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Contingency Management as an Adjunct Treatment for Rural and Remote Disordered Gamblers

ConditionGambling Disorder
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorUniversity of Lethbridge

About this trial

The purpose of this project is to pilot contingency management as an adjunct treatment to counselling as usual using internet delivered video-conferencing applications for remote disordered gamblers. This project further investigates the impact of adding contingency management to counselling to improve counselling attendance and retention and uses internet-delivered approaches to assist rural and remote disordered gamblers gain access to counselling treatments.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

capable of providing written consent,

received a diagnosis of gambling disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013),

gambled within the last month,

live in a rural or remote location, and

Disqualifiers

Medically unmanaged psychiatric or neurological disorder(s) except for disordered gambling

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Contingency Management

    Behavioral

    In addition to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, this intervention uses small incentives to reinforce study attendance and gambling abstinence.

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

    Behavioral

    This intervention uses psychoeducation, behavioural strategies, and cognitive restructuring to assist the participant in their efforts to become abstinent from gambling.

Treatment groups

54 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Contingency ManagementExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Cognitive Behavioural TherapyActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Gambling Abstinence

The total number of sessions that a participant provided evidence of gambling abstinence in the study

Time frame
12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

Session Attendance

The total number of sessions that a participant attended the study

Time frame
12-weeks
2

Study Retention

The total number of weeks that a participant attended the study

Time frame
12-weeks

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Lethbridge

Lead sponsor

Rural Development Network

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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