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Improving ADHD Teen Driving - Virtual Reality

NCT06960980 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 204

Last updated 2026-02-23

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Summary

Teens with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have high rates of negative driving outcomes, including motor vehicle crashes, which may be caused by visual inattention (i.e., looking away from the roadway to perform secondary tasks). Two versions of a driving intervention that trains teens to reduce instances of looking away from the roadway will be tested in teens with ADHD.

Conditions

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

FOCAL+

Weekly for 5 weeks, teens complete a computer training program designed to train teens to limit the length of glances away from the roadway. During phase 1 of each training session, on a computer, the top portion of the screen plays a simulated video drive while the bottom half of the screen contains a map. Teens complete tasks that require switching between the 2 halves of the screen. While doing so, they receive feedback regarding how long they are looking away from the driving portion of the screen. During phase 2 of each training session, teens will complete five 5-minute simulated drives using a fixed-base driving simulator. During the drives, teens will be cued to a complete a visual search task which will require them to divert their gaze from the road. Eye tracking goggles will monitor eye glances and provide real time auditory feedback when a visual glance away from the roadway exceeds 2 secs.

BEHAVIORAL

VR-FOCAL+

Weekly for 5 weeks, teens complete a training program designed to train teens to limit the length of glances away from the roadway. The training has two phases, each of which will be administered using immersive virtual reality. The first phase will have teens switch between the upper half of a virtual reality screen which will play a simulated video drive while the bottom half contains a map. Teens complete tasks that require switching between the 2 halves of the screen. While doing so, they receive feedback regarding how long they are looking away from the driving portion of the screen. During the second phase of each session, teens will complete five 5-minute simulated drives in a virtual reality environment where teens will be cued to a complete a visual search task which will require them to divert their gaze from the road. Eye tracking will monitor eye glances and provide real time auditory feedback when a visual glance away from the roadway exceeds 2 secs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeff N Epstein, Ph.D. · Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-11
Primary Completion
2029-08-31
Completion
2029-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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