Tetanus Severity Score for Prediction of Mortality in Manifest Tetanus

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Conditions studied: Tetanus, Manifest

In brief

Three scoring systems will be applied to patients suffering from manifest tetanus and will be related to mortality.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07512167

Run by

Ain Shams University

People needed

115

Starts

2026-04-15

Expected to finish

2026-06-15

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults (age 18 years old or more).
• Any sex (male or female), regardless of gender identity.
• Diagnosis of manifest tetanus according to the WHO criteria (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tetanus), that is the presence of one or both of the following criteria with or without the history of specific wound or injury:
• Sustained spasm of the facial muscles in which person appears grinning.
• Painful muscular contractions

You may not qualify if…

• Age < 18 years.
• Absent criteria of manifest tetanus, as per the WHO criteria (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tetanus).
• Incomplete medical record with missing data required to calculate the Tetanus Severity Score, Philips Score, or Dakar score.
• Incomplete medical record with missing data regarding the primary outcome measure (survival to hospital discharge or in-hospital mortality).

Where it is running

• Ain Shams University Hospitals & Demanhour Fever Hospital — Cairo, Egypt (enrolling)

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