Completed

Indicated Prevention With At-Risk Gamblers

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What is being tested

Personalized Feedback Intervention

+ Cognitive Behavioral Intervention

Behavioral
Who is being recruted

Mental Disorders

+ Gambling

+ Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders

From 17 to 24 Years
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How is the trial designed

Prevention Study

Phase 2
Interventional
Study Start: July 2003
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Summary

Principal SponsorUniversity of Washington
Last updated: January 14, 2026
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Study start date: July 1, 2003

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to a personal feedback intervention (PFI) or assessment only for 3 years. The PFI intervention will be delivered in a single session. Measures will include the NORC DSM Screen for Problem Gambling (NODS), the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), Gambling Quantity and Perceived Norms, Perceived Injunctive Gambling Norms, Gambling Problems Index, gambling frequency, attitudes and beliefs about gambling and self-control, readiness to change, gambling expectancies, gambling motives, gambling risk perception, psychiatric symptoms, assertiveness, coping skills, substance use, alcohol-related problems, self-determination, and social desirability.

Official TitleIndicated Prevention With At-Risk Gamblers 
NCT00078273
Principal SponsorUniversity of Washington
Last updated: January 14, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

225 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Prevention Study

Prevention studies aim to stop a disease from developing. They often involve people at risk and test things like vaccines, lifestyle changes, or preventive medications.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 17 to 24 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Mental DisordersGamblingDisruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * College student * South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) score greater than 3 Exclusion Criteria: * None, other than not meeting inclusion criteria

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
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Group II

Experimental
See Intervention Description

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Suspended

University of Washington; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Seattle, United StatesSee the location
CompletedOne Study Center