Impaired Decision Making in Pedophilic Offenders

Phase 4

• Conditions: Pedophilia
• Interventions: Behavioral: neuropsychological questionnaires

• Registration Number: NCT01541150
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier

Brief Summary

Pedophilic behaviors represent a public health problem with serious consequences. The investigators hypothesize a disruption in the decision-making strategies among sex offenders pedophiles. Highlight this type of abnormality would offer a specific treatment of a possible neuropsychological deficit (with cognitive remediation for instance) and perhaps avoid recurrences of this type of behavior.

Detailed Description

Cross-sectional study, comparing a group of 64 pedophilic offenders inmates condamned with a group of 64 volunteers non-pedophiles matched by age and level of study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-08
• Status Verified: 2012-02
• Study First Submitted: 2012-02-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-02-23
• Study First Posted: 2012-02-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-30
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-31
• Primary Completion: 2015-08
• Study Completion: 2017-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 128

Inclusion Criteria

• For the controls, lack of diagnosis of disorders of sexual behavior (paraphilias) current or past (DSM IV)

• For the pedophilic offenders:

  • Placement and conviction for rape or sexual assault of a minor under 15 years
  • Recognition of the facts
  • Existence of a current or past diagnosis of pedophilia (according to the DSM IV).

Exclusion Criteria

• Presence of a current major depressive episode (DSM IV - MINI)
• History of cerebral neurological disorder or a cranial trauma with loss of consciousness current
• IGT test already done
• Schizophrenia or Other current psychotic disorders(according to the criteria DSM IV of MINI test).
• taking psychoactive drug

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
patient suffering pedophilia	neuropsychological questionnaires	This group is the active comparator because patients suffering pedophilia with neuropsychological questionnaires
control group	neuropsychological questionnaires	This group is the placebo comparator

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison of neuropsychological performances between control group and group of persons suffering from pedophilia	36 months (at the end of the study)	Bring to light cognitive changes in the pedophilia, by comparing the neuropsychological performances of a group of persons suffering from pedophilia to a control group (no pedophile).; The neuropsychological performances between two groups are assessed by neuropsychologic questionnaires (Iowa Gambling Task, MINI 5.0.0, MADRS, Test de Rolls, N-Back, WAIS III, go-no-go...)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de Montpellier; 🇫🇷 Montpellier, France