🌐 EnglishEN

AI Cure is a research tool showing open data. Not medical advice. Discuss with your doctor. Terms

← Trials
🧪

Prevention Messages for EGMs: Effects on Behaviours and Cognitions

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllBenjamin Galipeau
NCT06341504 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
💬

In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The goals of this randomized controlled trial are to test the manifold effects of prevention pop-up messages on participants' behaviours, cognitions and affects. This study is conducted among regular EGMs' players (defined as having played EGMs at least once every two weeks for the past 12 months) who are not classified as probable pathological gamblers by the PGSI. After answering a series of short questionnaires by phone, participants are asked to schedule a gambling session which is done in a laboratory on the university's campus. This laboratory replicates a typical bar, and is equipped with real EGMs. Participants are recruited under the false pretense of giving their opinion on the realism of the bar replica, and on the overall feeling of the gambling session in it. They are told that: (a) they are free to gamble as much and for as long as they like; (b) they are allowed to take b

Sign in to get the eligibility rules as simple questions to take to your doctor.

Sign in
📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * At least 18 years old (legal age to gamble in Quebec, Canada, where the study is conducted) * Functional literacy in french (study is conducted in french and requires reading and understanding simple texts) * Having played EGMs and least once every two weeks for the past 12 months Exclusion Criteria: * Classified as a probable pathological gambler (score ≥ 8 on the PGSI) * Currently receiving treatment for problem gambling * Currently under self-exclusion from gambling venues
💊

What it tests

  • Prevention pop-up messages
  • Mandatory time limit
  • Responsible gambling information
  • Electronic gambling machine (model IGT GL20)
  • Square terminal
📍

Where

1 site
Centre québécois d'excellence pour la prévention et le traitement du jeu
Québec, Canada
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
🛡️

AI Cure shows public evidence (Open Targets, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubMed, openFDA, DepMap, AlphaFold) with its source, and AI summaries that cite it — not medical advice and not a cure. Treatment decisions belong with your doctor. Research ideas are shared only with approved researchers and labs, who can test them. In an emergency call your local emergency number (112 in India and Europe, 911 in the US). AI Cure Terms of Use · Privacy