High Working Memory Load to Reduce Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) Cravings

Internet Gaming Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

High Working Memory Load to Reduce IGD Cravings: N-Back Task

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03868501
• Other study ID #: Working memory
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 10, 2019
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: March 2019
• Source: Beijing Normal University
• Contact: Linxuan Xu
• Phone: +8613520031870
• Email: 201511060131[@]mail.bnu.edu.cn
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To test whether high working memory load can effectively reduce the craving for IGD.

Description:

This project is to use 1-back task and 3-back task to reduce the craving of internet gamers. To test whether high working memory load can effectively reduce the craving for IGD. This project will be conducted in Beijing, China, based on a large sample of internet gamers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The scores of the 9 items of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition(DSM-5) recommended diagnosis for Internet gaming disorder = 5.

• Engagement in popular Internet games (e.g. Arena of Valor, League of Legends and Player Unknown's Battle Grounds) for over 20 hours per week for a minimum of 12 months.

• The scores of theYoung-Internet Addiction Test(Y-IAT) = 50

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current or history of use of illegal substances and gambling;

• Current or history of psychiatric or neurological illness;

• Current use of psychotropic medications.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Internet Gaming Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• n-back task
All participants will be asked to finish the 3-back task and the 1-back task. The 3-back task and the 1-back task will be carried out at intervals to avoid the influence between different tasks. The sequence of the 3-back task and the 1-back task will be counterbalanced across participants.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University	Beijing	Beijing

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Beijing Normal University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

References & Publications (2)

Kaag AM, Goudriaan AE, De Vries TJ, Pattij T, Wiers RW. A high working memory load prior to memory retrieval reduces craving in non-treatment seeking problem drinkers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018 Mar;235(3):695-708. doi: 10.1007/s00213-017-4785-4. Epub 2017 Nov 27. — View Citation

May J, Andrade J, Panabokke N, Kavanagh D. Visuospatial tasks suppress craving for cigarettes. Behav Res Ther. 2010 Jun;48(6):476-85. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.02.001. Epub 2010 Feb 7. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The craving of internet gamers	The craving of internet gamers is measured by a single item Visual Analogue Scale with 1 to 7 likert score.	0-1 minutes before each set of cue
Primary	The craving of internet gamers after cue	The craving of internet gamers is measured by a single item Visual Analogue Scale with 1 to 7 likert score.	0-1 minutes after showing cue
Primary	The craving of internet gamers after tasks	The craving of internet gamers is measured by a single item Visual Analogue Scale with 1 to 7 likert score.	0-1 minutes after finishing each block of tasks