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NCT number NCT03828370
Other study ID # 0320
Secondary ID 2R44AA022850-02
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date March 30, 2019
Est. completion date March 31, 2023

Study information

Verified date May 2023
Source Klein Buendel, Inc.
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The smart phone application (B-SMART) to be developed in this research project for family members of DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) offenders and offenders themselves will extend the impact of the Ignition Interlock Device (IID) and help DWI offenders and their families avoid drunk driving once the IID is removed from their automobiles. As such, the public health consequences of DWI, in terms of health, morbidity and mortality, and its economic and societal consequences, will be positively influenced by a highly accessible and diffusible intervention. The proposed Phase II project will complete the development and programming of the B-SMART smartphone web app and test its impact in a randomized efficacy trial with first-time DWI offenders and their concerned family members.


Description:

Driving while intoxicated (DWI) remains a substantial and preventable source of morbidity and mortality in the United States. A variety of sanctions and interventions have been attempted to reduce DWI in the U.S., including enhanced DWI enforcement efforts, stricter drunk driving laws, responsible alcohol beverage service training, and alcohol treatment. The Ignition Interlock Device (IID), which requires a driver to blow into a breathalyzer unit installed in an automobile to establish sobriety, reduces drunk driving while installed. The use of IIDs has become widespread: most states in the U.S. now require convicted drunk drivers to install an IID in their cars upon some form of conviction. However, research has conclusively shown that once the IIDs are removed from DWI offenders' cars, DWI recidivism levels return to those comparable to offenders who did not have an IID. Interventions are needed to increase the likelihood that the effectiveness of IIDs persists beyond the installation period. The Brief Family-Involved Treatment (B-FIT) is a promising intervention to improve DWI recidivism by affecting the social environment of DWI offenders. Proposed here is Phase II research, a continuation of the original Phase I project, that will complete the translation of B-FIT into the B-SMART mobile web app for smartphones. The content of the intervention will be based on empirically-validated couples therapy for those with alcohol use disorders developed by Co-Investigator McCrady, translated to a smartphone platform. Phase II of this project will involve the systematic completion of B-SMART, employing: 1) an Expert Advisory Board, and 2) iterative development, multimedia and usability focus groups, and interviews comprised of CFM and DWI offenders. B-SMART will be fully produced for DWI offenders and their concerned family members (CFM) and then tested in a randomized controlled efficacy trial with first-time DWI offenders (n=150) and their CFMs (n=150) recruited from the Santa Fe County DWI Program. Unique to this intervention are the involvement of family members in supporting the DWI offender to not drink and drive and the use of smartphone technology to make that support immediate, accessible, and diffusible. B-SMART will involve the CFMs by providing coping skills, communication skills, and strategies to help avoid DWI. The randomized efficacy trial of B-SMART will examine B-SMART's impact on a variety of alcohol-related dependent variables, including IID lockout events, alcohol use, and family functioning. Should B-SMART be demonstrated to impact DWI offenders and their family members by reducing IID Lockout Events (which predict future DWI recidivism) and alcohol use, and improving family functioning, DWI offenders, their families, and their communities will have an important, effective, accessible tool to further reduce the social, health and economic consequences of DWI.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 150
Est. completion date March 31, 2023
Est. primary completion date March 31, 2023
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 21 Years to 85 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: DWI Offender - male or female - 21 years or older - first-time DWI offender with IID installed in vehicle - enrolled in Santa Fe County DWI Program - have a smartphone, tablet computer, or personal computer with Internet access - consent to participate - able to read and speak English or Spanish Concerned Family Member (CFM): - male or female - 21 years or older - spouse, parent, or immediate family member of first-time DWI offender with IID installed in vehicle and enrolled in Santa Fe County DWI Program - have a smartphone, tablet computer, or personal computer with Internet access - consent to participate - able to read and speak English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: - other family members already enrolled in the project - second or above DWI conviction

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
B-SMART Intervention Group
The B-SMART mobile web app will contain four modules: 1) Supporting Abstinence, 2) Shared Positive Activities, 3) Common Challenges for Family Members with IID, and 4) Effective Communication. Within each module there will be a series of learning activities, including presentation text, interactive engagement, and videos. All app content will be available in both English and Spanish, based on user language preference.
Usual and Customary Information Group
Participants randomized to the usual and customary care (UC) group will receive a website with a pamphlet on the IID installed in their vehicle and the manufacturer information provided about the IID in PDF format, in both English and Spanish. This constitutes a UC group, as such pamphlets are widely available to DWI offenders who have IIDs installed in their vehicles. Thus, providing this pamphlet represents a standard information provision for first-time DWI offenders and their CFMs.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States University of New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico
United States Klein Buendel, Inc Golden Colorado

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Klein Buendel, Inc. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), University of New Mexico

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Measure of Primary Outcome Variable: IID Lockout Events. The primary outcome measure will be frequency of IID lockout events from baseline to 9-month follow-up post-randomization, collected from the Santa Fe DWI program database for each first-time DWI offender participant. 9 months
Secondary Measures of Secondary Outcome Variables and Mediators. Alcohol use by the DWI offender, a secondary outcome, will be assessed at baseline, 3-month follow-up, and 9-month follow-up with versions of the Form 9090,91 adapted for online assessment for the CFMs (Form 90-ACS) and first-time DWI offenders (Form 90-AF). 9 months
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