Evaluating the Effectiveness of Implementation Intentions to Strengthen Approach-avoidance Training
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Clinique de la Mitterie
- Where
- France1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 190 people enrolled
- Started
- 1 Jul 2022
- Ended
- 2 Apr 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 3 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Approach Bias Modification with Implementation Intentions
- Record updated
- 6 November 2026
Who can take part
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- care at the clinic for Alcohol Use Disorder,
- have an e-mail address,
- written and spoken French,
- signing informed consent
Who cannot take part
- not currently remissioned for the Alcohol Use Disorder,
- no other Substance Use Disorder (except tobaco one)
This trial has no sites in United States.
It has sites in one country. Choose a country to see its sites.
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Approach Bias Modifcation corresponds to computerized interventions designed to change a cognitive bias (i.e., the approach bias) that may contribute to the maintenance of Alcohol Use Disorder. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of a classical Approach Bias Modification program, an Approach Bias Modification program integrating a planning strategy (i.e., implementation intentions) and a Sham-training to decrease the approach bias (from pre to post-test), and Alcohol Use Disorder symptomatology (from baseline to follow-up). 112 patients will be recruited for this study.
The 3 groups in the trial
- Classical Approach Bias ModificationTreatment being tested
The 3 arms will follow a similar procedure, except that they will receive 3 different experimental interventions, dependly on their conditions.
Treatment: Approach Bias Modification with Implementation Intentions
- Approach Bias Modification with Implementation IntentionsTreatment being tested
The 3 arms will follow a similar procedure, except that they will receive 3 different experimental interventions, dependly on their conditions.
- Sham-trainingPlacebo, for comparison
The 3 arms will follow a similar procedure, except that they will receive 3 different experimental interventions, dependly on their conditions.
Treatment: Approach Bias Modification with Implementation Intentions
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Implementation Intentions to Strengthen Approach-avoidance Training : Pilot Study on Alcohol Use Disorder
- Record updated
- 6 November 2026