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Mental Imagery Intervention for Alcohol Craving

NCT04958655 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2022-05-24

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Summary

A within-subjects crossover, randomised controlled trial conducted at a specialist NHS outpatient addictions clinics to determine if mental imagery (of future positive \[recovery oriented\] events) and a visuospatial task (playing Tetris) can help reduce cue-induced alcohol craving. Effects of both interventions will be compared.

Conditions

  • Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tetris Task

a visual task where participants are asked to play 'tetris' i.e. attend to and manipulate shapes and positions on screen

BEHAVIORAL

Mental Imagery for Craving Reduction

a behavioural mental imagery intervention where participants are asked to generate a specific future mental image to reduce cue-induced craving for alcohol

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • John Marsden, Prof · King's College London

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-20
Primary Completion
2022-05-21
Completion
2022-05-21

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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