MOD&JEU: Moderators of Online Gambling, How Effective?

NCT ID: NCT01789580

Last Updated: 2018-02-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

485 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-02-28

Study Completion Date

2018-03-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Online Gambling

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control group

The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) without gambling moderator.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Bonus group

The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) with the first gambling moderator sudied : bonus (with different modalities of the moderator).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Gambling moderator

Intervention Type OTHER

Auto-exclusion group

The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) with the first gambling moderator sudied : auto-exclusion.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Gambling moderator

Intervention Type OTHER

Auto- limitation group

The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) with the first gambling moderator sudied : auto- limitation(with different modalities of the moderator).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Gambling moderator

Intervention Type OTHER

Information group

The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) with the first gambling moderator sudied : information (with different modalities of the moderator).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Gambling moderator

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Gambling moderator

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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The intervention consists in leaving the participants play on their preferred online gambling site. The participant will be randomly assigned to an experimental condition (i.e. the implementation of the gambling session with the presence of the moderator studied) or to the control condition (i.e. with no moderator present).

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Nantes University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jean-Luc VENISSE

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Nantes UH

Locations

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Nantes University Hospital

Nantes, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Gaëlle BOUJU

Role: CONTACT

Julie CAILLON

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Gaëlle BOUJU

Role: primary

Julie CAILLON

Role: backup

References

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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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34366941 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33312142 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26024922 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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RC12_0153

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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