Clinical trial NCT06146634: Washington State Driving Intervention Research Study
Official title: Washington State Driving Intervention Research Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Driving Behavior
Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Academy of Sciences
name: The Driver Training Group
First posted: 2023-11-24
Enrollment: 8000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of hazard perception and attention maintenance training and testing on driving performance. Participants will be randomized into a treatment group receiving hazard perception or attention maintenance training or a control group receiving either vehicle maintenance training or the status quo ZED training. Randomization will occur by location. Researchers will compare the treatment and control groups to see if there are differences in driving behavior and crash rates.

Detailed description: The experiment's purpose is to assess the performance of the investigator's novel Driving Hazard Perception and Attention Maintenance training intervention on improving related driving skills, performance in driving exams, and long-term benefits as assessed by crash statistics and naturalistic driving behavior. A two-group pre-post experimental design will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the new Driving Hazard Perception Training. Each training (hazard perception and attention maintenance) will be assessed in relation to the status quo (ZED training) and in relation to a placebo that has no training related to hazard perception or attention maintenance (vehicle maintenance training). Participants beginning a driver education program will be recruited. Each participating location will be randomized to one of the four research arms. Baseline hazard perception assessment will be performed first, and then participants will receive one of the four trainings. Lastly, all participants will take a hazard perception exam to assess the participants' performance. All participants will also use a smartphone application to collect driving data during the learner driver period and 12 months of independent driving. Driving behaviors and state-level crash data will be used to assess the impact of the interventions.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Enrollment in a driver training course through the 911 driving school in Washington State.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participants must meet the above criteria.
* Additionally, participants will be excluded if either the participant or the participant's parent opts-out.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of Crashes
timeFrame: Post-licensure up to 12 months
measure: Number of Near-crashes
timeFrame: Post-licensure up to 12 months
measure: Longitudinal g-force events
timeFrame: Post-licensure up to 12 months
measure: Lateral g-force events
timeFrame: Post-licensure up to 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: The Driver Training Group
state: Washington
Study officials:
affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
name: Johnathon Ehsani, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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