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A Cross-Sectional Observational Study on Retained Drug Needle Fragments in People Who Use Intravenous Drugs
Sponsor: Tampere University Hospital
Summary
In addition to the well-known toxicological harms of intravenous drug (IVD) use, there can also be local tissue complications, including infections, venous sclerosis, tissue necrosis, and drug needle fragment retentions. Drug needle fragments in subcutaneous tissue may cause local symptoms (usually pain and infections), but they have also been identified as causing emboli to organs. The literature has described numerous case reports of people who inject drugs (PWIDs) and have retained needle fragments. The prevalence of the condition is not known, and the researchers therefore aim to perform the first cross-sectional study of PWIDs to estimate how common needle fragment retentions are and what their risk factors are in this population.
Official title: The Prevalence and Predisposing Factors to Retained Drug Needle Fragments in People Who Inject Drugs: a Protocol for a Cross-sectional Observational Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2023-05-25
Completion Date
2028-11-15
Last Updated
2023-06-01
Healthy Volunteers
Not specified
Conditions
Interventions
Low-dose X-ray of subcutaneous tissues
To identify needle fragment retentions, the radiologic imaging of all volunteers will be performed with X-ray using radiation doses as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) and one projection per anatomic site.
Locations (1)
Hatanpää Health Center
Tampere, Finland