Behind the Wheel (BTW) Smartphone Application

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: High-risk Driving Events
• Interventions: Behavioral: BTW app with situational supervised driving practice; Behavioral: BTW app with reward-based feedback; Behavioral: Sham BTW app

• Registration Number: NCT05554614
• Lead Sponsor: 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.

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 Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-07-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-09-22
• Study First Posted: 2022-09-26
• Study Start: 2023-02-19
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-14
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-16
• Primary Completion: 2025-10
• Study Completion: 2025-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
BTW app with situational supervised driving practice	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.
BTW app with reward-based feedback	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.
Sham BTW app	Sham BTW app	Teens will install the sham BTW app with driving performance tracking only.
BTW app with reward-based feedback	BTW app with situational supervised driving practice	Teens will install the BTW app with reward-based feedback. This tracks driving performance while providing individualized driving feedback using gamification concepts.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
High-risk driving events	Baseline to 6 months post randomization	Number of high-risk driving events (harsh breaking, accelerating, and cornering events) per 1,000 miles driven. Higher numbers signify more high-risk driving events.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Speeding and near-crash events	Baseline to 6 months post randomization	Instances of speeding and number of near crashes and crashes per 1,000 miles driven. Higher numbers signify more near-crash events.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nationwide Children's Hospital; 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States