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Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Gambling

NCT00118391 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2013-07-01

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Summary

This study will determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and contingency management (CM) in reducing gambling behaviors and other related problems in pathological gambling.

Study hypothesis: Participants who receive CBT and CM will attend more treatment sessions and show better outcomes than those who receive CBT alone.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive behavior therapy

Receive 8 50-minute sessions of one-on-one cognitive behavioral therapy

BEHAVIORAL

Contingency management

Receive vouchers that can be spent on rewards for completing activities that support abstinence from gambling

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • UConn Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nancy M. Petry, PhD · UConn Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-11-30
Primary Completion
2005-10-31
Completion
2005-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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