Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeE-DroneNCT04990843
E-Drone: Transforming the Energy Demand of Supply Chains Through Integrated UAV-to-land Logistics for 2030
An observational study of Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, run by Bournemouth University at 4 sites in United Kingdom.
Trial summary
Vans are the fastest-growing category of licensed road vehicle in the UK with growing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The proposed research into how Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and land logistics systems can be combined and managed will provide fundamental new understanding into the impacts of regulation and… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 99 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- How many people
- 24 participants
- Where
- 4 sitesUnited Kingdom
- Study dates
- 1 Jan 2021to 31 Dec 2023
- Phase
- Observational
- 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 18 to 99 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: * Task 1.1 - health staff/managers dealing with dispatch or receipt of patient diagnostics, bloods or pharmacy products at hospitals and GP surgeries, and transport staff.. * Task 1.2 qualitative - key stakeholder groups involved in the project including, NHS staff, will be via the project teams' commercial partners, and the general public. * Task 1.2 quantitative - a representative sample of the UK population. * Task 1.3 - logistics staff and health staff/managers dealing with dispatch or receipt of patient diagnostics, bloods or pharmacy products at hospitals and GP surgeries. * Task 5.1 - key stakeholder groups involved in the project logistics providers, and a wider sample of the 144 organisations that responded to the Government consultation on the Future of Drones (January 2019). * Tasks 5.2 - Two sub-samples from task 5.1. * Task 6.2 - key stakeholders and members of the general public.
Who may be able to join
- Work Package 1
- Task 1.1: key informants in appropriate job roles, with attention purposefully paid to gender and age balance of participants.
- Task 1.2: Interviews - a purposeful recruitment strategy will seek participants with a range of socio-demographic characteristics. Questionnaire - Prolific (or a similar commercial company) will distribute the questionnaire (n~1000) to achieve a representative sample of the UK population.
- Task 1.3: key informants in appropriate job roles, with attention purposefully paid to gender and age balance of participants.
- Work Package 5
- Stakeholders with an interest in UAV use with a purposeful selection of participants with a range of socio-demographic characteristics.
- Work Package 6 • Anyone interacting with the serious game in dissemination events.
Who cannot join
- There are no specific exclusion criteria, though clearly some tasks require key informants with specific knowledge.
Trial locations and contacts
4 sites in 1 country.
United Kingdom4 sites
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2JY
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Poole, Dorset, BH15 2JB
Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust
Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3LY
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 6YD
About this study
Vans are the fastest-growing category of licensed road vehicle in the UK with growing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The proposed research into how Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and land logistics systems can be combined and managed will provide fundamental new understanding into the impacts of regulation and operating criteria on energy efficiency and costs. Medical logistics could be the first domain to utilise UAVs on a commercial scale, with preliminary analysis on pathology logistics within Southampton indicating that UAVs would significantly reduce CO2 emissions. With the National Health Service (NHS) spending an estimated £2.5 billion annually on pathology logistics and with patient numbers rising, there is a need to re-think how logistics costs could be reduced whilst improving bleed-to-diagnosis times for patients and energy demand.
The research vision is to examine the energy reduction potential of logistics solutions involving UAVs operating alongside sustainable last-mile delivery solutions (cargo cycles and walking porters via micro-consolidation points).
Read more
This involves understanding UAV operations in airspace shared with manned aircraft. The project focuses on a case study and trials based around NHS pathology sample transportation in the Solent and Dorset region. The key research objectives are to:
- Investigate the collective transport and energy impacts of current 'business-as-usual' NHS pathology logistics across the Solent region;
- Develop new simulation tools to quantify the energy consumption of UAVs and land logistics systems resulting from new types of traffic regulation for shared airspace and the operating requirements of UAVs;
- Evaluate the impact on air space and energy use of a large scale take-up of UAVs for medical logistics across the Solent region;
- Understand stakeholder concerns about UAVs;
- Understand the regulatory and governance needs associated with UAV interventions that will lead to energy benefits in logistics.
