Cognitive and Hormonal Treatment of Sex Offenders

Phase 1TerminatedNCT00379626

Norwegian University of Science and Technology5 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to determine if Cognitive treatment and hormone treatment can change the relapse rate of sexual offenders.

The aim of this study is to determine if Cognitive treatment and hormone treatment can change the relapse rate of sexual offenders. In the first part of study we are studying changes in the offenders cognitive distortions and in the second part we are studying changes in sexual activities and sexual thoughts after treatment with Leuprorelin. The study is an open pre and post study.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Paraphilia

Interventions

cognitive and hormone treatmentDRUG

cognitive and hormone (Leuprorelin) treatment

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Men sentenced for paraphilia Exclusion Criteria: Men above 70 years and men that does not speak english

Locations (1)

St. Olavs Hospital. Departement for forensic psyciatry, Brøset.

Trondheim, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The degree of cognitive distortions after treatment

Time frame: 8 months

Secondary Outcomes

Locus of control after treatment in part one.

Time frame: 8 months

Degree of mental health problems (SCL-90)

Time frame: 8 months

The testosterone levels before, during and after treatment

measured each 3rd month

Time frame: baseline upto 8 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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