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NCT Number: NCT00571207

Oral Fluid Screening Devices

This research includes the evaluation of a checklist and on-site screening devices to pre-select drivers suspected of being drug-impaired. The reliability of a limited number of promising on-site screening devices will be investigated. The devices tested will have to be promising regarding both reliability and practicality. In addition to the scientific evaluation of the checklist and the oral fluid screening devices, the time consumption of the selection procedure as a whole (checklist + oral fluid screening) will be evaluated.

Outcome of the study will be recommendations for the roadside selection procedure of drivers suspected of drug-related impairment. The recommendations will concentrate on the reliability of the selection procedure.

The study is part of an EU project DRUID. Two other countries in Europe take part to this study along with Finland.

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Key information

Conditions

Drug-impaired Driving

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

National Public Health Institute

Helsinki, 00300, Finland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Drivers of motorised vehicles
  • 18 years or older
  • Willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

  • Younger than 18
  • Not willing to participate

Treatment and study plan

On-site oral fluid screening devices

Device

Comparison of screening device results to oral and/or blood sample results

Checklist: drug recognition expert

Behavioral

Correlation of drug recognition expert observations to findings for drugs in non-suspected/suspected cases

Primary outcomes

  1. scientific evaluation of the on-site oral fluid screening devices

    Time frame: three years

Secondary outcomes

  1. evaluation on the police checklist

    Time frame: three years

  2. the time consumption of the selection procedure as a whole (checklist + oral fluid screening)

    Time frame: three years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Other Gov

Collaborators

  • European Commission
  • Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa

Registry information

Official study title

Scientific Evaluation of Oral Fluid Screening Devices and Preceding Selection Procedures

Important dates

Study start
2008
Study completion
2010
First posted
Dec 11, 2007
Registry last updated
Sep 2, 2011

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