New app aims to help parents give kids the right medicine dose
NCT ID NCT07344090
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a mobile app that guides parents on giving the correct dose of paracetamol to children aged 3 months to 5 years with fever or acute pain. About 100 children will use the app for up to 7 days after leaving the emergency room. The goal is to see if the app helps parents follow the prescribed treatment plan more accurately.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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3 months to 5 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Pediatric patients, male or female, between 3 months and 1 day and 5 years of age, who have a fever and are prescribed paracetamol, or who have already received a prescription for an antipyretic from an outside physician before accessing the emergency room. * Pediatric patients, male or female, between 3 months and 1 day and 5 years of age, who have acute pain and are prescribed paracetamol, or who have already received a prescription for an analgesic from an outside physician before accessing the emergency room. * Pediatric patients whose caregivers have knowledge of the Italian language. * Pediatric patients whose caregivers have access to the internet and have a smartphone that is either the latest generation or no older than five years. Exclusion Criteria: * Pediatric patients, male or female, aged less than 3 months and over 5 years. * Pediatric patients who have experienced adverse reactions or contraindications to paracetamol administration. * Pediatric patients whose caregivers have little or no knowledge of the Italian language. * Pediatric patients whose caregivers do not have internet access or do not have a latest-generation smartphone or, in any case, one no older than five years.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Meyer University Children's Hospital Florence
RECRUITINGFlorence, Italy, 50139, Italy