Testing Alcohol Only Samples for Drugs and Drugs Only Samples for Alcohol

Driving Under the Influence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Retrospective Study of Unrequested Analytical Data in DUID-cases From a 2 Week Period

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00648206
• Other study ID #: KTL 419-9
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 27, 2008
• Last updated: November 1, 2013
• Start date: September 2008
• Est. completion date: October 2011

Study information

• Verified date: November 2013
• Source: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Finland: Ministry of Social Affairs and HealthFinland: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study intends to supply information about the prevalence of psychoactive drugs and alcohol in suspected DUI samples which are suspected of only one of these rather than both drugs and alcohol.

Police samples for suspected DUI samples that have been sent for alcohol analysis or drug analysis only will be screened for drugs and alcohol respectively.

Description:

There are 3 different possibilities for forensic analysis of suspected driving under the influence samples. Testing for alcohol or drugs only or testing for both alcohol and drugs.

Often if the primary suspicion of the apprehending police officer is of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol then only laboratory analysis concerning that primary suspicion is requested.

The study aims to provide information about those 'missed cases' where only analysis for drugs or alcohol is carried out. Traffic police samples from a 2 week period are to be screened for both drugs and alcohol, even if the primary suspicion is only one of these.

The study is part of the EU-project DRUID. Altogether 13 European countries are participating in DRUID.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 250
• Est. completion date: October 2011
• Est. primary completion date: September 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older

• driver of a motorised vehicle

Exclusion Criteria:

• 17 years or younger

• not the driver of a motorised vehicle

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Crossover

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Driving Under the Influence

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Finland	National Public Health Institute	Helsinki

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland	European Commission, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Finland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Finland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	assessment of both alcohol and drugs in suspected DUI cases		2 weeks	Yes
Secondary	prevalence of psychoactive substances in the general driving population		three years	Yes

External Links

•   Official home page of the EU-project