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Alcohol calibration study to establish limits for fitness to drive.

Alcohol calibration study to establish limits for fitness to drive. - Alcohol calibration and driving fitness

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON42508
Enrollment
99
Registered
2015-12-17
Start date
2016-01-08
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-04-23

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

het betreft gezonde vrijwilligers die alcohol toegediend krijgen n.a.

Interventions

Alcohol (amount related to sex, age, size and weight, in order to achieve a BAC of 0.5 mg/ml) and placebo-alcohol.

Sponsors

Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - A BMI between 19 and 29 m2/kg (BMI Classification. Global Database on Body Mass Index. World Health Organization. 2006) - Minimum 5 years in possession of a valid driving license - Minimal driving experience of on average 3,000 km/year - Sufficient visual acuity (defined as a score of at least 0.5 on the SnellenCard). - Age from 23 to 75 years. The lower age limit is set at 23 years, so there no participants with an initial drivers license are included. The legal alcohollimit is actually lower for the initial license (0.2 instead of 0.5 per mille per mille). The upper limit is set at 75 years, since over 75 years the risk of neurological disorders greatly increases. - Alcohol consumption of 3 or more glasses of alcohol/week.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Presence of a neurological and psychiatric disorder (for example, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, sleep disorders, etc.) - Medication use (with the exception of the contraceptive pill and paracetamol) - Drug use - Excessive alcohol consumption (defined as> 21 units of alcohol/week) - Smoking on average > 10 cigarettes / day - Female participants may not be pregnant (this is checked by means of a pregnancy test) or bebreastfeeding. - In possession of an initial drivers license.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary outcome measure in this study is the Standard Deviation of Lateral Position (SDLP, in cm) of the Highway Driving test conducted on public roads.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The secondary outcome measures will be the results on the following cognitive tests: - Trailmaking A en B - Digit Symbol Substitution Test - Adaptive Tachistoscopic Traffic Perception Test (ATTPT) - Reaction Test - Determination Test - Vienna Risk-Taking Test Traffic - Psychomotor Vigilance Taak - Driving simulator tests (Swingdrive (fixed en free speed), Intersections, Merging, Vigilantie-SDLP)

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)