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  • Griefline — grief and loss counselling, 9am to 6pm weekdays and midday to 6pm weekends (AEST/AEDT): 1300 845 745
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  • Palliative Care Australia — directory of palliative care services near you: palliativecare.org.au
  • Lifeline — 24/7, for any kind of distress, at any hour the services above are closed: 13 11 14

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Study for people with Stroke

Recruiting Not a phased study

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov Checked: 11 October 2026 Not medical advice

This trial at a glance

Status Recruiting
Phase Not a phased study
Sponsor University of Melbourne
Registry number NCT04434807
Started 15 November 2020 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 1 December 2027

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
John Hunter Hospital Newcastle NSW Recruiting
Prince of Wales Hospital Sydney NSW Not yet recruiting
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney NSW Not yet recruiting
Westmead Hospital Sydney NSW Not yet recruiting
Liverpool Hospital Sydney NSW Recruiting
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Brisbane QLD Recruiting
Princess Alexandra Hospital Brisbane QLD Not yet recruiting
Gold Coast University Hospital Southport QLD Recruiting
The Royal Adelaide Hospital Adelaide SA Recruiting
The Alfred Hospital Melbourne VIC Recruiting
The Austin Hospital Melbourne VIC Not yet recruiting
Monash Medical Centre Melbourne VIC Not yet recruiting
The Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville VIC Recruiting

voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 11 October 2026 · not medical advice

Who can join

Age 18 Years and over
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 240

The official eligibility criteria

Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with an acute supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) ≥20mL in volume

2. Age ≥18 years

3. Surgery can commence within 8 hours of symptom onset (the time the patient was last known to be well) or, in patients with wake-up onset, within 8 hours of the time the patient awoke with symptoms. Patients presenting with small ICH (volume \<20mL) with clinical deterioration judged due to ICH hematoma expansion meeting volume criteria may be randomized if surgery can commence within 8 hours of clinical deterioration

4. Moderate neurological deficit (NIHSS≥6)

5. Pre-stroke mRS ≤3 (independent function or requiring only minor domestic assistance and able to manage alone for at least 1 week).

6. CTA or MRA is performed and does not show an underlying vascular lesion

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Brainstem ICH

2. ICH secondary to trauma, where brain injury is judged more likely to be due to the broad effects of trauma rather than the focal ICH.

3. Hereditary or acquired hemorrhagic diathesis or coagulation factor deficiency (in liver disease, INR\>1.4).

4. Platelet count \<75,000

5. Unreversible heparinization or anticoagulation. If reversing warfarin, INR should be ≤1.4 before procedure commences. Reversal of heparin by protamine, dabigatran by idarucizumab and rivaroxaban, apixaban and enoxaparin by andexanet (where available) is permitted. Unreversed anticoagulation with a last dose within 48 hours is an exclusion.

6. Recent (\<12 hours) parenteral GPIIb/IIIa antagonist.

7. Recent (\<1 hour) thrombolysis. If the ICH has occurred between 1 and 12 hours following thrombolysis, cryoprecipitate (1U per 10kg) and tranexamic acid must be administered prior to treatment.

8. Participation in any investigational study in the last 30 days

9. Pregnant women (clinically evident)

10. Co-morbidities or advance care directive preventing general anaesthesia for the procedure.

11. Known terminal illness such that the patients would not be expected to survive a year.

12. Planned withdrawal of care or comfort care measures.

13. Any condition that, in the judgment of the investigator could impose hazards to the patient if study therapy is initiated or affect the participation of the patient in the study.

Dates on the record

Started 15 November 2020
Estimated completion 1 December 2027
Registry last updated 28 October 2025
Checked by Voxsanity 11 October 2026

Results, publications and the official record

Sources and dates

  • ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
  • ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 28 October 2025.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.

Voxsanity reformats data from public registries into this layout. It does not edit, interpret or add to what the registry published.

Not medical advice.

Individual trial records are refreshed on a rolling basis rather than all at once, so a record may be up to several weeks old. Each trial page and trial card shows the date its own record was last synced. Where a record has lagged, its status, sites and enrolment can differ from the current registry state in either direction, so check the registry link on the trial page before acting on them.

Letter for your doctor

A one-page summary of this trial to print or email to your GP. It carries the registry's own record of the trial and its eligibility criteria, and nothing Voxsanity has written about whether it suits you.