Validation of the Transport of Biological Material by Drone (TRANS-AIRGHT)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Unmanned Aerial System; Biological Samples; Drone Transport

Treatments: Biological: blood sampling; Other: car transportation; Other: drone transportation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05885568

PI2023_843_0031

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

car transportation

Active Comparator group

Description:

blood sample tube will be transported by courier (reference treatment)

Treatment:

Other: car transportation

Biological: blood sampling

drone transportation

Experimental group

Description:

blood sample tube will be prepared for transport by drone (departure from CHAM, 1 hour flight, arrival at CHUAP)

Treatment:

Other: drone transportation

Biological: blood sampling