Development of a suitable method for cleaning of forensic hair samples

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00016668

Enrollment

Registered

2019-02-06

Start date

2019-02-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Healthy volunteers

Interventions

Group 1: Participants provide one sample of hair, skin abrasion, buccal mucosa, blood, vaginal secretions, or ejaculate. First, the hair samples are contaminated with one of the five tissues and decon

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: the participants differ from each other within the non-coding mitochondrial control region

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: the participants do not differ from each other within the non-coding mitochondrial control region

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Comparison of the typing results from hairs cleaned with different methods and from the washing solutions or abrasion.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Implementation of the appropriate cleaning method in the routine	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSabine Lutz-Bonengel

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg 79106 Freiburg Deutschland

sabine.lutz-bonengel@uniklinik-freiburg.de0761-203-6829

Outcome results

None listed

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