Study on consumption of "New Psychoactive Substances" and classical recreational drugs during a Festival in Cologne (Germany)

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00010706

Enrollment

100

Registered

2016-07-21

Start date

2016-07-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Drug abuse We are looking for the relevance of drugs of abuse during a festival in Cologne

Interventions

Group 1: Urine samples were collected during a Festival in Cologne (ColognePride

period: 07/01/2016 to 07/03/2016) and screened for drugs at the Institute of Legal Medicine. Information about the subjects information, such as age, gender, regional origin and frequency of drug us

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • responsiveness • capacity to consent • age of Consent • ability to understand the given information about the project • compliancy for a voluntary urine and / or hair sample delivery • drug abuse at least within the last 72 hours (with hair longer laid back (one cm hair per month)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • cheating with the urine samples • lack of cooperation with the staff • incomplete information about age and gender • obvious repeated participation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
What: NPS (New Psychoactive Substances), classical recreational drugs When: after collecting the urine sample How: LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactKatja Mercer-Chalmers-Bender

Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Uniklinik Köln

katja.mercer-chalmers-bender@uk-koeln.de0221 478-88350, -88222

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026