New drug aims to tame brain swelling after bleeding stroke
NCT ID NCT05020535
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests an experimental drug called MW189 in 120 adults who have had a brain bleed (intracerebral hemorrhage). The goal is to see if the drug is safe and can reduce brain swelling. Participants receive the drug within 24 hours of their stroke and are monitored for side effects and survival.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 years and older
- 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: * Confirmed diagnosis of spontaneous, non-traumatic ICH. * 10 mL ≤ ICH ≤ 60 mL (confirmed via diagnostic and stability CT scans utilizing volumetric assessment) * Participants receiving anticoagulants are eligible upon reversal and stability within 24hrs after onset of ICH symptoms * Age ≥ 18 years * Able to receive first dose of test article ≤ 24h after onset of ICH symptoms * NIHSS score ≥ 2 at randomization or Glasgow Coma Scale ≥ 5 at randomization * Controlled blood pressure (systolic BP \< 180 mm Hg) at randomization. * Premorbid magnetic resonance spectroscopy (mRS) of 0-2 * Has adequate venous access * No planned surgical intervention except EVD * Written informed consent from the patient or legally authorized representative (LAR) Exclusion Criteria: * Unstable hematoma defined as \> 6 mL increase as compared to previous CT volume taken at least 6 hours apart within 24 hrs after onset of ICH symptoms. * Anticipated neurosurgical evacuation by open surgery or minimally invasive surgery with or without Alteplase (EVD allowed). * Uncontrolled temp \>38.5˚C at enrollment. * Signs of intracranial infection or emergence of a systemic infection * Is pregnant or lactating * Signs of liver and kidney chronic disease (i.e. creatinine \>2, bilirubin \> 3, receiving dialysis) * Non-reversible bleeding diathesis * Used any chronic immunosuppressants or chronic anti-inflammatory drugs (excluding low-dose aspirin), by any route of administration within the past 7 days. * Anticipated withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies within the first week after admission. * In the opinion of the investigator, patient has any contraindication to the planned study assessments. * In the opinion of the investigator, patient has a condition that could interfere with the proposed treatment or unacceptably increase the individual's risk by participating in the study. * Concomitant enrollment in another acute interventional study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cleveland Clinic Florida
Stuart, Florida, 34994, United States
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Brooklyn, New York, 11220, United States
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Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States
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University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States
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University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States
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University of Texas Houston
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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