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

NCT02953899 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2026-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Gambling Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Contingency Management

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

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rural Development Network

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Lethbridge

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Darren R Christensen, PhD · University of Lethbridge

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-30
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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