Validation of the Transport of Biological Material by Drone

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Drone Transport; Biological Samples; Unmanned Aerial System
• Interventions: Biological: blood sampling; Other: car transportation; Other: drone transportation

• Registration Number: NCT05885568
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Brief Summary

The Hospital Group of Territory Somme Littoral Sud, through its biology sector and in partnership with the company DELIVRONE, aims to engage in the experiment of transporting biological samples by means of a drone platform. Transport by air will be between the CHAM, the Abbeville Hospital and the CHU Amiens-Picardie by flying as much as possible over the waterways via the Somme. With a flight speed of around 100km/h at an altitude between 80 and 120 m, drones will be able to connect sites in less than an hour by transporting packages between 2 and 3 kg. Powered by propellers connected to rechargeable batteries, these drones do not emit CO2. This type of transport has not been validated in France by measuring the analytical impact of transport constraints for medical biology, and has never been evaluated according to the criteria of ISO 15189 standard allowing the certification of medical biology laboratories. Validation steps of this transportation method are therefore necessary on pathological samples prior to routine use.

The aim of the project is to validate the transport of biological samples by drone under defined flight conditions between CHAM and CHU Amiens-Picardie

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Study Start: 2023-05-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-05-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-05-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-22
• Study First Posted: 2023-06-02
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-02
• Primary Completion: 2023-08
• Study Completion: 2023-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• participants of legal age
• No contraindication to blood collection
• Voluntary
• informed and consenting participants

Exclusion Criteria

• Impossible to collect sufficient blood volume
• Refusal to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
car transportation	blood sampling	blood sample tube will be transported by courier (reference treatment)
car transportation	car transportation	blood sample tube will be transported by courier (reference treatment)
drone transportation	blood sampling	blood sample tube will be prepared for transport by drone (departure from CHAM, 1 hour flight, arrival at CHUAP)
drone transportation	drone transportation	blood sample tube will be prepared for transport by drone (departure from CHAM, 1 hour flight, arrival at CHUAP)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Variation of destination arrival between both transportation types	one hour	Arrival of the load at its destination
Variation of sample temperature during transportation	one hour	maintaining the defined temperatures
Variation of sample allotted time after both transportation types	one hour	Absence of variation of the allotted time of both samples after transportation
Variation of sample degradation after both transportation types	one hour	Absence of physical degradation of both samples after transportation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Amiens Picardie; 🇫🇷 Amiens, Picardie, France