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NCT05554614 | Recruiting | High-risk Driving Events


Behind the Wheel (BTW) Smartphone Application
Sponsor:

Motao Zhu

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Motao Zhu

Brief Summary:

The purpose of this study is to find out if a phone app can help the learning-to-drive process among teenagers and novice drivers.

Condition or disease

High-risk Driving Events

Intervention/treatment

BTW app with reward-based feedback

BTW app with situational supervised driving practice

Sham BTW app

Phase

Not Applicable

Detailed Description:

This project will assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an app (BTW) to quantify driving behaviors and promote safe driving in adolescents who are beginning their learner period of licensure. 90 teens and their corresponding parents/guardians will be randomized into one of three study groups. Researchers aim to test the feasibility of the BTW app on acceptance and retention, evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the BTW app with a teen-parent dyad intervention on driving performance after using the BTW app for six months, and investigate the long-term effects of the BTW app intervention on driving performance and safety attitudes among teens.

Study Type : Interventional
Estimated Enrollment : 180 participants
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Other
Official Title: Behind the Wheel (BTW) Smartphone Application: Utilizing Technology to Quantify Driving Behaviors
Actual Study Start Date : February 19, 2023
Estimated Primary Completion Date : October 2025
Estimated Study Completion Date : October 2025
Arm Intervention/treatment

Experimental: BTW app with reward-based feedback

Teens will install the BTW app with reward-based feedback. This tracks driving performance while providing individualized driving feedback using gamification concepts.

Behavioral: BTW app with reward-based feedback

Experimental: BTW app with situational supervised driving practice

Teens will install the BTW app the same as the app with reward-based feedback in conjunction with a situational supervised driving practice intervention for teen-parent dyads.

Behavioral: BTW app with situational supervised driving practice

Sham Comparator: Sham BTW app

Teens will install the sham BTW app with driving performance tracking only.

Behavioral: BTW app with situational supervised driving practice

Ages Eligible for Study: 15 Years to 17 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Criteria
Inclusion criteria
  • Teen participants must be between the ages of 15.5-17 years old at the time of enrollment
  • Participants must have one parent and/or legal guardian who agrees to participate in the study.
  • Participants' parents must possess car insurance with at least state-minimum coverage.
  • Participants must be willing to fulfill the minimum requirements of the Ohio GDL system.
  • Driver must complete a driver education class at a licensed driver training school with 24 hours of classroom or online instruction and 8 hours of driving time; driver must complete 50 hours of driving with at least 10 hours of night driving; driver must hold the permit for at least 6 months.
  • Participants must have a functioning smartphone and active smartphone account compatible for the BTW app.
  • To prevent any interference from another driving-related study, participants must agree not to enroll in other driving-related research/driving performance app during the study period.
  • Participants must be willing to be randomized and comply with study requirements.
  • Participants must speak and read English.
  • Participants must be a US citizen or have permanent resident status.
  • Exclusion criteria
    • - Drivers younger than 15.5 will be excluded because Ohio does not issue a temporary instruction driving permit identification card (i.e., learner's driving permit) starting the GDL process until age 15.5.

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United States, Ohio

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205

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