Transportation Safety in Adolescence

Automobile Accident Clinical Trial

Official title:

Promoting Transportation Safety in Adolescence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03639753
• Other study ID #: IRB-834765
• Secondary ID: R01HD095248
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 18, 2021
• Est. completion date: August 18, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: University of Pennsylvania
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The proposed project will focus on improving teen driver safety as motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury to adolescents. If successful, research findings will lead to clear strategies to reduce motor vehicle crashes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 2400
• Est. completion date: August 18, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: August 18, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Teens between 16 and 17 years and 4 months (17.33 years) of age

• Pennsylvania state learner's permits

• Will have their Pennsylvania state learner's permit for at least 6 months (self-report)

• Self-report of less than 10 hours of behind-the-wheel driving experience.

• Teen and parent/caregiver fluent in written and spoken English

• Access to at least one practice vehicle

• Email address and internet access to complete study procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Teens with self-reported or parent reported (of teen's) visual, medical, or physical impairments that would require a handicap placard or assistive device to drive.

• Teens with pervasive developmental delays

• Have a sibling enrolled in this study

• Enrolled in other teen driving studies

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Automobile Accident

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Parent-Teen Intervention
Parent health coaching and resources + teen on-road driver experience + safe driving eLearning Modules

Other:
• Usual Practice
Standard care for teens who get licensed in the state of PA

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pennsylvania	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Edinburgh, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Police-reported motor vehicle crashes	Time to first motor vehicle crash	Baseline to 12 months after licensure