# Petechiae In Children (PIC) Study: Defining A Clinical Decision Rule for The Management Of Fever and Non-Blanching Rashes In Children Including The Role Of Point Of Care Testing For Procalcitonin & Neisseria Meningitidis DNA.

> **NCT03378258** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Belfast Health and Social Care Trust** · enrollment: 1329 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Meningitis, Meningococcal
- Meningococcal Sepsis
- Meningococcal Disease
- Meningococcal Infections
- Sepsis
- Meningitis

## Interventions

_None listed._

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03378258
- **Lead sponsor:** Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-11-09
- **Primary completion:** 2019-06-30
- **Final completion:** 2019-06-30
- **Target enrollment:** 1329 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-12-12

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03378258

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03378258, "Petechiae In Children (PIC) Study: Defining A Clinical Decision Rule for The Management Of Fever and Non-Blanching Rashes In Children Including The Role Of Point Of Care Testing For Procalcitonin & Neisseria Meningitidis DNA.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03378258. Licensed CC0.

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