Online Interventions for Gamblers With and Without Co-occurring Mental Health Concerns

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Online Interventions for Problem Gamblers With and Without Co-occurring Mental Health Concerns: Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02800096
• Other study ID #: 004/2015
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 8, 2016
• Last updated: October 24, 2017
• Start date: June 2016
• Est. completion date: August 11, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Comorbidity between problem gambling and mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression is common. Further, the treatment needs of people with co-occurring gambling and mental health concerns may be different from those of problem gamblers who do not have a co-occurring mental health concern. The present study is a two-arm, double blinded, parallel group randomized controlled trial (RCT) that will evaluate whether there is a benefit to providing access to mental health Internet interventions (G+MH intervention) in addition to an Internet intervention for problem gambling (G-only intervention) in participants with gambling problems who do or do not have co-occurring mental health concerns.

Description:

People with gambling concerns will be recruited using targeted advertisements. Potential participants will be screened using an online survey to identify participants meeting criteria for problem gambling. As part of the baseline screening process, measures of current depression and anxiety will be assessed. Eligible participants agreeing to take part in the study will be randomized to one of two versions of an online intervention for gamblers - an intervention that just targets gambling issues (G-only) versus one that contains interventions for anxiety and depression in addition to an intervention for gamblers (G+MH). It is predicted that problem gamblers who do not have co-occurring mental health concerns will display no significant difference between intervention conditions at a six-month follow-up. However, for those with co-occurring mental health concerns, it is predicted that participants receiving access to G+MH website will display significantly reduced gambling outcomes at six-month follow-up as compared to those provided with G-only website.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 284
• Est. completion date: August 11, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: August 11, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age or over

• Score of 3 or greater on the Problem Gambling Severity Index of the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (PGSI- CPGI)

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Gambling

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Gambling Internet intervention
The gambling Internet intervention consists of a new online version of self-change tools that have previously been translated successfully into an online form and shown to have a significant impact on gambling in three trials. A major focus of this intervention is to provide individuals with clear and concise behavioral and cognitive strategies for meeting the goal of reducing or quitting gambling.
• MoodGYM
Internet intervention for depression and anxiety - MoodGYM, an extensively evaluated intervention found to be effective in a variety of different settings.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The NORC DSM-IV Screen for Gambling Problems (NODS) past 3 month version indicating DSM-IV gambling severity.	Change in gambling severity (NODS) from baseline	3 and 6 months
Secondary	Number of days gambled per month	Change in mean days per month gambling from baseline	3 and 6 months

External Links

•   The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is the leading mental health and addictions research facility in Canada, and one of the largest in the world.