Impact of an Information Sheet Given to Parents After an Initial Consultation for a Simple Febrile Seizure at Strasbourg University Hospital

NCT ID: NCT07335640

Last Updated: 2026-01-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-06-11
• Study Completion Date: 2026-06-11

Brief Summary

Simple febrile seizures (SFS) are a very common phenomenon (2-5% of children), mostly without serious consequences for the child or their development, but extremely anxiety-provoking for parents, who develop a "fear of fever" for fear of a recurrence, and request numerous additional tests, not justified according to current guidelines, after a first episode of SFS.

Educating parents about these fever-related crises and fever management, and standardizing the information provided through an explanatory sheet implemented at the SAUP in July 2023, would help reduce consultations for recurrent simple febrile crises, as well as early consultations for isolated fever (reflecting parental anxiety caused by these crises).

Conditions

Febrile Crisis

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Child aged between 9 months and 5 years at the time of consultation at the SAUP (emergency pediatric unit)
• First visit to the SAUP for a simple febrile seizure
• Meeting the clinical criteria for FCS:

• Generalized seizure lasting less than 15 minutes
• No post-critical deficit
• No recurrence of seizures within 24 hours
• No personal history of neurological disorders
• Occurrence between January 1, 2022, and May 1, 2025
• First or second episode of FSFS at the time of consultation
• Presence of one of the two parents during the consultation at the SAUP

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient already seen at the SAUP for FCS
• Child who has already had more than two simple febrile seizures at the time of their visit to the emergency department.
• Child who does not meet the criteria for simple febrile seizures:
• aged less than 9 months or more than 5 years at the time of diagnosis.
• Non-febrile seizure
• Focal seizure
• Seizure duration >15 min
• Presence of post-critical deficit
• Multiple seizures within 24 hours
• Personal neurological history.
• Seizure occurring outside the period of interest (January 1, 2022 to May 1, 2025)
• Absence of parents during the SAUP consultation

• Minimum Eligible Age: 9 Months
• Maximum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Service de pédiatrie 1 - CHU de Strasbourg - France

Strasbourg, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Sarah Baer, MD

Role: CONTACT

sarah.baer@chru-strasbourg.fr

33 3 88 12 63 98

Facility Contacts

Sarah Baer, MD

Role: primary

sarah.baer@chru-strasbourg.fr

33 3 88 12 63 98

Other Identifiers

9695

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id