Stopped: sponsor withdrawal
The purpose of study is to see if adding probiotics to corticosteroid treatment for children with PFAPA could improve the health and daily of patients through reduction in febrile period frequency and length, along with concomitant reduction of associated symptoms. Current standard of care incorporates the administration of corticosteroids; however, while limiting the symptoms associated with PFAPA, corticosteroid use has been shown to increase the frequency at which these symptoms occur. Investigators hypothesize that administration of probiotics along with corticosteroids will work to decrease the frequency at which the febrile episodes occur. Additionally, probiotics may decrease the maximal fever experienced during these episodes, amount of corticosteroid needed to control the symptoms, average length of the episodes, and the number of patients who ultimately undergo tonsillectomy due to unsuccessful treatment with medication.
Age range
1 Year – 12 Years
Sex
ALL
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Effects of the investigational treatment
Timeframe: Time to event: number of fever-free days will be calculated, as well as the average number of days between fever cycles from baseline to end of study which is 12 months.
Safety of the investigational treatment - reported descriptively as percentages of patients experiencing adverse and serious adverse events.
Timeframe: Time to event: number of fever-free days will be calculated, as well as the average number of days between fever cycles from baseline to end of study which is 12 months.