Reducing the Burden of Cardiovascular Events With Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With IntraCerebral Haemorrhage

Summary

BEAT ICH will be a pragmatic, randomised, placebo-controlled, blinded, superiority clinical trial aiming to recruit 5676 patients aged ≥18 years who survive ICH and assign them 1:1 to starting antiplatelet monotherapy (Aspirin 75 mg od) versus placebo for the entire duration of the trial for preventing MACE. Recruitment duration is for 2.5 years. The duration of the medication and follow-up will vary based on recruitment timeline. If recruited during the first year of the trial, the patient will take the medication for three years or until the trial ends or an event occurs, with a matching follow-up period. If recruited towards the end of the trial, he/she will take the medication for six months and be followed up for the same duration. The trial's follow-up duration is three years. The patients will be recruited for 2.5 years, and the last recruit will have a minimum follow-up of six months. No new patients will be recruited within the last six months of the trial, but all the patients will be followed up until the end of the trial.

Timeline

Start

2026-02-15

Primary completion

2029-02-14

Completion

2029-02-14

Publications

• Background RESTART Collaboration. Effects of antiplatelet therapy after stroke due to intracerebral haemorrhage (RESTART): a randomised, open-label trial. Lancet. 2019 Jun 29;393(10191):2613-2623. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30840-2. Epub 2019 May 22.
• Background Wong YS, Tsai CF, Ong CT. Risk factors for stroke recurrence in patients with hemorrhagic stroke. Sci Rep. 2022 Oct 13;12(1):17151. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-22090-7.
• Background Katan M, Luft A. Global Burden of Stroke. Semin Neurol. 2018 Apr;38(2):208-211. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1649503. Epub 2018 May 23.
• Background Banerjee TK, Das SK. Fifty years of stroke researches in India. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2016 Jan-Mar;19(1):1-8. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.168631.

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