Number of randomized patients: 201
Key inclusion criteria:
- Age: ≥18 to ≤75 years
- Acute stroke syndrome due to a spontaneous ICH
- Haemorrhage into basal ganglia, or thalamus that may extend into cerebral lobes, ventricles or subarachnoid space
- Glasgow coma scale (GCS) <14 and >7 at randomization
- NIHSS ≥10 and ≤30
- Surgical treatment within 72 hours after ictus
- Volume of hematoma ≥30ml and ≤100ml
Number of recruiting sites: 35
Key exclusion criteria:
- Aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, tumor, trauma, thrombolysis
- Cerebellar or brainstem hemorrhage
- Exclusive lobar hemorrhage
- Moribund patients (GCS 3-7)