Robot-Assisted Intelligent Rehabilitation Treatment for Methamphetamine Use Disorders.

Shanghai Mental Health Center

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Amphetamine Addiction

Treatments: Device: robot-assisted rehabilitation intelligent treatment; Other: standard psychotherapy treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04531384

MZhao-010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Robot-assisted rehabilitation intelligent system as a virtual stand-alone treatment, delivered with minimal clinical monitoring compared with treatment as usual in methamphetamine (MA) use disorders.

Full description

Based on artificial intelligence technology, face recognition technology, virtual reality technology to develop an available Robot-assisted rehabilitation intelligent system. Then, using this intelligent system as a new way of Psychotherapy to provide treatment for methamphetamine patients, and compare it with traditional treatment to verify the efficacy and safety of Robot-assisted rehabilitation intelligent system in Chinese methamphetamine patients.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• In accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5) for methamphetamine (MA) use disorders;
• Education level equal or more than 9 years;
• Have normal or corrected-to-normal vision;
• Have normal or corrected-to-normal hearing;
• Less than 3 months before last drug use;

Exclusion criteria

• Current substance use (except nicotine or caffeine);
• History of disease which influence cognition，such as seizure disorder、cerebrovascular disease、head injury or other severe medication conditions;
• Intelligence quotient less than 70.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

robot-assisted rehabilitation intelligent treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to this condition were offered 10 weekly individual sessions of robot-assisted rehabilitation treatment, delivered by the Robot-assisted rehabilitation intelligent system. The system contains 10 core cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) skill topics (such as functional analysis, coping skills training, reviewing practice exercises, explaining CBT concepts). A robot therapist demonstrates the target CBT skills and assigns homework to participants.

Treatment:

Device: robot-assisted rehabilitation intelligent treatment

treatment as usual

Other group

Description:

Participants in the treatment-as-usual group were offered standard treatment at the compulsory isolated detoxification centers and non-compulsory isolated detoxification institutions, which consisted of weekly group and/or individual therapy, as determined by the clinical team.

Treatment:

Other: standard psychotherapy treatment