modification of the treatment plan post-enrollment due to medical reasons, resulting in compromised monitoring feasibility or significant deviations in monitoring accuracy that undermine the integrity of the final analysis. Elimination criteria: 1. Participants who failed to record any data post-enrollment; 2. Participants who did not receive per-protocol treatment post-enrollment, were discharged within 72 hours, and had their families voluntarily withdraw informed consent; 3. Participants whose invasive intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring probes shifted and were not promptly reinserted or calibrated, leading to excessive data errors precluding analysis; 4. Participants not receiving the invasive intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring module according to their assigned group.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Changsha Central Hospital
Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China
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Changsha Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Changsha Eighth Hospital)
Changsha, Hunan, China
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Chengdu Fifth Pepole's Hospital
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Chenzhou First People's Hospital
Chenzhou, Hunan, 410008, China
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Hunan University of Medicine General Hospital
Huaihua, Hunan, 410008, China
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Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital
Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
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The Central Hospital of Shaoyang
Shaoyang, Hunan, 410008, China
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The Central Hospital of Xiangtan, The Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University
Xiangtan, Hunan, 410008, China
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The Central Hospital of Yongzhou
Yongzhou, Hunan, 410008, China
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The First People's Hospital of Changde City (Changde Hospital, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University)
Changde, Hunan, 410008, China
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The Fourth Hospital of Changsha
Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China
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Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture People's Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Jishou University School of Medicine
Jishou, Hunan, 416000, China
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Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China
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Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University
Beijing, 1000053, China
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Yueyang Central Hospital
Yueyang, Hunan, 414000, China
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Zhangjiajie People's Hospital
Zhangjiajie, Hunan, 427000, China
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Zhuzhou Central Hospital
Zhuzhou, Hunan, 410008, China
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