Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Gambling Disorder
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Lille
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ministry of Health, France
Conditions:
Gambling Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Gambling disorder (GD) is recognized as an addictive disorder in the DSM-5. Craving is a core phenomenon in addiction that can lead to relapse in problem gambling for pathological gamblers. Exposure T...
Detailed Description
Main aim: Show, within patients seeking care for GD, that VRET integrated with CBT is non-inferior to imaginal ET integrated with CBT on GD symptom reduction at the end of 12 treatment sessions. Sec...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Seek treatment for GD within one of health care facilities participating in the research (first request for treatment and not patients already receiving treatment for gambling disorder in the care center).
- Meet a current diagnosis of gambling disorder according to DSM-5 criteria and with a South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) score ≥ 5
- Meet a casino gambling behavior with a casino gambling frequency ≥ 1 time every two months during the last 12 months
- Have a sufficient understanding of French for therapy
- Beneficiary of the French social security system
- Give an informed consent to participate
- Willing to comply with all study procedures and duration
Exclusion
- Visual disturbance making impossible the use of virtual reality equipment (e.g. advanced retinal degeneration, central scotoma, age-related macular degeneration)
- Pregnant woman
- Minor or adult under guardianship, conservatorship, under judicial protection, persons deprived of their liberty
- Balance disorder (e.g. cerebellar disorder, inner ear disorder)
- Photosensitive epilepsy
- Refusal to participate
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
124 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04467502
Start Date
January 1 2024
End Date
July 1 2026
Last Update
January 26 2024
Active Locations (10)
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1
CHU Amiens-Picardie
Amiens, France
2
CH Boulogne sur mer CSAPA
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
3
CHU de Caen
Caen, France
4
Hôpital Fontan, CHU lille
Lille, France, 59000