A Randomized Control Trial Examining Two Treatments for Problem Gambling

Anger Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Control Trial Examining Two Treatments for Problem Gambling

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00345527
• Other study ID #: 004/2006
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 27, 2006
• Last updated: February 11, 2013

Study information

• Verified date: February 2013
• Source: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Health Canada
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Despite evidence of high rates of concurrent substance use and anger problems among problem gamblers, until recently there have been no empirically evaluated treatments for these co-morbid problems. A recent study (Korman, Collins, McMain, & Skinner, 2005) found that an emotion and behaviour regulation treatment (EBRT) was more effective than a gambling-only treatment-as-usual in engaging clients in treatment and in reducing gambling, anger, and substance use. This study is a replication of Korman et al's study and will compare an emotion and behaviour regulation treatment (EBRT) for problem gambling, anger and substance use to a manualized cognitive behavioural treatment (CBT) for problem gambling.

Description:

80 participants will be randomly assigned to either an emotion and behaviour regulation treatment (EBRT) or to a cognitive behavioural treatment (CBT). Randomization will be stratified by the presence of substance dependence disorder. Both treatment conditions will consist of 12 one-hour weekly outpatient individual sessions. Participants will be assessed at baseline, end of treatment, and 3-months, 6-months and 12-months follow-up.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. primary completion date: November 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Problem gambling (PGSI > 7; c.f., Ferris & Wynne, 2001)

• Clinically significant anger (STAXI-II anger expression/trait subscale score >75th percentile and/or Anger Control subscale score < 25th percentile; c.f., Spielberger, 1999)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Major thought disorders

• Acute manic episode

• High psychopathy

• Severe developmental/cognitive disability

• Outstanding legal charges/sentencing

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anger
• Gambling
• Gambling, Pathological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Emotion and Behaviour Regulation Treatment (EBRT)

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Treatment Retention
Primary	The Working Alliance Inventory - Client version (WAI-C)
Primary	Canadian Problem Gambling Inventory(CPGI)
Primary	State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-II(STAXI-II)
Primary	Addiction Severity Index: Drug and Alcohol Use section
Primary	Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV (SCID; APA, 1994), substance use section