Antipyretics for Preventing Recurrences of Febrile Seizures

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

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.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Oulu
• Treatments: Acetaminophen; Antipyretics; Diclofenac; Ibuprofen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• First febrile convulsion

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any prior convulsion or antiepileptic medication