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VR mindfulness and bike games tested to keep alcohol patients sober

NCT ID NCT05577741

Disease control Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether combining virtual reality mindfulness sessions with cognitive bike exercises could reduce the risk of relapse in people hospitalized for alcohol addiction. 135 patients were split into two groups: one received standard care, the other added six VR mindfulness sessions and six cognitive bike sessions. Researchers tracked relapses over 3.5 months using self-reports, breath tests, and blood markers.

What this could mean

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Active substance
virtual reality mindfulness sessions and cognitive bike training
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a new, drug-free way to help people with alcohol addiction stay sober after hospitalization.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study with no blinding, so results may not be reliable. The intervention is time-intensive and may not work for everyone.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

135 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Nov 2022

Finished

Jul 2025

Lead sponsor

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

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Any patient hospitalized at the Henri Laborit Hospital for alcohol addiction, on an opened unit for at least 48 hours; * Woman or man aged between 18 and 65 inclusive * Severe alcohol use disorder according to the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders * Benefit from social security or benefit from it through a third party in accordance with French law on research involving the human person * Have signed the informed consent form after receiving written information. Exclusion Criteria: * Disabling cognitive disorders * Cardiological pathologies that could compromise the participation of patients, detected by an ECG. * Advanced pulmonary, renal, and hepatic diseases, or any unstable and serious medical conditions that could compromise the patient's participation in the study, subject to the judgment of the doctor * Hypertension * Ataxia * Uncompensated and unstable psychiatric pathology * Susceptibility to cybersickness * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Simultaneous participation in another trial * Any other current addiction, except addiction to tobacco and benzodiazepines * Employee of the investigator or of the clinical study site * Patients protected by law * People not covered by state health insurance * Patients who in the opinion of the investigator are unable to complete the questionnaires

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Conditions

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alcohol abuse

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Alcoholic relapse

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit

    Poitiers, 86021, France

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