Secondary Brain Injury

Published in The Lancet Neurology
Intracerebral HemorrhageNeuroprotection Iron Chelation Deferoxamine Secondary Brain Injury

In adult patients (18-80 years) with primary spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage, does deferoxamine mesylate (32 mg/kg/day for 3 days) initiated within 24 hours, compared with placebo, show sufficient promise of improving functional outcome (mRS 0-2) at 90 days to warrant a phase 3 trial (i.e., not futile)?