- Conditions
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Keywords
- Un-crewed aerial vehicles, Integrated logistics, Healthcare, Energy demand, Social practices, Governance
- Medical subject headings
- Behavior
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Questionnaire to a representative panel of the public
To explore representations of UAVs
Measured: 1 - 33 months
Questionnaire to a representative panel of the public
To understand public concerns
Measured: 1 - 33 months
Questionnaire to a representative panel of the public
To determine how UAVs empower or constrain pathways to adoption
Measured: 1 - 33 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted5 Aug 2021
- Study start1 Jan 2021
- Primary completion31 Dec 2023
- Study completion31 Dec 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 24 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Bournemouth University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of Southampton, University College, London, University of Leeds
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Janet Dickinson, Professor, Principal investigator, Professor in Tourism
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04990843
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- RED 11731
- Other IDs
- 295372, EP/V002619/1
- Acronym
- E-Drone
- Status last verified
- Jan 2024
- First submitted
- 15 Jul 2021
- Last updated
- 11 Jan 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 Jan 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- E-Drone: Transforming the Energy Demand of Supply Chains Through Integrated UAV-to-land Logistics for 2030
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04990843
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- E-Drone / RED 11731
- Conditions
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Keywords
- Un-crewed aerial vehicles, Integrated logistics, Healthcare, Energy demand, Social practices, Governance
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 24 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Bournemouth UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of Southampton, University College, London, University of Leeds
- Study start
- 1 Jan 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 5 Aug 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Vans are the fastest-growing category of licensed road vehicle in the UK with growing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The proposed research into how Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and land logistics systems can be combined and managed will provide fundamental new understanding into the impacts of regulation and operating criteria on energy efficiency and costs. Medical logistics could be the first domain to utilise UAVs on a commercial scale, with preliminary analysis on pathology logistics within Southampton indicating that UAVs would significantly reduce CO2 emissions. With the National Health Service (NHS) spending an estimated £2.5 billion annually on pathology logistics and with patient numbers rising, there is a need to re-think how logistics costs could be reduced whilst improving bleed-to-diagnosis times for patients and energy demand.
The research vision is to examine the energy reduction potential of logistics solutions involving UAVs operating alongside sustainable last-mile delivery solutions (cargo cycles and walking porters via micro-consolidation points).
This involves understanding UAV operations in airspace shared with manned aircraft. The project focuses on a case study and trials based around NHS pathology sample transportation in the Solent and Dorset region. The key research objectives are to:
- Investigate the collective transport and energy impacts of current 'business-as-usual' NHS pathology logistics across the Solent region;
- Develop new simulation tools to quantify the energy consumption of UAVs and land logistics systems resulting from new types of traffic regulation for shared airspace and the operating requirements of UAVs;
- Evaluate the impact on air space and energy use of a large scale take-up of UAVs for medical logistics across the Solent region;
- Understand stakeholder concerns about UAVs;
- Understand the regulatory and governance needs associated with UAV interventions that will lead to energy benefits in logistics.
Study design
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Prospective
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 99 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- * Task 1.1 - health staff/managers dealing with dispatch or receipt of patient diagnostics, bloods or pharmacy products at hospitals and GP surgeries, and transport staff.. * Task 1.2 qualitative - key stakeholder groups involved in the project including, NHS staff, will be via the project teams' commercial partners, and the general public. * Task 1.2 quantitative - a representative sample of the UK population. * Task 1.3 - logistics staff and health staff/managers dealing with dispatch or receipt of patient diagnostics, bloods or pharmacy products at hospitals and GP surgeries. * Task 5.1 - key stakeholder groups involved in the project logistics providers, and a wider sample of the 144 organisations that responded to the Government consultation on the Future of Drones (January 2019). * Tasks 5.2 - Two sub-samples from task 5.1. * Task 6.2 - key stakeholders and members of the general public.
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Work Package 1
- Work Package 5
- Work Package 6 • Anyone interacting with the serious game in dissemination events.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- There are no specific exclusion criteria, though clearly some tasks require key informants with specific knowledge.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Questionnaire to a representative panel of the public
Time frame: 1 - 33 months
To explore representations of UAVs
Questionnaire to a representative panel of the public
Time frame: 1 - 33 months
To understand public concerns
Questionnaire to a representative panel of the public
Time frame: 1 - 33 months
To determine how UAVs empower or constrain pathways to adoption
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 Jan 2024.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Janet Dickinson, Professor principal investigator
Professor in Tourism
4 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, run by Bournemouth University at 4 sites in United Kingdom.
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 1 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 11 Jan 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 4 sites in United Kingdom. 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?
Questionnaire to a representative panel of the public (time frame: 1 - 33 months). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. 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 11 Jan 2024; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.