Surgery for brain bleeding near the skull surface
Part of Brain & nervous system, Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests if surgery to remove a large brain bleed (called lobar ICH) can help patients recover. It's for people who can have surgery within 16 hours of symptoms starting.
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Who can take part
- You are over 18 years old.
- A CT scan shows a fresh, large brain bleed near the outer surface of the brain.
- The bleed volume is between 30 and 80 cubic centimeters (roughly the size of a golf ball to a tennis ball).
- Your level of consciousness (GCS score) is between 5 and 14, and your stroke symptoms are moderate to severe (NIHSS over 5).
- Surgery can be safely done within 16 hours of when symptoms started.
- You do not have another cause for the bleed (like a tumor or abnormal blood vessel), severe disability before this bleed, or a life expectancy less than 6 months.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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