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Environmental Influence on Gambling Behavior

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02549781
Recruitment Status : Terminated (difficulties of inclusion of subjects)
First Posted : September 15, 2015
Last Update Posted : November 17, 2021
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

In France, the prevalence of problem gambling and risk has been estimated at 1.3%. This disorder, currently considered a behavioral addiction is characterized by a loss of control and an excessive focus on the game.

The literature on intervening psychological mechanisms in the development of the game led to think that the size of loss of control, central among players, could be understood as a reduction in control capacity but also as automatic activation behavior game.

The task of Go-Nogo, commonly used in cognitive psychology, assesses the automatic and controlled components of behavior. Furthermore, different models of the concept of addiction underline the importance of the environment associated with addiction. However, no study takes into account the interaction between the game environment and the involvement of these mechanisms.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Pathological Gambler Other: Go-Nogo test Not Applicable

Detailed Description:
In this study, patients will realize, on a computer, various exercises (called "Go-Nogo") whose principle is: 2 symbols (for example, a circle and a square) appear in random order on the screen computer. The patient will not press the response button (key on the keyboard) that upon the occurrence of one of the two symbols, in dependence upon the command that it has been given by the psychiatrist, and this as quickly as possible. The patient will successively perform 3 versions of this exercise (with a neutral wallpaper, with neutral/games images or with neutral/games tones).Order of the 3 versions will be determined by randomization.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 12 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Other
Official Title: Influence of Sensorimotor Environment on Gambling Behavior in Pathological Gambling.
Actual Study Start Date : January 31, 2014
Actual Primary Completion Date : April 30, 2014
Actual Study Completion Date : April 30, 2014

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Gambler performing Go-Nogo
In this study, Gambler performing Go-Nogo test. On a computer, various exercises (called "Go-Nogo") whose principle is: 2 symbols (for example, a circle and a square) appear in random order on the screen computer. The patient will not press the response button (key on the keyboard) that upon the occurrence of one of the two symbols, in dependence upon the command that it has been given by the psychiatrist, and this as quickly as possible. The patient will successively perform 3 versions of this exercise (with a neutral wallpaper, with neutral/games images or with neutral/games tones). Order of the 3 versions will be determined by randomization.
 Other: Go-Nogo test
In this study, Gambler performing Go-Nogo test. On a computer, various exercises (called "Go-Nogo") whose principle is: 2 symbols (for example, a circle and a square) appear in random order on the screen computer. The patient will not press the response button (key on the keyboard) that upon the occurrence of one of the two symbols, in dependence upon the command that it has been given by the psychiatrist, and this as quickly as possible. The patient will successively perform 3 versions of this exercise (with a neutral wallpaper, with neutral/games images or with neutral/games tones). Order of the 3 versions will be determined by randomization.
Active Comparator: Social layer performing Go-Nogo
In this study, social player performing Go-Nogo test. On a computer, various exercises (called "Go-Nogo") whose principle is: 2 symbols (for example, a circle and a square) appear in random order on the screen computer. The patient will not press the response button (key on the keyboard) that upon the occurrence of one of the two symbols, in dependence upon the command that it has been given by the psychiatrist, and this as quickly as possible. The patient will successively perform 3 versions of this exercise (with a neutral wallpaper, with neutral/games images or with neutral/games tones). Order of the 3 versions will be determined by randomization.
 Other: Go-Nogo test
In this study, Gambler performing Go-Nogo test. On a computer, various exercises (called "Go-Nogo") whose principle is: 2 symbols (for example, a circle and a square) appear in random order on the screen computer. The patient will not press the response button (key on the keyboard) that upon the occurrence of one of the two symbols, in dependence upon the command that it has been given by the psychiatrist, and this as quickly as possible. The patient will successively perform 3 versions of this exercise (with a neutral wallpaper, with neutral/games images or with neutral/games tones). Order of the 3 versions will be determined by randomization.
Placebo Comparator: non-gamer witnesses performing Go-Nogo
In this study, non-gamer witnesses performing Go-Nogo test. On a computer, various exercises (called "Go-Nogo") whose principle is: 2 symbols (for example, a circle and a square) appear in random order on the screen computer. The patient will not press the response button (key on the keyboard) that upon the occurrence of one of the two symbols, in dependence upon the command that it has been given by the psychiatrist, and this as quickly as possible. The patient will successively perform 3 versions of this exercise (with a neutral wallpaper, with neutral/games images or with neutral/games tones). Order of the 3 versions will be determined by randomization.
 Other: Go-Nogo test
In this study, Gambler performing Go-Nogo test. On a computer, various exercises (called "Go-Nogo") whose principle is: 2 symbols (for example, a circle and a square) appear in random order on the screen computer. The patient will not press the response button (key on the keyboard) that upon the occurrence of one of the two symbols, in dependence upon the command that it has been given by the psychiatrist, and this as quickly as possible. The patient will successively perform 3 versions of this exercise (with a neutral wallpaper, with neutral/games images or with neutral/games tones). Order of the 3 versions will be determined by randomization.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Result Go-Nogo test [ Time Frame: day 1 ]
    Difference between the number of errors (control) in Go-Nogo test simple and visual-auditory Go-Nogo (composite measure)


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 60 Years   (Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • For pathological gambler (JP): active casino players meet the diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling according to DSM-IV-TR
  • For social player (JS): casino players who score the SOGS is less than or equal to 2, and playing at least once a month in a money game and chance.
  • For non-gamer witnesses (T): play less than once per month to any type of gambling, except for Lotto and Euromillion where the threshold is increased at least once a week. These two draw games are considered more socially enrolled in a leisure practice without necessarily enroll in gambling.
  • Right handed
  • Aged between 18-60 years.
  • Without psychotropic treatment or treatment with a stable and unchanged for over a month.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants with a problem of visual acuity and / or uncorrected hearing.
  • Other current addiction (except tobacco, for reasons of feasibility).
  • Current Psychiatric comorbidity
  • Treatment psychotropic introduced or changed for less than a month.
  • Subjects with atrial fibrillation, with a pacemaker and / or receiving antiarrhythmic drugs
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Locations
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France
CHU de SAINT-ETIENNE
Saint-etienne, France, 42000
Sponsors and Collaborators
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Aurelia GAY, MD CHU de SAINT-ETIENNE
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Responsible Party: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02549781    
Other Study ID Numbers: 1308093
2013-A01352-43 ( Other Identifier: ANSM )
First Posted: September 15, 2015    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: November 17, 2021
Last Verified: March 2018
Keywords provided by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne:
pathological gambler
Go-Nogo test
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Gambling
Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders
Mental Disorders