Personalized craving scale shows promise for addiction treatment
NCT ID NCT03606759
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether adding a personalized therapy scale to standard treatment helps reduce cravings in people with substance use disorders or behavioral addictions like gambling. 151 adults seeking outpatient care participated. The approach aimed to tailor treatment to each person's unique triggers.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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151 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2019
- Finished
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Aug 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion criteria: * 18 years old or older * Meet DSM-5 substance use disorder diagnosis for at least one substance (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, opiates, cocaine or any other substance) use disorder or behavioral addiction (gambling, screens, video games, food addiction, sex addiction, compulsive purchases), currently not stabilized * Seek treatment for this a substance use disorder or behavioral addiction * Beginning (or re-initiating) multi-month outpatient care for this disorder in one of the inclusion centres. * Ability to identify a priority substance/behavior, as main object of treatment, in case of simultaneous treatment on several addictions * Beneficiary of the French Social Security system * Give an informed consent to participate o Exclusion criteria: * Severe physical or psychiatric or addictologic condition that prevents an outpatient treatment * Severe physical or psychiatric condition that prevents to complete the assessment * Addictive disorder that requires several treatment for several substance use disorder simultaneously * Difficulty to understand and to write French * Could not be reachable by phone * Participate to another study that prevents to participate to another research * Prisoner * Person under law protection * Person under legal guardianship
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bordeaux University Hospital
Bordeaux, 33076, France
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Centre Hospitalier Charles Perrens
Bordeaux, 33076, France
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Centre Hospitalier Esquirol
Limoges, 87 025, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire La Réunion
Saint-Denis, 97 405, France
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