Predicting Response to Naltrexone With Eye Tracking in Gaming Disorder
Predicting Response to Naltrexone With Eye Tracking in Videogame Disorder
University of Sao Paulo
40 participants
Jul 1, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
It is a double blind controlled study to test the hypothesis that it's possible to predict the response to naltrexone in Videogame Disorder with the use of Eye Tracking device, during a period of 12 weeks
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Interventions
The patient undergoes an initial admission assessment, including an eye-tracking pattern analysis. During weeks 1 and 2, the patient starts naltrexone 50 mg orally once daily, with a new eye-tracking assessment 1 hour after the first dose. During weeks 3 and 4, an eye-tracking assessment is performed, the medication is switched to oral placebo once daily in the morning, and the assessment is repeated 1 hour after the first dose. During weeks 5 and 6 (washout), a new eye-tracking assessment is conducted and the placebo is maintained once daily. Finally, during weeks 7 to 12 (maintenance), the placebo is replaced by naltrexone 50 mg orally once daily in the morning for 6 weeks, with eye-tracking assessments performed every two weeks.
The patient undergoes an initial admission assessment, including an eye-tracking pattern analysis. During weeks 1 and 2, the patient starts placebo orally once daily, with a new eye-tracking assessment 1 hour after the first dose. During weeks 3 and 4, an eye-tracking assessment is performed, the medication is switched to naltrexone 50 mg orally once daily in the morning, and the assessment is repeated 1 hour after the first dose. During weeks 5 and 6 (washout), a new eye-tracking assessment is conducted and the medication is switched back to placebo once daily in the morning. Finally, during weeks 7 to 12 (maintenance), the placebo is replaced by naltrexone 50 mg orally once daily in the morning for 6 weeks, with eye-tracking assessments performed every two weeks.
Participants will also attend to 4 sessions of psychoeducational intervention in weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8
The attentional bias of the participants will be assessed using the Eye-tracking device in 4 moments throughout the study: * Before taking the first dose of naltrexone or placebo. * One hour after taking the first dose of naltrexone or placebo. * One week after continuous and daily use of naltrexone or placebo. * At the end of the intervention, after 12 weeks of continuous and daily use of naltrexone or placebo.
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NCT04649892