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TrIal of Early Minimally Invasive Catheter Evacuation With Thrombolysis in IntraCerebral Hemorrhage

TrIal of Early Minimally Invasive Catheter Evacuation With Thrombolysis in IntraCerebral Hemorrhage (TIME-ICH): A Prospective, Multi-center, Open-label, Adaptive, Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07187687
Acronym
TIME-ICH
Enrollment
750
Registered
2025-09-23
Start date
2025-10-24
Completion date
2028-03-01
Last updated
2026-09-09

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Keywords

Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Intracranial Hemorrhages, ICH, brain hemorrhage, Hemorrhage, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Brain Diseases, Minimally invasive catheter evacuation, Minimally invasive surgery, Neurosurgery, Thrombolysis, Urokinase, Medical Economic, Hospital Economics

Brief summary

TIME-ICH (TrIal of early Minimally Invasive catheter Evacuation with thrombolysis in IntraCerebral Hemorrhage) is a multicenter, randomized, adaptive clinical trial comparing best medical management to early minimally invasive surgery with thrombolysis (eMIST) in the treatment of acute spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage.

Detailed description

Patients presenting to the emergency department with stroke due to supratentorial, spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage ≥20mL volume will be assessed to determine their eligibility for randomization into the trial. If the patient gives informed consent they will be randomized 1:1 using central computerized allocation to early minimally invasive surgery with thrombolysis versus best medical management. The trial is prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded endpoint (PROBE) design. Adaptive sample size re-estimation will be performed when 250 patients have completed 180 days follow-up. Clinical efficacy will be determined by demonstrating an improvement in functional outcome, as determined by a blinded-assessment of the 180-day utility-weighted modified Rankin Scale (mRS).

Interventions

PROCEDUREEarly Minimally Invasive Surgery with Thrombolysis (eMIST)

Subjects will undergo minimally invasive catheter evacuation in the early stage of intracranial hemorrhage. Up to 10 doses of 50000U of urokinase will be administered through the catheter that was placed directly into the intracerebral hemorrhage.

Sponsors

Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Age ≥ 18 years; 2. Pre-randomization head CT demonstrating an acute, spontaneous, primary ICH; 3. ICH volume ≥ 20mL as calculated by the ABC/2 method; 4. The randomization can be completed within 8 hours after the onset of stroke symptoms (or the time last known to be well), and study intervention can reasonably be initiated within 4 hours after randomization. 5. Historical Modified Rankin Score 0 or 1; 6. Obtain informed consent from patient or legal representative.

Exclusion criteria

1. Infratentorial intraparenchymal hemorrhage including midbrain, pontine, or cerebellar; 2. Ruptured aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), vascular anomaly, Moyamoya disease, venous sinus thrombosis, mass or tumor, hemorrhagic conversion of an ischemic infarct, tumor stroke, recurrence of a recent (\<1 year) ICH, as diagnosed with radiographic imaging; 3. Presence of spot sign in CT angiography; 4. Blood pressure control before randomization is ineffective, systolic blood pressure \> 220 mmHg; 5. Irreversible impaired brain stem function (bilateral fixed, dilated pupils and extensor motor posturing), GCS ≤ 4; 6. Hemorrhage with apparent midbrain extension with third nerve palsy or dilated and non-reactive pupils. Other (supranuclear) gaze abnormalities are not exclusions; 7. Intraventricular extension of the Hemorrhage is visually estimated to involve \>50% of either of the lateral ventricles; 8. Any irreversible coagulopathy or known clotting disorder. 9. Platelet count \< 750,000, INR \> 1.4 after correction 10. Patients requiring long-term anti-coagulation that needs to be initiated \< 30 days from index ICH; 11. Use of 2 or more antithrombotic drugs prior to symptom onset; 12. Patients with a mechanical heart valve; 13. Positive urine or serum pregnancy test in female subjects without documented history of surgical sterilization or is post-menopausal; 14. Urokinase allergy; 15. Any concurrent serious illness that would interfere with the outcome assessments including hepatic, renal, gastroenterologic, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrinologic, immunologic, and hematologic disease; 16. Inability or unwillingness of patient or legal representative to give written informed consent; 17. Known life-expectancy of less than 6 months; 18. Participation in a concurrent interventional medical investigation or clinical trial.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Functional Improvement - uw-mRS180 daysFunctional Improvement as determined by utility-weighted modified Rankin Scale (uw-mRS) which is assigned to seven levels: 1.0, 0.91, 0.76, 0.65, 0.33, 0.0, and 0.0 (with higher scores indicating a better outcome, according to patients' assessment) at 180-days.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Functional Improvement - uw-mRS7 days, 14 days (discharge), 30 days and 90 daysFunctional Improvement as determined by utility-weighted modified Rankin Scale (uw-mRS) which is assigned to seven levels: 1.0, 0.91, 0.76, 0.65, 0.33, 0.0, and 0.0 (with higher scores indicating a better outcome, according to patients' assessment) at 7 days, 14 days/discharge, 30 days and 90 days.
Functional Improvement - good functional outcome7 days, 14 days (discharge), 30 days, 90 days and 180 daysGood functional outcome as determined by modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 0-3 at 7 days, 14 days/discharge, 30 days, 90 days and 180 days
Mortality180 daysMortality at 180 days.
Clot Removal - Amount of Residual Blood36 hours, 7 days and 14 days (discharge)Clot Removal will be assessed by the amount of residual blood at 36 hours, 7 days and 14 days/discharge.
Health-related quality of life - EQ-5D-5L14 days (discharge), 30 days, 90 days and 180 daysHealth-related quality of life will be assessed by EuroQol five-dimension, five-level (EQ-5D-5L) which consists of two parts, a short descriptive system questionnaire and a visual analogue scale (EQ VAS) at 7 days, 14 days/discharge, 30 days, 90 days and 180 days.
Activities of Daily Living - Barthel Index14 days (discharge), 30 days, 90 days and 180 daysActivities of Daily Living will be assessed by Barthel Index at 14 days/discharge, 30 days, 90 days and 180 days.

Countries

China

Contacts

CONTACTTao Hong, MD, PhD
hongtao.edu@gmail.com+86 10 8319 8948
CONTACTShaohua Mo, MD
+86 10 8319 8948

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 10, 2026