NCT05696353

Teen Driving Translation Study (NIH)

Adoption and Implementation of an Evidence-based Safe Driving Program for High-Risk Teen Drivers

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 580 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ginger Yang · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To translate our evidence-based, parent-engagement safe teen driving intervention to a high-risk, rural and urban teen drivers with a traffic violation, and to test the implementation, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of the proposed intervention.

Detailed description

For this study, 290 teen and parent/guardian dyads will be randomized into one of three study groups for 12 months with 6 months of active data collection. Teens will be aged 16-17 who committed a moving-related traffic violation and their parent/legal guardian who is most involved with their driving. Dyads will be recruited from both urban and rural counties in Ohio following the teen's moving violation conviction. The study will determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the intervention on teens' risky driving events, unsafe driving behaviors, traffic violation recidivism, and motor vehicle collisions (MVCs), as well as frequency and quality of parent-teen communications about safe driving practices. Additionally, the study will determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the peer-delivered intervention vs. expert-delivered intervention on the outcomes of the interest. Finally, the study will assess the barriers/facilitators to the adoption and implementation of the intervention in rural and urban families.

Conditions

• Drive
• Recidivism
• Communication
• Feedback, Psychological

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	In-vehicle Device	The Azūga™ in-vehicle driving feedback technology, which consists of a pager-sized device plugged into the vehicle's on-board diagnostic port (installed in the teen's car) and a smart phone app (downloaded on the teen's smart phone), will be installed/downloaded. Three types of feedback will be provided to intervention teens: 1) Direct audio feedback from the installed device; 2) Detailed cumulative driving data via the smart phone app and study website; 3) A customized biweekly driving summary report via study website; and 4) Push notification on the phone screen when a trip ends.
BEHAVIORAL	Expert-Delivered Parent Communication Training	An individualized virtual training in communication strategies about teen driving safety along with a booster session will be delivered by a traffic safety communication specialist to parents in the Feedback and Expert-Delivered Parent Communication Intervention Group. Intervention parents in this group will also be provided with access to an online parent-teen safe driving communication guide.
BEHAVIORAL	Peer-Delivered Parent Communication Training	An individualized virtual training in communication strategies about teen driving safety along with a booster session will be delivered by a peer trainer who is a parent of teen with traffic citation and has participated in the Feedback and Expert-Delivered Parent Communication Intervention Group. Intervention parents in this group will also be provided with access to an online parent-teen safe driving communication guide.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-17
• Primary completion: 2026-12-31
• Completion: 2027-06-30
• First posted: 2023-01-25
• Last updated: 2026-03-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study