The participant eligibility criteria specifically identify adults with history of symptomatic spontaneous ICH. Randomisation occurs if a participant and their doctor are uncertain about whether to start or avoid antiplatelet monotherapy at least 24 hours after ICH symptom onset. The intervention is a pragmatic policy of starting antiplatelet monotherapy (one antiplatelet drug available in local standard clinical practice, chosen by patient's physician pre-randomisation). The control group adopts a policy of avoiding antiplatelet therapy.
ASPIRING is an investigator-led, multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blind outcome (PROBE), parallel group, clinical trial. The pilot phase will explore the feasibility of conducting a trial of starting antiplatelet monotherapy versus avoiding antiplatelet therapy for reducing all serious vascular events for adults surviving symptomatic stroke due to spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). The pilot phase will involve ~120 patients at ~30 hospitals in China, Australia and New Zealand.