Clinical trial NCT01789580: MOD&JEU: Moderators of Online Gambling, How Effective?
Official title: Moderators of Online Gambling, How Effective? Experimental, Controlled and Randomized Study.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Online Gambling
Keywords: Experimental study, moderators, online gambling,
problem gambling prevention
Lead sponsor: Nantes University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2013-02-12
Enrollment: 485
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Prevalence of problem gambling is estimated about 1-3% of the general adult population. This percentage increases to 5% when talking about online gambling. In France, the market for online gambling was recently opened up to competition and regulation (May 2010), including poker and sports/horse races betting, but excluding for the moment casino games. Recent international studies show that legalizing online gambling led to an increase of practices, including problem gambling.

In France, the law stipulates the establishment of moderators of online gambling, to prevent excessive gambling practices. The Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) guarantees the implementation of these moderators. However, no evaluation of the effectiveness of these moderators is planned.

Therefore the investigators propose to conduct an experimental study about online gambling. The objective will be to evaluate the effectiveness of four kinds of moderators, some already legislated, but not evaluated, and others offered by the investigators team. Proposals for amending legislation will be made according the results of this study.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult
* French people, living around Nantes
* Giving their consent for access to their gambling account
* User of a gambling site approved by the ARJEL, with an active account
* Regular gambler (gambling at least once a week, since at least 3 months)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Age under 18 and over 65
* Excessive gamblers (CPGI \> 8) or gambler seeking treatment
* Protected persons (pregnant women, being under protection measures)
* Overindebtedness
* Psychiatric or cognitive major dysfunctions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Effectiveness of studied moderators
timeFrame: 2 month
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Nantes
country: France
facility: Nantes University Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Nantes UH
name: Jean-Luc VENISSE
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Caillon J, Grall-Bronnec M, Saillard A, Leboucher J, Pere M, Challet-Bouju G. Impact of Warning Pop-Up Messages on the Gambling Behavior, Craving, and Cognitions of Online Gamblers: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Front Psychiatry. 2021 Jul 23;12:711431. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.711431. eCollection 2021.
citation: Challet-Bouju G, Grall-Bronnec M, Saillard A, Leboucher J, Donnio Y, Pere M, Caillon J. Impact of Wagering Inducements on the Gambling Behaviors, Cognitions, and Emotions of Online Gamblers: A Randomized Controlled Study. Front Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 17;11:593789. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.593789. eCollection 2020.
citation: Caillon J, Grall-Bronnec M, Hardouin JB, Venisse JL, Challet-Bouju G. Online gambling's moderators: how effective? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2015 May 30;15:519. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1846-7.