Safety and efficacy of adjunct dexamethasone in adults with herpes simplex virus encephalitis in the UK (DexEnceph): a multicentre, observer-blind, randomised, phase 3, controlled trial

Solomon T., Hooper C., Easton A., Rosala-Hallas A., Facer B., Moore P., Keller SS., Whitfield T., Fernandez C., Kneen R., Griffiths MJ., Das K., Moore SC., Davies K., Wheatley D., Stahl JP., Hardwick B., Defres S., Michael BD., Handel A., Winterburn A., Fower A., Misbahuddin A., Sharrack B., Mclean B., Davies B., Gran B., Subudhi CPK., Kosmidis C., Jackson C., Leen C., Graham C., Dunai C., Lashley D., McLauglan D., van de Beek D., Gkrania-Klotsas E., James E., Hodel EM., Ashoor F., McGill F., MacKay G., Emsley H., Allroggen H., Coebergh J., Flatley J., Cochius J., Chataway J., Abraham JA., Dalton J., Day J., Cleaver J., Ajdukiewicz K., Jeffery K., Abdel-Aziz K., Parkes L., Le Maréchal M., Zuckerman M., Roberts M., Whyte M., Wiselka M., Jones M., Perry M., Marta M., Syed NU., Roberts N., Davies N., Egbe FN., Leach O., Reiboeck PG., Collini P., Karadi R., Tangey R., McEwen R., Jacob S., Irani S., Slaght SJ., Sheilds S., Ellis S., Chakraborty T., Harrower TP., Corrah T., Schwab U., Burnside G., Ellul MA.

DOI

10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00454-5

Type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Publication Date

2026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

25

Pages

136 - 146

Total pages

10

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