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Hand gel study for injection abscesses pulled before it started

NCT ID NCT06131788

Disease control Sponsor: Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Ongoing
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Completed
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Stopped early
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Cancelled This study
Cancelled before anyone took part.

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Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study aimed to see if teaching people who inject drugs to wash their hands and giving them a single-use alcohol hand rub could lower their risk of skin abscesses. Participants would have been split into two groups: one getting standard harm reduction services plus the hand hygiene training, the other just standard services. However, the trial was withdrawn before enrolling anyone, so no results are available.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
educational hand hygiene intervention with single-dose alcohol-based hand rub
What this could lead to
If it had worked, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to reduce dangerous infections in people who inject drugs.
What could go wrong
The study was withdrawn before enrolling anyone, so no results are available. Even if run, it was a small behavioral study, not a drug trial, so effects might be modest.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Started

Dec 2025

Finished

Feb 2026

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a government body.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * over 18 years old, * French-speaking, * reporting to have injected drugs at least once during the previous week, * and providing free and informed consent to participate. Exclusion Criteria: * not regularly going to the participating HR centre in the relevant city, * having an alcohol and/or alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) excipient intolerance/allergy, * being under legal protection (guardianship or judicial protection), * current pregnancy.

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Conditions

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Harm Reduction

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People who inject drugs

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AIDES

    Angoulême, 16000, France

  • AIDES

    Avignon, 84000, France

  • AIDES

    Besançon, 25000, France

  • AIDES

    Bourg-en-Bresse, 01000, France

  • AIDES

    Chartres, 28000, France

  • AIDES

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France

  • AIDES

    La Rochelle, 17000, France

  • AIDES

    Laval, 53000, France

  • AIDES

    Lille, 59000, France

  • AIDES

    Limoges, 87000, France

  • AIDES

    Mulhouse, 68200, France

  • AIDES

    Nevers, 58000, France

  • AIDES

    Niort, 79000, France

  • AIDES

    Nîmes, 30000, France

  • AIDES

    Paris, 75002, France

  • AIDES

    Pau, 64000, France

  • AIDES

    Poitiers, 86000, France

  • AIDES

    Rennes, 35000, France

  • AIDES

    Rouen, 76000, France

  • AIDES

    Toulon, 83000, France

  • AIDES

    Toulouse, 31000, France

  • AIDES

    Tours, 37000, France

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