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

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00648206

Enrollment

250

Registered

2008-04-01

Start date

2008-09-30

Completion date

2011-10-31

Last updated

2013-11-04

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Conditions

Driving Under the Influence

Keywords

driving under the influence, psychoactive substances, blood samples, Prevalence of psychoactive substances in road traffic

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 18 years or older * driver of a motorised vehicle

Exclusion criteria

* 17 years or younger * not the driver of a motorised vehicle

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
assessment of both alcohol and drugs in suspected DUI cases	2 weeks

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
prevalence of psychoactive substances in the general driving population	three years

Countries

Finland

Outcome results