Prevention of Renal Failure in Children With Urinary Tract Infections

Prevention of Renal Failure in Children With Urinary Tract Infections in General Practice: Current Clinical Management, Possibilities for Improvement and Potential Cost-Efficiency

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00316043

Enrollment

124

Registered

2006-04-19

Start date

2006-05-31

Completion date

2006-06-30

Last updated

2007-07-31

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Conditions

Urinary Tract Infections

Keywords

Urinary tract infections, Renal failure, Renal scarring, Prevention, Primary Care, General Practice, Intervention Studies, Children

Brief summary

Detailed description

The aim of the study is to describe the current clinical management of young children with urinary tract infections in Dutch primary care and also to describe the possibilities for improvement and potential cost-efficiency of improved care in the light of preventing renal failure. The 4 phases of the study contain the following questions: * Phase 1: What is the current clinical management of urinary tract infections in young children in primary care? * Phase 2: What are the possibilities for improving the clinical management of urinary tract infections and are these improvements practically achievable? * Phase 3: What is the cost-efficiency of the several interventions for improving clinical management of urinary tract infections * Phase 4: What is the influence of the intervention on clinical management?

Interventions

BEHAVIORALWritten information for parents

BEHAVIORALDistance learning package for General Practitioners

BEHAVIORALDistance learning package for practice assistants

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

FACTORIAL

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 12 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* children between 0-12 years of age with a proven urinary tract infection in general practice

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of antibiotic prescriptions	10 days after 1st contact with GP
Number of referrals	10 days after 1st contact with GP
Number of follow-up appointments	10 days after 1st contact with GP

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026