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

Gambling Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04158037
• Other study ID #: 30494
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2024
• Est. completion date: December 2025

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: St. Louis University
• Contact: Jeremiah Weintock, PhD
• Phone: 314-977-2137
• Email: jeremiah.weinstock[@]health.slu.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 2025
• Est. primary completion date: December 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Currently meets DSM-5 criteria for gambling disorder
• At least 4 non-online gambling episodes in past 60 days
• Wagering at least $100 total over past 60 days
• Willingness to accept random assignment
• English speaking
• Android phone user

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age <18 years old
• Severely disruptive behavior
• Serious uncontrolled psychiatric behavior that requires acute psychiatric care
• Decline permission to collect zero permission data from smartphone.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gambling
• Gambling Disorder

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis	Missouri

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
St. Louis University	National Center for Responsible Gaming

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	App usage (feasibility)	Number of days the app is active on a user's smartphone. Days can range from 0 to 84.	From baseline to post-treatment (12 weeks)
Primary	Patient satisfaction with the gambling app	Investigator derived patient satisfaction self-report questionnaire. Five items, using a 7-point Likert scale from very dissatisfied (1) to very satisfied (7). Higher scores indicate a better outcome.	From baseline to post-treatment (12 weeks)
Secondary	Gambling behavior via Timeline Followback (Weinstock, Whelan, & Meyers, 2004)	Self-report gambling frequency and intensity as assessed by the Gambling Timeline Followback - a retrospective self-report calendar. Gambling frequency can range from 0 to 84; gambling intensity is measured in $ and time (hours). Dollars wagered can range from $0 to unlimited $. Time is measured in hours and can range from 0 to >1,000 hours. Higher scores indicate a worse outcome.	From baseline to post-treatment (12 weeks)
Secondary	Gambling-related harms (Browne et al., 2018)	Self-reported gambling harms as assessed by the 72-item Gambling-Related Harms Questionnaire (yes/no responses). Scores range from 0 to 72. Higher scores indicate a worse outcome.	From baseline to post-treatment (12 weeks)
Secondary	Quality of Life Inventory (Frisch et al., 1994). A self-reported quality of life measure assessing 17 domains of life for importance and satisfaction.	Self-report quality of life questionnaire. Participants rate 17 domains on importance (range not at all important [0] to extremely important [2]). The 17 domains are then rated on how satisfied the individual is regards to his or her life (-3 [very dissatisfied] to 3 [very dissatisfied]). A total score is then generated by summing the product of importance multiplied by satisfaction. Scores range from 0 to 102. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.	From baseline to post-treatment (12 weeks)