NCT03203213

Musitox® Project: Consumption of Psychoactive Substances at Music Festivals in Aquitaine

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Poisoning by psychoactive substances is increasingly common in Europe and can be responsible for deaths. These substances, also called "festive drugs", circulate among other places in festive gatherings (night clubs, concerts, free music, feria, etc.). The main objective of this study is to determine the molecules that circulate in festive events in Aquitaine, in order to implement prevention actions by looking at whether the circulating substances vary with the style of event.

Detailed description

Poisoning by psychoactive substances is increasingly common in Europe and can be responsible for deaths. These substances, also called "festive drugs", circulate among other places in festive gatherings (night clubs, concerts, free music, feria, etc.). There is also a significant increase in the number of new psychoactive substances (NSPs) whose toxicity is unknown: by 2014, 101 new substances were detected for the first time in Europe. These molecules, because of this regular and rapid emergence, are not included in the narcotics list, in the great majority of cases. Poison control centers, as well as addictovigilance centers, are regularly called upon for serious poisoning resulting in hospitalization, for which analytical evidence is most often missing or difficult to obtain. The lack of documentation, both analytical and clinical, of these files limits its expertise. As a result, medical knowledge, in particular clinical knowledge, progresses little which limits the efficiency of the management of these poisonings. A 2015 pilot study on the Dax and Mont-de-Marsan (FERIATOX) fertilization sites on 27 patients showed that although several psychoactive substances have been identified in these patients (cocaine, ketamine, MDMA, cannabis, etc.) No DK was identified in this study. It is possible, however, that the profile of people who frequent ferias is different from that of music festivals, which explains the lack of identification of these substances in the FERIATOX study. To support this hypothesis, it seems important to renew this study on festive events of the type of music festival. The Garorock Festival (Marmande), held at the beginning of July, seems to be relevant for the study.

Conditions

• Poisoning by Psychoactive Substances

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Sampling of a few drops of blood, lock of hair and urine	Sampling of a few additional drops of blood to deposit them on blotting paper (DBS: Dried Blood Spot) ad hoc and to send this sample for analysis and identification of a possible toxic cause by psychoactive substance in relation to the clinical picture presented by the patient. An oriented capillary sampling is also performed if possible. Similarly a urine sample is taken if possible.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-06-30
• Primary completion: 2017-07-03
• Completion: 2017-07-03
• First posted: 2017-06-29
• Last updated: 2017-07-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France