Brain bleed breakthrough? new trial tests early surgery against standard care
NCT ID NCT06870812
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether doing a small surgery early to remove blood from a deep brain bleed helps patients more than standard medical care. About 600 adults aged 18 to 70 with a specific type of brain bleed will take part. The goal is to see which approach leads to better recovery and fewer deaths.
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Study facts
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- 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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About 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
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 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Age 18-70 years * Pre-randomization head CT demonstrating an acute, spontaneous, anterior basal ganglia primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) (the anterior basal ganglia include the caudate, putamen, and pallidum to the capsula externa and excludes the thalamus) * ICH volume between 20 - 80 mL as calculated by an approved and standardized volumetric measurement * Study intervention can reasonably be initiated within 24 hours after the onset of stroke symptoms. If the onset is unclear, then the onset will be considered the time that the subject was last known to be well. * Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) 5 - 14 * Historical Modified Rankin Score 0 or 1 Exclusion Criteria: * Ruptured aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), vascular anomaly, Moyamoya disease, venous sinus thrombosis, mass or tumor, hemorrhagic conversion of an ischemic infarct, recurrence of a recent (less than 1 year) ICH, as diagnosed with radiographic imaging * NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) less than or equal to 5 * Bilateral fixed dilated pupils * Extensor motor posturing * Intraventricular extension of the hemorrhage is visually estimated to involve greater than 50% of either of the lateral ventricles * Primary thalamic ICH or basal ganglia hemorrhage with involvement \> 25% of thalamus * Infratentorial intraparenchymal hemorrhage including midbrain, pontine, or cerebellar * Use of anticoagulants that cannot be rapidly reversed (i.e., criteria is met if investigators are confident that clinically significant coagulopathy is not present after targeted correction) * Evidence of active bleeding involving a retroperitoneal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, or respiratory tract site * Uncorrected coagulopathy or known clotting disorder * Known platelet count less than 75,000 or known international normalized ratio (INR) greater than 1.4 after correction * Patients requiring long-term anti-coagulation that needs to be initiated less than or equal to 5 days from initial ICH * End-stage renal disease * Patients with a mechanical heart valve * End-stage liver disease * History of drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the site investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements * Positive urine or serum pregnancy test in female subjects without documented history of surgical sterilization or post-menopausal * Known life expectancy of less than 6 months before ICH * No reasonable expectation of recovery, do-not-resuscitate (DNR), or comfort measures only before randomization * Participation in a concurrent interventional medical investigation or clinical trial. Patients in non-interventional/observational studies are eligible * Inability or unwillingness of the subject or legal guardian/representative to give written informed consent * Homelessness or inability to meet follow-up requirements
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
24 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Advocate Aurora Research Institute
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPark Ridge, Illinois, 60068, United States
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Albany Medical Center
RECRUITINGAlbany, New York, 12208, United States
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Baptist Health Jacksonville FL
RECRUITINGJacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States
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Baptist Health South Florida
RECRUITINGKendall, Florida, 33176, United States
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Emory Hospital Midtown
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States
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Emory University Hospital (EUH)
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Endeavor Health, Northshore
RECRUITINGEvanston, Illinois, 60201, United States
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Grady Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States
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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein School of Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGThe Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
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Ohio State University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States
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ProMedica Toledo Hospital
RECRUITINGToledo, Ohio, 43606, United States
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RUSH University Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University Health
RECRUITINGProvidence, Rhode Island, 02912, United States
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SUNY Upstate Medical University
RECRUITINGSyracuse, New York, 13210, United States
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St Vincent Hospital/Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine
RECRUITINGIndianapolis, Indiana, 46260, United States
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Stanford University Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBirmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
RECRUITINGLittle Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States
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University of Kentucky Health Care, Kentucky Neuroscience Institute
RECRUITINGLexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States
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University of Miami Health System, Jackson Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33125, United States
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University of Missouri
RECRUITINGColumbia, Missouri, 65212, United States
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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