Three Different Types of Thermometers in Measuring Temperature in Young Patients With Fever and Without Fever

NCT00378846 | Completed

• 4 other identifiers: 06011806-C-0118NCI-P6842CDR0000496917
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Comparing results of three different thermometers used to measure body temperature may help doctors find the most accurate thermometer to detect fever and plan the best treatment. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying three different types of thermometers to measure temperature in young patients with fever and without fever.

Conditions

Fever, Sweats, and Hot Flashes

Keywords

fever, sweats, and hot flashes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Agreement between the temporal artery scanner, digital oral thermometer, and infrared tympanic thermometer calibrated to an oral setting in pediatric patients who are febrile and afebrile

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Similarities or differences in the percent of fevers detected with oral, ear, and temporal artery monitoring

• Differences in agreement of the various temperature devices

Interventions

infrared thermography PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Febrile or afebrile * Patient at the Mark O. Harfield Clinical Research Center * Previously enrolled in an IRB-approved Clinical Center protocol PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Able to hold an oral thermometer in mouth * No acute life-threatening infection * No ear, nose, or throat (aural) abnormalities * No severe mucositis PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics * No concurrent enrollment on a behavioral research study

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC): lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Trials Referral Office

Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-1182, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Fever; Hot Flashes

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Body Temperature Changes; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Thomas J. Walsh, MD

  National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Sponsor Type: NIH

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 19, 2006
• First Posted: September 21, 2006
• Study Start: March 1, 2006
• Study Completion: November 1, 2009
• Last Updated: March 15, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-03

Locations

US (1)