User-friendliness of a Portable Driving Simulator

Part of paid clinical trials in Kansas City, Kansas.

Sponsor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Study ID
NCT03969927
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
25 Years - 75 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Low-Fidelity PDS — DEVICE
    The principal investigator recently developed a low cost ($10,000) low fidelity portable driving simulator (PDS) in the University of Kansas Laboratory for Advanced Rehabilitation Research in Simulation (LARRS) that measures 25.5" Wide, 32.5" High, and 25" Deep and requires only approximately 4 square feet of space. This intervention uses the PDS to retrain study participants and improve their driving related skills.
  • High Fidelity Fixed-Base Simulator — DEVICE
    This intervention uses the large high-fidelity fixed-base driving simulator to retrain study participants and improve their driving related skills.

Study Details

The use of simulators to retrain driving skills of patients with stroke, Parkinson's disease (PD), or multiple sclerosis (MS) is very limited because of cost, space required, and incidence of simulator sickness in high fidelity simulators. The Principal investigator recently developed a low cost low fidelity portable driving simulator (PDS). In this pilot study, the study team will (1) determine the ease of use and occurrence of simulator sickness while operating the low fidelity PDS in a clinic setting and (2) the efficacy of the low fidelity PDS to reproduce the benefits from retraining impaired driving skills of stroke survivors in a high-fidelity simulator. Participants: 30 participants, separated according to neurological condition including stroke, PD, or MS, will be randomly allocated to either the PDS or fixed-base high-fidelity simulator training. Each participant will undergo a pre-training evaluation, five hours of designated training and a post-training assessment, similar to the pre-training evaluation. Data will be analyzed according to study aims. The investigators hypothesize that the simple set up of the PDS will make it easier to use and better decrease the incidence of simulator sickness that typically leads to stopping therapy than the high-fidelity simulator. The investigators hypothesize that improvements in lane maintenance, adherence to speed limits, reaction to traffic lights, and overall reaction time after training using the PDS will not be significantly different from improvements observed after training using the high-fidelity driving simulator.

Key Dates

Start date
Aug 28, 2019
Status verified
Aug 2024
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2025
Completion
Jun 30, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER

Arms

  • Experimental: Low-Fidelity PDS Training
    Individuals with stroke, PD, or MS
  • Active Comparator: High Fidelity Fixed-Base Simulator Training
    Individuals with stroke, PD, or MS

Primary Outcome Measure

User-Friendliness [ Time Frame: Assessed at the End of visit 2, visit 3, and visit 4. These visits will take place over an average of one week. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Abiodun AkinwuntanKansas CityKansas66160-8500
Abiodun E Akinwuntan, PhD
[email protected]
913-291-4697

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