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Don't Go There: A Geospatial mHealth App for Gambling Disorder

NCT04158037 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2025-08-27

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Summary

The goal of this project is to develop and to test the efficacy of a novel mHealth app for gambling disorder. The app capitalizes on smartphones' global positioning software (GPS) that recognizes a user's location to within 15 feet. Users will receive an alert of this go near a gambling venue. The project will conduct a 12-week pilot randomized clinical trial to test the short-term efficacy of the app with gambling disorder individuals.

Conditions

  • Gambling Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

mHealth App

The app uses smartphones' global positioning software (GPS) that recognizes a user's location to within 15 feet. The app will construct a customizable geofence (e.g., 3 miles) around a gambler's favored gambling venue (e.g., casino, gas station). If the individual crosses the fence boundary his or her phone will raise the alarm with a personalized motivational message.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Responsible Gaming

    collaborator OTHER

  • St. Louis University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeremiah Weinstock, PhD · St. Louis University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-31
Primary Completion
2025-05-31
Completion
2025-06-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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