Breathalyzer Validation Study

Alcohol Drinking Clinical Trial

— BVS  

Official title:

Reducing Risky Drinking Using Smartphone Paired Breathalyzer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04086576
• Other study ID #: 825273
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 13, 2016
• Est. completion date: April 17, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: September 2020
• Source: University of Pennsylvania
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The proposed project will test three commercial cellphone breathalyzers against a police grade breathalyzer device.The study will test the accuracy of these smartphone breathalyzers at assessing Breath Alcohol Content (BrAC) against a standard police grade breathalyzer. This study aims to fill the knowledge gap by determining the validity of smartphone paired breathalyzer devices to accurately assess BrAC. Data collection includes collection of BrAC measurements, as well as survey data.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: April 17, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: April 17, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years to 39 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 21-39 old

• Less than 4 drinking days and less than 12 drinks per week on average in the past 2 months

• Have previously consumed four (women) or five (men) or more standard drinks without problems

• A valid photo ID

• Willing to take public transportation home, via septa or an uber rideshare credit.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Desire alcohol treatment now or received it in the past 6 months

• Alcohol dependence with withdrawal per DSM-V criteria

• Non-English-speaking

• Individuals who have a medical condition or who are taking medication which limits or prevents the consumption of alcohol.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Drinking
• Alcohol Intoxication
• Alcoholic Intoxication

Intervention

Device:
• Alcohoot
Alcohoot branded smartphone-paired breathalyzer
• BACtrack Mobile Pro
BACtrack Mobile Pro branded smartphone-paired breathalyzer
• DRIVESAFE Evoc
DRIVESAFE Evoc branded smartphone-paired breathalyzer
• BACtrack Vio
BACtrack Vio branded smartphone-paired breathalyzer
• Drinkmate
Drinkmate branded smartphone-paired breathalyzer
• Floome
Floome branded smartphone-paired breathalyzer
• Intoxilyzer 240
Intoxilyzer 240 police grade breathalyzer

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pennsylvania

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* Note: There are 21 references in all — Click here to view all references

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Percentage Alcohol in Breath Variability	Difference in Breath Alcohol Concentration (BrAC) from police-grade (Intoxilyzer 240) and consumer smartphone-paired breath testing devices relative to Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) measured from blood draw after tertiary dose of alcohol.	8 Hours
Secondary	Differences in Readings on Devices for Percentage of Alcohol in Breath	Mean difference in percent of blood in breath (BrAC) between the police-grade and personal, commercial breath testing devices	8 Hours