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Prescription Antipyretics for Fever in Children

This study is looking at whether giving parents a prescription for acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Motrin) for their child's fever, with clear weight-based dosing, can reduce how often children return to the emergency room within a week. Children between 6 and 36 months old who come to the emergency department with a fever and are being sent home can join. Some children will receive a prescription for these medicines, while others will get standard discharge instructions that include dosing information. The study aims to see if providing a prescription helps prevent unplanned return visits. The study plans to enroll 440 children, but its current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 440 participants. Participants will be divided into two groups: one receiving a prescription for antipyretics and the other receiving standard discharge instructions.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The study will track unscheduled return visits for 7 days after discharge.

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NCT07074912

Prescription Antipyretics to Decrease Unscheduled Return Visits In A Pediatric Emergency Department

Recruiting
NAAges 6–36InterventionalTreatment
University of Texas at Austin
~440 participants
Updated 2025-07-20 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Prescription for weight-based dosing of antipyreticStandard discharge instructions

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Unscheduled return visits
Measured over 7 days

Conditions

Fever

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Dell Children's Medical Center

    Austin, Texasstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Matthew Wilkinson, MD, MPH · STUDY_DIRECTOR · The University of Texas at Austin

Who to contact

Lina Palomares, RN, LMSW
[email protected]
512-660-7792
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Children 6 to \< 36 months of age being discharged home from Dell Children's Medical Center emergency department who are evaluated for fever
Caregiver fluent in English or Spanish

Exclusion

Previous enrollment in this study
Patient admitted to hospital
Parental request for a prescription for acetaminophen and/or ibuprofen
Trauma patient
Orthopedic complaint
Other painful indication for acetaminophen or ibuprofen
Acetaminophen or ibuprofen prescribed for anything other than fever
Allergy or another contraindication to acetaminophen or ibuprofen
Parent and patient unlikely to follow up in the region (i.e., lives out of state)

What this trial measures

  • Unscheduled return visits7 days

    The primary outcome will be unscheduled revisits to the emergency department or urgent care (binary endpoint, i.e., yes/no). This information will be obtained directly from the caregiver/parent of the child. One week (7 days) after the initial visit to the emergency department, research personnel will call the parent/caregiver to ask about length of symptoms and any unscheduled return visits to the emergency department or urgent care for the same symptoms. Any return visits to an emergency department or urgent care will be noted as yes. Well child visits will not be counted.