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From Attention to Behavior: Increasing Behavioral Inhibition

NCT03825627 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2019-08-13

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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-movement.

Conditions

  • Pedophilia

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Conductive saline-soaked rubber electrodes super-imposed on sponge plates will be placed on the scalp at F3 (active electrode, 4.4×4.4cm) and on the contralateral supraorbital area (reference electrode, 5.1×10.2cm). Stimulation will be applied using a battery-driven constant-current regulator (Oasis Pro, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). For each stimulation, the direct current is initially increased in a ramp-like fashion over 10 s until reaching 2 milliampere (mA) and will be similarly decreased at the end of stimulation. In the active tDCS condition, stimulation will be maintained for 20 min; in the sham condition, it will be turned off after 15 s of stimulation, with a ramp-up/down of 10 s (i.e., 35 s total).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nathalie Brackmann, Dr. · University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Department of Forensic Psychiatry

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-01
Primary Completion
2020-10-01
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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