Design and Implementation of a Drunk Driving Detection System

Alcohol Drinking Clinical Trial

— DRIVE  

Official title:

Non-randomised, Controlled, Interventional Single-centre Study for the Design and Evaluation of an In-vehicle Drunk Driving Detection System

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04980846
• Other study ID #: DRIVE
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 15, 2021
• Est. completion date: November 14, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: July 2021
• Source: University of Bern
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To analyse driving behavior of individuals under the influence of alcohol using a validated research driving simulator. Based on the driving variables provided by the simulator the investigators aim at establishing algorithms capable of discriminating sober and drunk driving patterns using machine learning neural networks (deep machine learning classifiers).

Description:

Driving under the influence of alcohol (or "drunk driving") is one of the most significant causes of traffic accidents. Alcohol consumption impairs neurocognitive and psychomotor function and has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of driving accidents. Automotive technology is highly dynamic, and fully autonomous driving might, in the end, resolve the issue of alcohol impaired accidents. However, autonomous driving (level 4 or 5) is likely to be broadly available only to a substantially later time point than previously thought due to increasing concerns of safety associated with this technology. Therefore, solutions bridging the upcoming period by more rapidly and directly addressing the problem of drunk driving-associated traffic incidents are urgently needed. On the supposition that driving behaviour differs significantly between sober and drunk states, the investigators assume that different driving patterns in both states can be used to generate drunk driving detection models using machine learning neural networks (deep machine learning classifiers).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: November 14, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: November 14, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 17 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Informed consent as documented by signature.
• In possession of a Swiss or EU driving license for at least two years.
• At least driving 1'000 kilometers per year.
• No special equipment needed when driving.
• Drinks alcohol at least occasionally (moderate/social consumption).
• Fluent in (Swiss) German and no speech impairment.
• Lives in or near Bern.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Health concerns that are incompatible with alcohol consumption.
• Any potential participant currently taking illegal drugs or medications that interact with alcohol.
• Women who are pregnant or breast feeding.
• Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study.
• Teetotallers (alcohol abstinent persons).
• Alcohol misuse (excessive alcohol consumption habits/risky drinking behaviour (according to WHO definition) and/or PEth in capillary blood > 210 ng/mL at first visit.
• Known or suspected non-compliance or drug abuse.
• Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g., due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant.
• Participation in another study with investigational drug within the 30 days preceding and during the present study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Drinking
• Drunk Driving
• Impaired Driving

Intervention

Other:
• Driving under the influence of alcohol with a driving simulator
Participants will drive in three different states (sober, drunk above and below the legal limit) on designated circuits using a driving simulator. After the initial sober driving session, participants are administered pre-mixed alcoholic beverages (e.g., vodka orange). Participants are expected to achieve a target BrAC of 0.35 mg/l (legal limit in Switzerland is 0.25 mg/l BrAC) before the second driving session starts. Finally, the third driving session starts when the participants' BrAC drops to 0.15 mg/l. Heart rate, skin conductance, accelerometer, eye movement, radar, facial expression, and speech will be recorded by a smart-watch, an eye-tracker, microphones and an onboard camera, respectively. Participants will be blinded to their alcohol levels during the study. They will have to rate their symptoms and their performance via questionnaires before and after each driving session. Further, capillary blood and oral fluid samples will be collected.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	University of Bern	Bern

