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Antipyretics for Preventing Recurrences of Febrile Seizures

NCT00568217 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 231

Last updated 2007-12-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

We wanted to find out if the early use of antipyretics is capable in preventing recurrences of febrile seizures. When a child has had his/her first febrile seizure, the parents were instructed to give him/her antipyretic medication every time when the child had a new episode of fever during two years.

Conditions

  • Recurrence of Febrile Seizure

Interventions

DRUG

Diclofenac, Paracetamol, Ibuprofen

Immediately if temperature \> 38 degree Celsius, diclofenac suppository 1,5 mg/kg once or placebo suppository After eight hours, if temperature still \< 38 degree Celsius, acetaminophen mixture 15 mg/kg up to four times a day, or ibuprofen mixture 10 mg/kg up to four times a day, or placebo mixture up to four times a day as long as temperature \< 38 degree Celsius

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oulu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Heikki Rantala, Professor · University of Oulu

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Months
Max Age
4 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-09-30
Completion
2005-08-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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