Vulnerability Markers in Pathological Gambling

Marqueurs de vulnérabilité Aux Jeux Pathologiques

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02873572

Acronym

GambleMMORe

Enrollment

Registered

2016-08-19

Start date

2010-04-30

Completion date

2017-12-31

Last updated

2016-08-19

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Conditions

Gambling, Gaming

Keywords

Online poker, Casino, Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), High Resolution Electroencephalography (HR-EEG)

Brief summary

Addictions without substances are an emergent problem giving rise to a recent and increasing request of care. Among these new addictions, pathological gambling and pathological online video gaming which are up. The purpose of this study is to identify vulnerability factors (personality traits, decision making strategies...), which are common or specific to each type of game (on line poker, casino, MMORPG, and no-gamers).

Interventions

BEHAVIORALstep 1: online assessment

Anonymous psychiatric and behavioral assessments to evaluate in particular addiction or pathological gambling/gaming and behavioral profile of gamblers/gamers. Once questionnaire completed, if the subjects want to continue to participate, they sent their email to investigators.

BEHAVIORALstep2: biomarkers of gamblers/gamers

For each arm, subjects were divided into 2 groups: dependant or not dependant gamblers/gamers. Investigators focused on decision-making biomarkers following the following flow-chart: * psychiatric assesment and * registration of brain activity during a decision-making task in conditions of uncertainty (IGT) with its version for HR-EEG validated by investigators (Giustiniani, 2015).

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* arm 1: online poker gamblers who don't play another type of gamble/game * arm 2: casino gamblers who don't play another type of gamble/game * arm 3: MMORPG gamers who don't play another type of gamble/game * arm 4: no-gamblers/gamers subjects * step 2 : only right-handled subjects (due to registration of brain activity)

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Compare the average activation differences in each arm regarding the dependance level and between the 4 arms.	up to 4 weeks

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactEmmanuel Haffen, MD PhD

emmanuel.haffen@univ-fcomte.fr+33381219007

Backup ContactMagali Nicolier, PhD

mnicolier@chu-besanocn.fr+33381219007

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026