Tertiary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

NCT ID: NCT06126926

Last Updated: 2026-01-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 10 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2025-12-31

Brief Summary

This is a feasibility study designed to inform the development of a multinational study of the effectiveness of a tertiary prevention program for child sexual abuse. This study targets adult men who have engaged in child sexual abuse, and will be implemented within the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Data will include measures of the implementation process, short-terms changes in criminogenic factors, and staff and participant factors that could influence outcomes.

Conditions

Child Sexual Abuse

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention arm

32-week group therapy

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

group therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

32 weeks of group therapy

Control group

Treatment as Usual

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Treatment as usual

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control participants remain in their current placement and may be eligible for a number of services offered to inmates to facilitate rehabilitation and planning for release to the community, including sexual offender treatment. MnDOC's sexual offender treatment is a two to three year program, thus most of our control subjects will not have enough time remaining on their sentences to complete such treatment. However, a number of them may participate in MnDOC's current program.

Interventions

group therapy

32 weeks of group therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual

Control participants remain in their current placement and may be eligible for a number of services offered to inmates to facilitate rehabilitation and planning for release to the community, including sexual offender treatment. MnDOC's sexual offender treatment is a two to three year program, thus most of our control subjects will not have enough time remaining on their sentences to complete such treatment. However, a number of them may participate in MnDOC's current program.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Male
• 18 or older
• Serving time in MnDOC facilities for Criminal Sexual Conduct in the first, second, or third degree, whose victims were less than 14 years old
• Individuals assigned moderate to high risk to reoffend as determined upon entrance to the Minnesota Correctional System by the DOC Risk Assessment/Community Notification Unit."

Exclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed with an active, uncontrolled major mental disorder (e.g. bi-polar, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major depression with psychotic features)
• Unable to read English at the 5th grade level
• Unable to speak English
• IQ of less than 85 as measured by standard intelligence tests
• Diagnosis of intellectual disability
• Engaged in violent behavior while incarcerated, as indicated by disciplinary actions and/or segregation within 60 days of intake"

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

Sponsors

University of Minnesota

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Michael Miner, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Minnesota

Locations

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

FMCH-2023-32331

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id