Brain study seeks clues to gambling addiction
NCT ID NCT03202290
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how the brains of people with gambling disorder differ from those without it. Researchers tested memory, decision-making, and other thinking skills in 50 participants. The goal was to find brain weaknesses that could be improved with special training programs. No treatment or medication was given.
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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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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2018
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * For the patients : Aged of more than 18, Suffering from gambling disorder(diagnosis according to DSM-5), Patient starting care in the Addictology and Psychiatry department of the Nantes University Hospital, Mastering the French language, Social Security Affiliates, Having given consent * For the volunteers: Aged of more than 18, Subject not suffering from gambling disorder, Mastering the French language, Social Security Affiliates Having given consent Exclusion Criteria: * For patients : Having psychiatric and addictive disorders (present and not stabilized mood disorders, anxiety disorders and substance-use disorders except nicotine, lifetime psychotic syndrome, diagnosed by the MINI and after consultation with the clinician), Unstable endocrine disruptions or neurological disorders (such as head trauma, neurodegenerative diseases, unbalanced epilepsy, mental retardation, etc.), Taking a non-stabilized psychotropic treatment for at least 2 weeks Consumption of a psychoactive substance - other than nicotine - within the 12 hours preceding the assessment, Presenting a score on the HAD questionnaire ≥ 11, Having benefited from a current or past RC program, Reporting to be pregnant or nursing, Current participation or in the past month in a pharmacological research protocol, Presenting difficulties for the reading or writing of the French language, Being under guardianship, Presenting disorders of higher functions * For volunteers: Suffering from past or current pathological gambling (DSM-5 diagnosis), Having psychiatric and addictive disorders (mood disorders, anxiety disorders and disorders linked to the use of non-nicotine substance present and not stabilized, life-long psychotic syndrome, diagnosed by the MINI), endocrine or neurological disorders (Cranial trauma, neurodegenerative diseases, unbalanced epilepsy, mental retardation, etc.), Taking a non-stabilized psychotropic treatment for at least 2 weeks, Declaring to have consumed a psychoactive substance - other than nicotine - within the 12 hours preceding the assessment, Presenting a score on the HAD questionnaire ≥ 11, Having benefited from an assumption in current or past RC program, Reporting to be pregnant or nursing, Currently participating or in the past month to a pharmacological research protocol, Presenting difficulties for the reading or writing of the French language, Being under guardianship, Presenting disorders of cognitive functions
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nantes
Nantes, 44093, France
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