Clinical Trial: Antipyretics for Preventing Recurrences of Febrile Seizures

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Antipyretics for Preventing Recurrences of Febrile Seizures

Brief 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.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: University of Oulu

Current Primary Outcome: recurrence of febrile seizure [ Time Frame: two years ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: we only had the primary outcome measure [ Time Frame: two years ]

Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: University of Oulu

Dates:
Date Received: December 4, 2007
Date Started: September 1997
Date Completion:
Last Updated: December 8, 2007
Last Verified: December 2007