Effect of the Enriched Environment on the Risk of Relapse (ENVELMIND)
Alcoholic Relapse
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Alcoholic Relapse
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any patient hospitalized at the Henri Laborit Hospital for alcohol addiction, on an opened unit for at least 48 hours;
- Woman or man aged between 18 and 65 inclusive
- Severe alcohol use disorder according to the DSM-5 classification
- Benefit from social security or benefit from it through a third party in accordance with French law on research involving the human person
- Have signed the informed consent form after receiving written information.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Disabling cognitive disorders
- Cardiological pathologies that could compromise the participation of patients, detected by an ECG.
- Advanced pulmonary, renal, and hepatic diseases, or any unstable and serious medical conditions that could compromise the patient's participation in the study, subject to the judgment of the doctor
- Hypertension
- Ataxia
- Uncompensated and unstable psychiatric pathology
- Susceptibility to cyberkinetosis
- Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
- Simultaneous participation in another trial
- Any other current addiction, except addiction to tobacco and benzodiazepines
- Employee of the investigator or of the clinical study site
- Patients protected by law
- People not covered by state health insurance
- Patients who in the opinion of the investigator are unable to complete the questionnaires
Sites / Locations
- Centre Hospitalier Henri LaboritRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Interventional Group
Control Group
Patients complete a measurement session at inclusion visit (Day 1). These measures include an assessment of explicit and implicit craving, a measure of mindfulness skills and a measure of the perceived richness (in stimuli) of daily environment. After inclusion visit, patients randomized in the interventional group will have 6 sessions of enriched environment (from Day 2 to Day 9). The enriched environment includes: the multisensory virtual reality pod offers sessions of 20 minutes of mindfulness in immersive situations. Some immersive situations are relaxing and others trigger cues in order to improve craving management; the cognitive bike offers training sessions of 20 minutes. The patient pedals while using a touch pad with cognitive training games. This simultaneously stimulate motor skills and cognition by means of bicycle-game coupling. A second measurement session takes place at Day 10. Alcoholic relapse is then evaluated at two weeks, one month and 3 months.
Patients complete a similar measurement session to the intervention arm, that include psychological tasks and questionnaires at inclusion visit (Day 1). After inclusion visit, patients randomized in the control group wil received the standard of care. A second measurement session takes place at Day 10. Alcoholic relapse is then evaluated at two weeks, one month and 3 months.