Clinical trial NCT05413564: Impact of a Self-Exclusion Procedure Optimized by an Extension of the Suspension of Commercial Solicitations
Official title: Impact of a Self-Exclusion Procedure Optimized by an Extension of the Suspension of Commercial Solicitations
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Gambling Disorder
Lead sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-06-10
Enrollment: 2554
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Considering that self-exclusion from gambling on a particular website is an intervention for and by individuals who have developed a gambling disorder, it is currently exclusively a behavioural intervention in the sense that it prevents the behaviour Resumption of commercial solicitations only in the period when gambling is not accessible in the corresponding website , through voluntary self-exclusion (where the gambler prevents himself or herself from gambling), does not appear to be sufficient to prevent relapse. Early commercial solicitations, in the immediate intercourse after the end of the self-exlcusion period may precipitate relapse in gamblers whose behaviour change is by definition recent, and who have only received a behavioural measure. The investigators hypothesize an improved efficacy as measured by reduced gambling after a self-exclusion optimized by a period of suspension of commercial solicitations extended to 9 months, compared to self-exclusion with the standard procedure. Gamblers will be randomized according to an a priori randomization list.

Detailed description: This is a study evaluating the impact of PMU's implementation of an optimized self-exclusion procedure by extending the suspension of commercial solicitations for a total of 9 months, the self-exclusion being referred to as a non-medical "responsible gambling" tool, compared to the standard procedure. The self-excluded gamblers will be randomized according to an a priori randomization list, and will receive either the optimized self-exclusion procedure A or the standard self-exclusion procedure B. The study consists of a comparison between two groups A and B. The study involves non-medical gambling and socio-demographic data, routinely recorded in a regulatory manner with a permanent CNIL authorization PMU.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years or older
* self-excluder during the recruitment period
* Online sports betting
* poker and horse racing player
* account opened for at least 4 weeks
* self-exclusion for 3 months or less (minimum 3 days).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Player who has objected to the use of his collected data when opening his account.
* It's not the first self-exclusion of the inclusion period.

Primary outcomes:
measure: change in total net loss
timeFrame: over the last 4 weeks,between the last 4 weeks before self-exclusion T0, and the last 4 weeks at 9 months T2
Secondary outcomes:
measure: change in total net loss
timeFrame: between last 4 weeks prior to self-exclusion, and last 4 weeks at 6 months T1, 12 months T3 and 18 months T4
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Nîmes
country: France
facility: Amandine LUQUIENS
Study officials:
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