Rheumatoid Purpura in Children: a Multicenter Observational Study of Pediatric Emergency Department Management and Follow-up by Primary Care Physicians (PREEMS)

Groupe Hospitalier de la Region de Mulhouse et Sud Alsace

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rheumatoid Purpura

Treatments: Other: Management of rheumatoid purpura

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05737056

2022-A02687-36 (Other Identifier)

GHRMSA 1278

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this study is to describe the management of children with rheumatoid purpura from admission to the pediatric emergency room to follow-up by primary care physicians after hospital discharge.

Full description

Secondary objectives The secondary objective is to assess general practitioners current knowledge and practice of the condition and potential barriers to monitoring and follow-up by general practitioners.

Conduct of research Children diagnosed with rheumatoid purpura within the past 2 years at the 3 participating sites will be included in the study if parental authority holders do not object.

Patients will be identified through the Medical Information Department of each hospital.

Parents will be contacted - first by mail, then by phone - to request permission to collect the child's medical data from medical records, and to retrieve information on the surveillance and follow-up of the disease by general practitioners up to two years after diagnosis.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Underaged patient diagnosed with rheumatoid purpura during a visit to the pediatric emergencies of Mulhouse, Colmar and Strasbourg
• No objection to the study from the two holders of parental authority

Exclusion criteria

- Patient followed in the context of a genetic or malformative pathology, an immune deficiency, or a cancer

Trial design

66 participants in 1 patient group

Children diagnosed with rheumatoid purpura at the pediatric emergency department

Description:

Children diagnosed with rheumatoid purpura from admission to the pediatric emergency department up to two years of follow-up by general practitioners after hospital discharge.

Treatment:

Other: Management of rheumatoid purpura