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Driver Simulator Training to Improve Driving After Stroke

Driving Simulator Training to Improve Driving Performance in Veteran Stroke Patients

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Apr 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

One hundred Veteran stroke survivors will participate in both an Active Driver Training intervention and a Control intervention in a fully interactive driving simulator. In addition, all participants will complete pre- and post-intervention driving assessments in the driving simulator to measure driving performance and types of driving errors committed. Half the participants will receive the Active Driver Training first, whereas the other half will receive the Control intervention first. Each Active Driver Training session will provide targeted practice and feedback on each of four unique driving skills including: speed management, collision avoidance, lane positioning, and dashboard attention. The Control intervention will be matched for total time but will only provide extra familiarization with the operation of the driving simulator, with no skill-specific practice. It is predicted that the Active Driver Training Intervention will result in improved driving performance, relative to the Control condition. In addition, after a delay period of at least 6 months, all participants will be re-assessed in the driving simulator and will complete a survey to capture changes in driving status.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
100 (estimated)
First submitted
1 Nov 2024
Start date
17 Nov 2025
Primary completion date
30 Jun 2029
Lead sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
Diseases
Stroke
NCT number
NCT06672107

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 100
  • From 17 Nov 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2029
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other illness

  • History of other neurologic illness (e.g., TBI, dementia, epilepsy, Parkinson's, etc.)
  • History of severe psychiatric illness (e.g., schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders)
  • Recent substance abuse/dependence disorder (\< 1 year)

Other

  • Non-Veteran status

Who the study is looking for

  • U.S. Veterans
  • History of a unilateral stroke (at least 3 months post-onset)
  • Ages 40-80
  • pre-morbidly right hand dominant
  • prior driving experience/U.S. driver's license

Age in the registry: 40 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA
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SacramentoUnited StatesRecruiting

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