Test of a method to reduce the urge to gamble in a population of problem gamblers in treatment.
Descrizione riassuntiva dello studio
Ten patients in treatment for a gambling addiction will be recruited. This study will primarily take place on smartphones and requires internet access. To understand their urge to gamble, we will ask them to respond to various questionnaires related to gambling every day for 1 week. Then, in the following week, they will learn and use a technique called "interference" and will also respond to the questionnaires daily. Three months after this phase, we will again ask participants to respond to the same questionnaires to verify that the effect of the intervention has been maintained for another week. During these 3 months between the last 2 phases, the intervention remains accessible.
(BASEC)
Intervento studiato
Interference is a method based on the principle that any urge or desire requires cognitive resources such as attention and the resources used to mentally visualize (images, sounds, tastes, etc.). To successfully suppress this urge or desire, these resources must be shifted to another task that will monopolize these resources. Here are some examples of interference methods: playing Tetris, making shapes with modeling clay, or mentally imagining scenes. It is therefore a voluntary distraction to suppress the urge, and in this study, the desire to gamble.
(BASEC)
Malattie studiate
Gambling addiction
(BASEC)
Have a gambling addiction with strong urges and be in treatment Be of legal age (18 years) and French-speaking (BASEC)
Criteri di esclusione
Suffer from a severe psychopathology (suicidal thoughts, psychosis, manic phase, depressive phase, alcohol intoxication, intellectual disability) (BASEC)
Luogo dello studio
Losanna
(BASEC)
Sponsor
Dr. Olivier Simon
(BASEC)
Contatto per ulteriori informazioni sullo studio
Persona di contatto in Svizzera
Aurélien Cornil
+32 4 366 20 66
aurelien.cornil@clutteruliege.beULiège
(BASEC)
Nome del comitato etico approvante (per studi multicentrici solo il comitato principale)
Commissione d'etica Vaud
(BASEC)
Data di approvazione del comitato etico
10.04.2018
(BASEC)
ID di studio ICTRP
NCT03493399 (ICTRP)
Titolo ufficiale (approvato dal comitato etico)
Testing Interference-based methods to mitigate gambling craving - A Multiple Single Case Design (BASEC)
Titolo accademico
Testing Interference-based Methods to Mitigate Gambling Craving - A Multiple Single Case Design (ICTRP)
Titolo pubblico
Testing Interference-based Methods to Mitigate Gambling Craving - A Multiple Single Case Design (ICTRP)
Malattie studiate
Gambling Disorder;Gambling, Pathological;Craving;Gambling;Gambling Problem (ICTRP)
Intervento studiato
Behavioral: Interference (ICTRP)
Tipo di studio
Interventional (ICTRP)
Disegno dello studio
Intervention model: Sequential Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label). (ICTRP)
Criteri di inclusione/esclusione
Inclusion Criteria:
- Outpatients from CJE
- In therapy for a Gambling Disorder
- French speaking
- Signifiant gambling cravings (clinically assessed)
- Sign an inform consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Comorbidities (psychosis, acute manic phase, acute depressive phase, suicidal phase,
mental retardation, alcohol intoxication or other psychic state incompatible with the
study)
(ICTRP)
non disponibile
Endpoint primari e secondari
Gambling Craving Frequency;Gambling Craving Strength (ICTRP)
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Data di registrazione
23.03.2018 (ICTRP)
Inclusione del primo partecipante
01.07.2019 (ICTRP)
Sponsor secondari
University of Luxembourg;Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois;University of Geneva, Switzerland;Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain (ICTRP)
Contatti aggiuntivi
Aurélien Cornil;Olivier Simon, aurelien.cornil@uclouvain.be; olivier.simon@chuv.ch, +3210478737; (ICTRP)
ID secondari
UCLouvain - CJE-CHUV (ICTRP)
Risultati-Dati individuali dei partecipanti
non disponibile
Ulteriori informazioni sullo studio
https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03493399 (ICTRP)
Risultati dello studio
Riepilogo dei risultati
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Link ai risultati nel registro primario
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