TY - JOUR T1 - Intracerebral haemorrhage is hard to stop, and must be attacked before, during and after JF - BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine JO - BMJ EBM SP - e4 LP - e4 DO - 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111083 VL - 24 IS - 5 AU - David L Tirschwell Y1 - 2019/10/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/24/5/e4.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Sprigg N, Flaherty K, Appleton JP, et al. Tranexamic acid for hyperacute primary IntraCerebral Haemorrhage (TICH-2): an international randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 superiority trial. Lancet 2018;391:2107–2115.Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is a substantial public health problem. While ischaemic stroke is commonly accepted as the majority of the burden of stroke, this is a western bias. In many Asian and lower-income countries, ICH represents an increased and even majority proportion of the stroke burden. Despite substantive advancements in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke (eg, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and mechanical thrombectomy), no acute interventions have been shown to be unequivocally effective for improving ICH outcomes. Given that much of the global burden of ICH occurs in lesser resourced environments, inexpensive and easily applied treatments for ICH are sorely needed.TICH-2 was an international, placebo-controlled, blinded randomised trial in acute non-traumatic ICH, with last known well within 8 hours.1 The intervention was tranexamic acid … ER -