Brain bleed trial blueprint: will it pave the way for new treatments?
NCT ID NCT06078020
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 29, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study, called PLINTH, is a feasibility trial for adults who had a stroke from a brain hemorrhage. Researchers want to know if patients and doctors would accept a future platform trial, and how to design it to be inclusive and efficient. About 169 participants will watch an informational video, give consent, and be interviewed at 3 and 14 days after their stroke. No new treatments are being tested here.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study will help design a larger trial that could find better treatments for brain hemorrhage.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study, not testing any treatment. It only gathers opinions and data, so it won't directly improve patient outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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169 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Jun 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.
Who is studied
Adults with stroke due to intracerebral haemorrhage
- 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: * People aged ≥18 years at the time of diagnosis with symptomatic stroke due to first-ever or recurrent spontaneous (non-traumatic) ICH, most likely to be due to cerebral small vessel disease, confirmed by brain imaging between 1 October 2023 and 30 June 2025 inclusive * One or more management uncertainties exist about the patient's management according to the patient/nearest relative and their responsible clinician * Patient or their nearest relative can be approached for consent to participation in this feasibility study with the aid of simple information delivered by Tailored Talks * Residential postcode in the National Health Service (NHS) Lothian or NHS Lanarkshire regions of Scotland Exclusion Criteria: * People aged \<18 years at the time of ICH diagnosis * Exclusively extra-axial intracranial haemorrhage or ICH definitely attributable to a macrovascular cause (e.g. aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, cavernoma, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis), tumour, trauma or haemorrhagic transformation of an ischaemic stroke * Responsible clinician deems it inappropriate to approach the patient or their nearest relative (e.g. death appears imminent) * Mental incapacity and no nearest relative, welfare attorney or welfare guardian available at the time of approach * Patient died before approached for consent
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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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The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, United Kingdom
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University Hospital Monklands
Airdrie, Lanarkshire, ML6 0JS, United Kingdom
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