Rabies Treatment by Exposure of Patient to X-Ray

National Institute For Research On Endemic Diseases And Liver, Egypt

Status and phase: Unknown; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Treatment of Rabies

Treatments: Radiation: x ray exposure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04261322

X-Ray as a treatment of Rabies

Details and patient eligibility

About

x-ray has been proven to kill Rabies virus in vitro, so the investigators can use it in treatment of rabies infected patients.

Full description

x-ray has been proven to kill Rabies virus in vitro, so the investigators can use it in treatment of rabies infected patients.

this can be done by exposure of infected , manifested patient who didn't receive prophylaxis or delayed in receiving immunoglobulins .

also can be applied to patients who have the injury in upper body near the CNS..

it's just an idea and the investigators need help to approve its effect and the investigators believe it will really work and give a new, rapid , cheap and very effective treatment to a 100% fatal disease..

the investigator also predict good results when x ray applied to some localized infections beside its current lines of treatment..

Enrollment: 4 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patient bitten by rabid animal with signs and symptoms

Exclusion criteria

• bitten by non rabid animal

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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4 participants in 4 patient groups

rabies patient 1

Experimental group

Description:

not received immunoglobulins and symptomatic

Treatment:

Radiation: x ray exposure

rabies patient 2

Experimental group

Description:

received immunoglobulins and symptomatic

Treatment:

Radiation: x ray exposure

rabies patient 3

Experimental group

Description:

not received immunoglobulins and not yet symptomatic

Treatment:

Radiation: x ray exposure

rabies patient 4

Experimental group

Description:

received immunoglobulins and not symptomatic

Treatment:

Radiation: x ray exposure