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Contamination of Young Children Hair During Acute Cannabis Intoxication
Sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse
Summary
Hair analysis in pediatric cannabis intoxication is limited by possible sudoral self-contamination, especially in young children due to hair porosity. However, adult studies show no THC-COOH in sweat, challenging this hypothesis. THC-COOH presence in sweat has to this day never been studied in young children. Its absence would help assess the reliability of hair testing for prior exposure. Thus, our main objective is to describe whether THC-COOH can be detected in sweat following cannabis intoxication using gold standard techniques.
Official title: Sudoral Contamination of Young Children Hair During Acute Cannabis Intoxication
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
3 Months - 3 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
15
Start Date
2026-04-15
Completion Date
2028-04-15
Last Updated
2026-04-13
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
sudoral and hairing sampling
Sweat sampling using the "sweat test" method, performed after skin stimulation with pilocarpine and a low electrical stimulation. Hair sampling during the follow-up consultation. Sweat, and capillary assays of THC and its main metabolites