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Transportation AccidentsDRIVENCT04980846

Design and Implementation of a Drunk Driving Detection System

A study testing Driving under the influence of alcohol with a driving simulator in people with Transportation Accidents and Drunk Driving, run by University of Bern at 1 site in Switzerland.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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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… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 17 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
Driving under the influence of alcohol with a driving simulator
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
30 participants
Where
1 siteSwitzerland
Study dates
15 Aug 2021to 14 Nov 2021
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 17 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • 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.

Who cannot join

  • 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.
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  • 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.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Switzerland1 site
  • University of Bern

    Bern

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About this study

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

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).

Read the detailed 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).

Being tested
Driving under the influence of alcohol with a driving simulator
Keywords
Metabolism, Machine Learning, Automotive Technology, Driving, Driving Simulator, Alcohol biomarker, Cortisol, Phosphatidylethanol
Medical subject headings
Driving Under the Influence, Alcohol Drinking

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Driving under the influence of alcohol with a driving simulatorOther

    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.

Study groups in NCT04980846
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Intervention groupExperimentalIntervention: Other: Driving under the influence of alcohol with a driving simulator
Receives: Other: Driving under the influence of alcohol with a driving simulator

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

Secondary outcomes (35)
  1. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  2. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  3. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  4. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  5. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  6. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  7. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  8. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  9. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  10. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  11. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  12. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  13. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  14. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  15. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  16. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  17. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  18. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  19. 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.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  20. 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.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  21. 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.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  22. 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.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  23. 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.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  24. 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)

    Measured: 480 minutes

  25. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  26. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  27. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  28. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  29. 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.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  30. Self-estimation of alcohol concentrations

    Correlation between self-estimated alcohol concentrations and measured breath alcohol concentrations will be assessed.

    Measured: 480 minutes

  31. 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).

    Measured: 480 minutes

  32. 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).

    Measured: 480 minutes

  33. 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).

    Measured: 480 minutes

  34. Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs)

    Adverse Events will be recorded at each study visit.

    Measured: 3 weeks

  35. Incidence of Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    Serious Adverse Events will be recorded at each study visit.

    Measured: 3 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Jul 2021
  2. Study start15 Aug 2021
  3. Primary completion14 Nov 2021
  4. Study completion14 Nov 2021

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
30 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04980846
Sponsor's protocol ID
DRIVE
Acronym
DRIVE
Status last verified
Jul 2021
First submitted
22 Jul 2021
Last updated
3 Jan 2022
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Driving under the influence of alcohol with a driving simulator in people with Transportation Accidents and Drunk Driving, run by University of Bern at 1 site in Switzerland.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Jan 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Switzerland. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

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). (time frame: 480 minutes). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Jan 2022.

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