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Bern	ETH Zurich, University of St.Gallen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Accuracy of the DRIVE-model: Diagnostic accuracy of the drunk driving warning system (DRIVE) to detect drunk driving (>= 0.25 mg/l breath alcohol concentration (BrAC)) quantified as the area under the receiver operator characteristics curve (AUC ROC).	Accuracy of the DRIVE-model will be assessed using driving data recorded in sober and drunk driving states and driving data will be analysed using applied machine learning technology for impaired driving detection.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of velocity	Change of velocity between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of steer	Change of steer between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of brake	Change of brake between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of steer torque	Change of steer torque between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of steer speed	Change of steer speed between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of time driving over midline	Change of time over midline between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of swerving	Change of swerving between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of spinning	Change of spinning between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of gaze behavior	Change of gaze behavior (as gaze velocity, acceleration or direction changes) between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of gaze regions of interest	Change of gaze regions of interest (as amount and duration of speedometer or front shield inspections) between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of gaze events	Change of gaze events (as amount and duration of fixations or saccades) between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Defining the alcohol concentration when driving performance is decreased	Breath alcohol concentration (mg/l BrAC) when driving performance begins to be impaired will be assessed based on significantly altered driving parameters for drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), below the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Driving performance while being sober, above and within the legal limit	Based on significantly altered driving parameters above the legal limit of drunk driving (>= 0.25 mg/l breath alcohol concentration in Switzerland) driving performance while being sober, above and within the legal limit will be assessed.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of heart-rate	Change of heart-rate between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of heart-rate variability	Change of heart-rate variability between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of wrist accelerometer	Change of wrist accelerometer recorded by a wearable between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of electrodermal activity (EDA)	Change of EDA between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of skin temperature	Change of skin temperature between drunk driving above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), driving within the legal limit (<0.25 mg/l BrAC) and sober driving.	480 minutes
Secondary	Change of oral fluid cortisol	Change of oral fluid cortisol between before the study day, before driving, during driving in sober state, above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), and under the legal limit (< 0.25 mg/l BrAC) will be assessed.	2 weeks
Secondary	Change of phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in capillary blood	Change of phosphatidylethanol in capillary blood between before the study day, before driving, during driving in sober state, above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), and under the legal limit (< 0.25 mg/l BrAC) will be assessed.	2 weeks
Secondary	Change of ethylglucuronide (EtG) in capillary blood	Change of ethylglucuronide in capillary blood between before the study day, before driving, during driving in sober state, above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), and under the legal limit (< 0.25 mg/l BrAC) will be assessed.	2 weeks
Secondary	Change of ethylsulfate (EtS) in capillary blood	Change of ethylsulfate in capillary blood between before the study day, before driving, during driving in sober state, above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), and under the legal limit (< 0.25 mg/l BrAC) will be assessed.	2 weeks
Secondary	Change of cortisol in capillary blood	Change of cortisol in capillary blood between before the study day, before driving, during driving in sober state, above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), and under the legal limit (< 0.25 mg/l BrAC) will be assessed.	2 weeks
Secondary	Accuracy-comparison of DRIVE-model and DRIVEplus-model	Diagnostic accuracy of the drunk driving warning system (DRIVING) to detect drunk driving (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC) quantified as the area under the receiver operator characteristics curve (AUC ROC) using only driving parameters (DRIVE-model) will be compared to the DRIVE-model with additional integration of physiological parameters (heart-rate, heart-rate variability, electrodermal activity (EDA), skin temperature, accelerometer, facial expression, gaze behavior, and radar) (DRIVEplus-model)	480 minutes
Secondary	Diagnostic accuracy in detecting drunk driving (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC) quantified as the area under the receiver operator characteristics curve using physiological data	Accuracy of drunk driving detection using physiological data (heart-rate, heart-rate variability, skin temperature, EDA, accelerometer) recorded with wearable devices during the study period will be analysed using applied machine learning technology.	480 minutes
Secondary	Diagnostic accuracy in detecting drunk driving (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC) quantified as the area under the receiver operator curve (AUC-ROC) using video data	Using video data recorded by a camera and a thermal camera accuracy in drunk driving detection will be analysed with applied machine learning technology.	480 minutes
Secondary	Diagnostic accuracy in detecting drunk driving (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC) quantified as the area under the receiver operator curve (AUC-ROC) using eye-tracking data	Using eye-tracking data recorded by a camera and an eye-tracker (to record gaze behaviour) accuracy in drunk driving detection will be analysed with applied machine learning technology.	480 minutes
Secondary	Diagnostic accuracy in detecting drunk driving (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC) quantified as the area under the receiver operator curve (AUC-ROC) using audio data	Using audio data recorded by microphones accuracy in drunk driving detection will be analysed with applied machine learning technology.	480 minutes
Secondary	Diagnostic accuracy in detecting drunk driving (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC) quantified as the area under the receiver operator curve (AUC-ROC) using radar sensor data	Using radar sensor data (directed on the body of the driver) accuracy in drunk driving detection will be analysed with applied machine learning technology.	480 minutes
Secondary	Self-estimation of alcohol concentrations	Correlation between self-estimated alcohol concentrations and measured breath alcohol concentrations will be assessed.	480 minutes
Secondary	Self-estimation of driving performance	Correlation between self-estimated driving performance and measured driving performance based on significantly altered driving parameters in sober state, above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), and under the legal limit (< 0.25 mg/l BrAC) will be assessed. Driving performance will be assessed with two questionnaires. Driving performance will be assessed with on an absolute 5-point scale from 0-5 (a higher value means higher driving performance).	480 minutes
Secondary	Self-estimation of workload	Correlation between self-estimated workload and measured driving performance based on significantly altered driving parameters in sober state, above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), and under the legal limit (< 0.25 mg/l BrAC) will be assessed. Workload will be assessed an absolute 20-point scale from 0-20 (a higher value means higher workload).	480 minutes
Secondary	Self-estimation of sleepiness levels	Correlation between self-estimated sleepiness levels, measured driving performance, and measured breath alcohol concentrations based on significantly altered driving parameters in sober state, above the legal limit (>= 0.25 mg/l BrAC), and under the legal limit (< 0.25 mg/l BrAC) will be assessed. Sleepiness will be assessed on an absolute 7-point scale from 0-6 (a lower value means less sleepiness).	480 minutes
Secondary	Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs)	Adverse Events will be recorded at each study visit.	3 weeks
Secondary	Incidence of Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)	Serious Adverse Events will be recorded at each study visit.	3 weeks