Status:
UNKNOWN
From Attention to Behavior: Increasing Behavioral Inhibition
Lead Sponsor:
University of Zurich
Conditions:
Pedophilia
Eligibility:
MALE
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This project will investigate if transcranial direct current stimulation can be used as treatment for Pedophilia. Treatment efficacy will be evaluated with behavioral tasks and the recording of eye-mo...
Detailed Description
Pedophilia is an important motivation for sexual offenses involving children, including child pornography and sexual contacts with children (henceforth, pedosexual behavior). Indeed, approximately hal...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients
- Diagnosed with pedophilia (further psychiatric illnesses possible)
- Sufficient German language skills
- Controls:
- Not diagnosed with Pedophilia (or other psychiatric illnesses)
- Sufficient German language skills
Exclusion
- Patients
- Prior head injury with loss of consciousness for at least 5 min
- Neurological diagnosis (including epilepsy) or prior medical conditions with possible central nervous system sequelae
- Metallic implants inside the brain or any electrical medical device (e.g. pacemaker) in the body
- Visual or hearing impairment, to the extent that it interferes with task instructions
- Current medication in patients (antiandrogenic medication among the pedophilic subjects, in particular) will be recorded and acknowledged as a covariate.
- Controls
- Prior head injury with loss of consciousness for at least 5 min
- Neurological diagnosis (including epilepsy) or prior medical conditions with possible central nervous system sequelae
- Metallic implants inside the brain or any electrical medical device (e.g. pacemaker) in the body
- Visual or hearing impairment, to the extent that it interferes with task instructions
- Current or previous pedophilic sexual interest
- For both groups further exclusion (prematurely) will occur if initial data shows that participants don't comply with instructions or if questionnaires hint toward a lack of sexual interest in general.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
76 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03825627
Start Date
June 1 2019
End Date
December 31 2020
Last Update
August 13 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland