Validation of the Transport of Biological Material by Drone

Biological Samples Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Validation of the Conditions of Transport of Biological Material by Drone Within the "Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire Somme Littoral Sud"

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05885568
• Other study ID #: PI2023_843_0031
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: August 2023

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
• Contact: Baptiste Demey, Pharm D03 22 08 70 65
• Phone: 03 22 08 70 65
• Email: demey.baptiste[@]chu-amiens.fr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Hospital Group of Territory Somme Littoral Sud, through its biology sector and in partnership with the company DELIVRONE, aims to engage in the experiment of transporting biological samples by means of a drone platform. Transport by air will be between the CHAM, the Abbeville Hospital and the CHU Amiens-Picardie by flying as much as possible over the waterways via the Somme. With a flight speed of around 100km/h at an altitude between 80 and 120 m, drones will be able to connect sites in less than an hour by transporting packages between 2 and 3 kg. Powered by propellers connected to rechargeable batteries, these drones do not emit CO2. This type of transport has not been validated in France by measuring the analytical impact of transport constraints for medical biology, and has never been evaluated according to the criteria of ISO 15189 standard allowing the certification of medical biology laboratories. Validation steps of this transportation method are therefore necessary on pathological samples prior to routine use.

The aim of the project is to validate the transport of biological samples by drone under defined flight conditions between CHAM and CHU Amiens-Picardie

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: August 2023
• Est. primary completion date: August 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• participants of legal age

• No contraindication to blood collection

• Voluntary

• informed and consenting participants

Exclusion Criteria:

• Impossible to collect sufficient blood volume

• Refusal to participate in the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Biological Samples

Intervention

Biological:
• blood sampling
Blood sampling from healthy volunteers

Other:
• drone transportation
drone transportation
• car transportation
car transportation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CHU Amiens Picardie	Amiens	Picardie

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens	Centre Hospitalier de l'Arrondissement de Montreuil-sur-mer

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Variation of destination arrival between both transportation types	Arrival of the load at its destination	one hour
Primary	Variation of sample temperature during transportation	maintaining the defined temperatures	one hour
Primary	Variation of sample allotted time after both transportation types	Absence of variation of the allotted time of both samples after transportation	one hour
Primary	Variation of sample degradation after both transportation types	Absence of physical degradation of both samples after transportation	one hour