Yoga Intervention for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder

NCT ID: NCT04634175

Last Updated: 2025-08-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-07-15
• Study Completion Date: 2025-09-03

Brief Summary

Yoga intervention as a complementary and integrative treatment for compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD).

The hypothesis is that participants with CSBD, after being submitted to the protocol of the yoga intervention group in relation to those submitted to the intervention protocol Shan of the control group, present less severe sexual compulsiveness.

Detailed Description

Yoga intervention practice as a complementary and integrative treatment for compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD), a randomized clinical trial, in a sample of male individuals who spontaneously seek treatment at the Psychiatry Institute of Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo.

The volunteers with CSBD will be randomized by statistical software in two groups, yoga intervention practice and Shan intervention practice, to participate in a twelve-week program of daily practices of the mind-body practices protocol.

The participants will be evaluated by measuring instruments at time 1 (4th week), time 2 (8th week) and time 3 (12th week).

The primary objective of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of yoga intervention practice in decreasing the symptoms (sexual compulsiveness) of the CSBD.

The secondary objectives of the study are to investigate the effectiveness of the yoga intervention practice in reducing the severity of impulsivity, hypersexuality, anxiety, depression, improving the level of quality of life, and increasing adherence to total treatment.

Conditions

Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: QUADRUPLE

Study Groups

Yoga group

The yoga group will practice yoga intervention.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The yoga intervention is composed of kundalini yoga techniques.

Sham group

The sham group will practice muscle stretching intervention.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Sham intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The sham intervention is composed of stretching and muscle flexion techniques.

Interventions

Yoga intervention

The yoga intervention is composed of kundalini yoga techniques.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Sham intervention

The sham intervention is composed of stretching and muscle flexion techniques.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. They must have a minimum score of 28 on the Sexual Compulsiveness Scale (range 10 - 40) or a minimum score of 20 on the Screening Inventory of Hypersexual Disorder (range 0 - 28) and a minimum score of 14 on the Beck Anxiety Inventory (range of 0 - 63);

2. Male;

3. Being Brazilian;

4. Literate in Brazilian Portuguese;

5. Have a satisfactory cognitive level to understand and respond to self-responsive inventories;

6. Have availability to participate in a daily mind-body Intervention program for 12 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Substance-Related Disorder and Addictive Disorders (DSM-5, 483);

2. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Paraphilic Disorders (DSM-5, 685);

3. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Gender Dysphoria (DSM-5, 451);

4. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Spectrum of Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders (DSM-5, 87);

5. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Hypomanic or Manic Episode of Mood Disorder (DSM-5, 123);

6. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Neurocognitive Disorders (DSM-5, 591);

7. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Other Mental Disorders (DSM-5, 707);

8. Individuals who have already have practiced kundalini yoga;

9. Individuals who use psychiatric medication and cannot maintain the stability and regularity of the dosage three months before and during the intervention program;

10. Individuals who have attended psychotherapy in the last six months in weekly sessions and with at least 75% attendance;

11. Individuals who have significant spinal problems and / or physical limitations that may interfere with yoga practice, for example, overweight, severe lung and / or cardiovascular disease.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Marco Scanavino, PHD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Locations

Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo[University of Sao Paulo General Hospital]

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Countries

Brazil

Other Identifiers

30117919.5.0000.0068

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id