Can a common steroid tame Tick-Borne brain infection?
NCT ID NCT07584525
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether the steroid dexamethasone can reduce brain damage in adults hospitalized with tick-borne encephalitis. Researchers will compare disability outcomes in 200 patients who receive either dexamethasone or a placebo. The goal is to see if this treatment lowers the risk of long-term neurological problems.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
-
About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
May 2024
- Expected to finish
-
Sep 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * age 18 years or older and * clinical signs and symptoms of meningoencephalitis or meningomyelitis and * cerebrospinal pleocytosis and * serological confirfmation of tick-borne encephalitis virus infection Exclusion Criteria: * pregnancy or * severe neurological impairment befor tick-borne encephalitis or * systemic corticosteroid treatment in the past 30 days or * allergy to corticosteroids or * immunosuppresive condition or therapy such as HIV with CD4 \< 200/ml, organ or bone marrow transplant, receiving chemotherapy, radiotherapy or any other immunosuppresive therapy, primary immunodeficiency, hematological maliganncy or * ventricular shunt or * endoscopically documented peptic gastric ulcer in the past six months or gastrointestinal bleeding with hemoglobin drop ≥ 20 units or * uncontrolled diabetes with hyperglicemia or * antiviral therapy with rilpivirin
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Tick-borne encephalitis are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
RECRUITINGLjubljana, 1000, Slovenia
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.