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Brain exercises may boost confidence in recovery from alcohol addiction
NCT ID NCT07390877
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a 10-week cognitive remediation program for people with alcohol use disorder who are recently sober. The program includes group and individual brain exercises to improve thinking skills and self-confidence. Researchers will measure changes in general self-efficacy, or how capable participants feel in handling life's challenges. The goal is to see if this training can support long-term recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cognitive remediation program (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a way to help people with alcohol use disorder feel more confident in managing their recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with only 130 participants, and it tests a behavioral program, not a drug. Results may not apply to everyone, and the program may not improve self-efficacy as hoped.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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About 130 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged between 18 and 65 (inclusive). * Native French speaker or educated in French. * Primary diagnosis of AUD according to DSM-5, with or without comorbid SUD. * Currently in withdrawal: abstinent for at least 7 days and no more than 30 days. * At least mild cognitive impairment, as measured by the BEARNI scale (mild impairment on the global scale or score below the threshold on at least one of the subtests). Exclusion Criteria: * Guardianship. * Simultaneous participation in a cognitive rehabilitation group, an ETP programme or a mindfulness meditation group. * Presence of unstabilised psychiatric or addictive comorbidity. The notion of instability is assessed over the past month and is defined by: (i) the need to introduce a new psychotropic treatment, (ii) the need to increase the dosage of an existing psychotropic treatment, (iii) the need for hospitalisation. Given the profile of the patients sought, the start of psychotropic treatment or hospitalisation to support alcohol withdrawal will not be considered exclusion criteria. * Presence of neurodegenerative disease, Korsakoff's syndrome, mental retardation, or any other condition that may significantly interfere with the completion of assessments, as determined by the clinician.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU Brest
Brest, France
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CHU de Nantes
Nantes, France
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EPSM Epsylan
Blain, France
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EPSM Georges Daumézon
Bouguenais, France
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EPSM du Finistère Sud
Quimper, France
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HIA
Brest, France
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