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ASSIST: A Surveillance Study of Illicit Substance Toxicity

NCT05329142 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2022-09-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There is a drug-related death crisis in Scotland. This study aims to collaborate with Public Health Scotland in order to assess the feasibility of introducing a surveillance system to the Emergency Department to highlight illicit drug-related attendances. This will utilise both clinical data and toxiclogical analysis of anonymised samples. The data will inform of prevalence, trend data and utcome of ED patients attending with acute illict drug toxicity.

Conditions

  • Overdose, Drug
  • Drug Use
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Toxicity
  • Drug Effect
  • Illicit Drug Use
  • Illicit Drug Overdose
  • Illicit Drug Intoxication

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Surplus sample toxicology analysis

Anonymised surplus blood sample will be analysed for drugs and their metabolites by way of Mass Spectrometry and LGC Group, Cambridge.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Public Health Scotland

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David J Lowe, MBChB BMSc FRCEM · NHS GGC R&I Non Commerical (Sponsor) Research Coordinator

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-19
Primary Completion
2023-08-19
Completion
2023-08-19

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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