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NCT Number: NCT06208358

A Study for the Disrupted Interpersonal Interaction Among Gaming Disorder Individuals and Treatment

Aiming at the major problems of unclear brain mechanism of gaming disorder and lack of effective assessment intervention tools, this project started by exploring the brain mechanism of abnormal interpersonal interaction and cognitive control deficit promoting and accelerating the development of gaming disorder, adopted a prospective cohort study design, combined with multi-modal brain functional imaging, cognitive function, social psychological assessment, and other means. To clarify the brain mechanism and outcome of gaming disorder. Based on the preliminary stage, for high-risk groups, risky gaming behavior, gaming disorder layout hierarchical multidimensional assessment intervention system, using science education, brief intervention, social psychological intervention, neural regulation, cognitive rehabilitation training, mobile medical treatment, and other ways, stratification and stage, early identification, prevention and treatment combination, accurate intervention to comprehensively reduce the occurrence and development of gaming disorder.

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Key information

Conditions

Gaming Disorder

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Shanghai Mental Health Center

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Na Zhong, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

008613671644472

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • (1)Clinical diagnosis of severe Gaming Disorder defined in the ICD-11; (2)Normal hearing and vision, or within normal range after correction;

Exclusion criteria

  • (1) Clinical diagnosis of mental health disorders other than GD defined in the ICD-11 in the past 5 years；(2) Suffering from diseases that affect cognitive function (such as cerebrovascular diseases) ; (3) Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression or other Axis I disorder of DSM-V criteria;(4)any contraindication for tACS intervention.

Treatment and study plan

tACS

Device

We aim to use tACS devices to improve the disrupted interpersonal interaction among gaming disorder individuals.

Primary outcomes

  1. cue-induced craving

    Time frame: Two weeks,Four weeks

    Craving was assessed by visual analog scales (VAS), with 0 mm being "no craving"and 100 mm representing "most craving ever experienced for gaming ".

  2. inter-brain synchronization (IBS)

    Time frame: Two weeks,Four weeks

    IBS was assessed by fNIRS hyperscanning with WTC analysis. A higher WTC refers to a higher level of inter-brain synchronization.

  3. cognition measures

    Time frame: Four weeks

    Chinese version of the CogState Battery was used to assess cognitive function. We selected five tasks: Two back task (working memory), Continuous paired association task (visual spatial working memory), Groton maze learning task (error monitoring), social emotional cognition (social emotional cognition) and Detection task (processing speed) which were displayed on a green screen with standardized instructions before each task beginning.The accuracy in Two back task, social emotional cognition, and the speed in Detection task, and total errors in Continuous paired association task, Groton maze learning task are our focus.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Shanghai Mental Health Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Brain Mechanism of Disrupted Interpersonal Interaction in Gaming Disorder Affecting Cognitive Control and Its Hierarchical Multidimensional Evaluation Intervention

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jan 17, 2024
Registry last updated
Jan 17, 2024

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