Minnesota HealthSolutions Cellular Car Seat Study

NCT ID: NCT05552027

Last Updated: 2024-09-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

92 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-06-15

Study Completion Date

2022-11-17

Brief Summary

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The objective of the study is to evaluate an innovative child safety seat user engagement system (CCS system) designed to actively educate, instruct, and alarm caregivers with information associated with automatically-sensed safety seat misuses/errors via a smartphone application.

Detailed Description

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The primary objective of the study is to evaluate whether child safety seat users correct more critical misuse errors in child safety seat usage with the seat with the CCS system than the same seat with no sensor system. The CCS system will provide ongoing, tailored support to users at the time of an error. Videos will be available to users via a smartphone and provide short "how to" instructions that demonstrate how to correctly perform each safety seat behavior (e.g., tighten harness straps) and how to avoid common mistakes. The overall goal of the CCS system is to prevent child safety seat critical misuses and reduce deaths and injuries in children riding in motor vehicles. In the proposed study, adult participants will be asked to attend one in-person study visit and complete three (3) scenarios in which they will be asked to identify and correct errors in child safety seat use. Participants will be randomized to either the intervention group which will use the CCS system during each scenario or the control group which will not use the CCS system during each scenario.

Conditions

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Child Safety Seat Harness Tension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This study is a randomized control trial with 2 arms (intervention and control). The intervention group will participate in a series of three safety seat misuse scenarios with the CCS system enabled, and participants in the control group will participate in the same series of three safety seat misuse scenarios without the CCS system. Misuse scenarios include insecure attachment of the seat to the vehicle, incorrect harness straps, and improper orientation of the safety seat. In each scenario, participants will be asked to identify and correct each error. Each participant will be randomly assigned to either the control or intervention group. Each participant will receive the same scenarios in the same order.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
Participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention group or control group upon arrival at the study visit. Assignment status will not be concealed from the research assistants enrolling the participant, the participants themselves, or the rest of the study team.

Study Groups

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Intervention

Participants will harness the car seat in 3 separate scenarios with the sensor system enabled to provide feedback.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

CCS System- Prototype

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants will be exposed to each of the 3 scenarios with the sensor system enabled (with feedback)

Control

Participants will harness the car seat in 3 separate scenarios with the sensor system disabled in order to not provide feedback.

Group Type OTHER

CCS System- Control

Intervention Type DEVICE

The participants will be exposed to each of the 3 scenarios with the system disabled (no feedback).

Interventions

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CCS System- Prototype

Participants will be exposed to each of the 3 scenarios with the sensor system enabled (with feedback)

Intervention Type DEVICE

CCS System- Control

The participants will be exposed to each of the 3 scenarios with the system disabled (no feedback).

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Males or Females ages 18-75 years
* Has harnessed/fastened a child into a car seat in the last five (5) years
* Has a valid driver's license

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-fluency in written and/or spoken English
* Participant cannot install a safety seat due to a physical or health limitation
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Minnesota HealthSolutions

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sara Seifert

MPH

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sara Seifert, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Minnesota HealthSolutions

Locations

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ten leading causes of unintentional injury deaths, United States, 2016, all races, both sexes. https://webappa.cdc.gov/cgi-bin/broker.exe. Published 2016.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fatal Injury Data. https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal.html. Accessed January 5, 2019.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic Safety Facts 2008 Data: Young Drivers. Vol 2010. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation; 2008. doi:DOT HS 811 169

Reference Type BACKGROUND

National SAFE KIDS Campaign and NHTSA Child Passenger Safety Technician Program Participant Manual. :C-4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Li HR, Pickrell TM, KC S. The 2015 National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats. Washington, DC; 2016. www.ntis.gov.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Greenwell NK. Results of the National Child Restraint Use Special Study. Washington, DC; 2015. www.ntis.gov.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Arbogast KB, Durbin DR, Cornejo RA, Kallan MJ, Winston FK. An evaluation of the effectiveness of forward facing child restraint systems. Accid Anal Prev. 2004 Jul;36(4):585-9. doi: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00065-4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Brown J, Bilston L, McCaskill M. Injury implications of inappropriate use of adult seatbelt systems for children aged 2-8. Australas Road Res Polic Educ Conf. 2003;7(2):81-87.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Brown J, McCaskill ME, Henderson M, Bilston LE. Serious injury is associated with suboptimal restraint use in child motor vehicle occupants. J Paediatr Child Health. 2006 Jun;42(6):345-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00870.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Lutz N, Arbogast KB, Cornejo RA, Winston FK, Durbin DR, Nance ML. Suboptimal restraint affects the pattern of abdominal injuries in children involved in motor vehicle crashes. J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Jun;38(6):919-23. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(03)00124-6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12778394 (View on PubMed)

Valent F, McGwin G Jr, Hardin W, Johnston C, Rue LW 3rd. Restraint use and injury patterns among children involved in motor vehicle collisions. J Trauma. 2002 Apr;52(4):745-51. doi: 10.1097/00005373-200204000-00023.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11956394 (View on PubMed)

Weinstein EB, Sweeney MM, Garber M, Eastwood MD, Osterman JG, Roberts JV. The Effect of Size Appropriate and Proper Restraint Use on Injury Severity of Children. In: 2nd Child Occupant Protection Symposium. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE); 1997:181-186.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Winston FK, Durbin DR, Kallan MJ, Moll EK. The danger of premature graduation to seat belts for young children. Pediatrics. 2000 Jun;105(6):1179-83. doi: 10.1542/peds.105.6.1179.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10835054 (View on PubMed)

Decina LE, Lococo KH. Misuse of child restraints. 2004. http://icsw.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/research/misuse/images/misusescreen.pdf.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Klinich KD, Manary MA, Flannagan CAC, et al. Labels, Instructions, and Features of Convertible Child Restraint Systems (CRS): Evaluating Their Effects on CRS Installation Errors. Washington, DC; 2010.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Wegner MV, Girasek DC. How readable are child safety seat installation instructions? Pediatrics. 2003 Mar;111(3):588-91. doi: 10.1542/peds.111.3.588.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12612241 (View on PubMed)

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

Participants Central. Prevent child heatsroke in cars. http://www.safercar.gov/participants/InandAroundtheCar/heatstroke.htm. Accessed December 7, 2016.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Singh S, Stern S, Subramanian R. Not-in-Traffic Surveillance: Non-Crash Fatalities and Injuries.; 2015.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Rudd R, Prasad A, Weston D, Wietholter K. Functional Assessment of Unattended Child Reminder Systems. Washington, DC; 2015.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Null J. Heatsroke deaths of children in vehicles. https://noheatstroke.org/index.htm. Accessed January 5, 2019.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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20-017790

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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