Can cash rewards help rural gamblers beat addiction?
NCT ID NCT02953899
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding small rewards (contingency management) to standard counseling helps people with gambling disorder stay in treatment and stop gambling. It uses video calls to reach people living in rural or remote areas. About 54 adults with gambling disorder will take part.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 54 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2016
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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- 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 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * capable of providing written consent, * received a diagnosis of gambling disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), * gambled within the last month, * live in a rural or remote location, and * speak English Exclusion Criteria: * Medically unmanaged psychiatric or neurological disorder(s) except for disordered gambling
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Locations
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University of Lethbridge
RECRUITINGLethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada
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