Compulsive Sexual BehaviorCSBDNCT04634175
Yoga Intervention for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder
A study testing Yoga intervention in people with Compulsive Sexual Behavior, run by University of Sao Paulo General Hospital at 1 site in Brazil.
Trial 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… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, men only
- Conditions the study is for
- Compulsive Sexual Behavior
- What is being tested?
- Yoga intervention
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteBrazil
- Study dates
- 15 Jul 2021to 3 Sep 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Men only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 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);
- Male;
- Being Brazilian;
- Literate in Brazilian Portuguese;
- Have a satisfactory cognitive level to understand and respond to self-responsive inventories;
- Have availability to participate in a daily mind-body Intervention program for 12 weeks.
Who cannot join
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Substance-Related Disorder and Addictive Disorders (DSM-5, 483);
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Paraphilic Disorders (DSM-5, 685);
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Gender Dysphoria (DSM-5, 451);
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Spectrum of Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders (DSM-5, 87);
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Hypomanic or Manic Episode of Mood Disorder (DSM-5, 123);
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Neurocognitive Disorders (DSM-5, 591);
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- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Other Mental Disorders (DSM-5, 707);
- Individuals who have already have practiced kundalini yoga;
- Individuals who use psychiatric medication and cannot maintain the stability and regularity of the dosage three months before and during the intervention program;
- Individuals who have attended psychotherapy in the last six months in weekly sessions and with at least 75% attendance;
- 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.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Brazil1 site
Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo[University of Sao Paulo General Hospital]
São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010
About this study
Official title: Yoga Intervention Practice as a Complementary and Integrative Treatment for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial
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.
Read the 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
- Being tested
- Yoga intervention, Sham intervention
- Keywords
- Sexual Compulsion, Hypersexuality, Sex addiction, Disorder
- Medical subject headings
- Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder, Disease
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Yoga interventionBehavioural
The yoga intervention is composed of kundalini yoga techniques.
Sham interventionBehavioural
The sham intervention is composed of stretching and muscle flexion techniques.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Yoga group | Experimental | The yoga group will practice yoga intervention. Receives: Behavioral: Yoga intervention |
| Sham group | Active comparator | The sham group will practice muscle stretching intervention. Receives: Behavioral: Sham intervention |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Sexual Compulsivity Scale (SCS)
Changes in the total score of Sexual Compulsivity Scale, the scores vary between 10 and 40, with the highest ones indicating greater sexual compulsiveness.
Measured: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week
Secondary outcomes (5)
Barrat Impulsivity Scale (BIS 11)
Changes in the total score of Barrat Impulsivity Scale, the scores vary between 1 and 30, with the highest ones indicating greater impulsivity.
Measured: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week
Hypersexual Disorder Screening Inventory (HDSI)
Changes in the total score of Hypersexual Disorder Screening Inventory score, the scores vary between 0 and 28, with the highest ones indicating greater hypersexuality.
Measured: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
Changes in the total score of Beck Anxiety Inventory, the scores vary between 0 and 63, with the highest ones indicating greater anxiety.
Measured: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Changes in the total score of Beck Depression Inventory, the scores vary between 0 and 63, with the highest ones meaning greater depression.
Measured: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week
World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-bref)
Changes in the total score of World Health Organization Quality of Life-bref, the scores vary from 26 to 130, with the highest ones meaning greater quality of life.
Measured: Baseline and 12th week
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted18 Nov 2020
- Study start15 Jul 2021
- Primary completion24 Feb 2025
- Study completion3 Sep 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Compulsive Sexual BehaviorStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Pre-test-post-test.
- Masking
- Quadruple blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Marco Scanavino, PHD, Principal investigator, University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04634175
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 30117919.5.0000.0068
- Acronym
- CSBD
- Status last verified
- Jul 2025
- First submitted
- 11 Nov 2020
- Last updated
- 27 Aug 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Aug 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Yoga Intervention Practice as a Complementary and Integrative Treatment for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04634175
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CSBD / 30117919.5.0000.0068
- Conditions
- Compulsive Sexual Behavior
- Keywords
- Sexual Compulsion, Hypersexuality, Sex addiction, Disorder
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 15 Jul 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 24 Feb 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 3 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 18 Nov 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Quadruple blind (participant, care provider, investigator, outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Pre-test-post-test.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Yoga group | Experimental | Behavioral: Yoga interventionThe yoga group will practice yoga intervention. |
| Sham group | Active comparator | Behavioral: Sham interventionThe sham group will practice muscle stretching intervention. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Male only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- 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);
- Male;
- Being Brazilian;
- Literate in Brazilian Portuguese;
- Have a satisfactory cognitive level to understand and respond to self-responsive inventories;
Key exclusion criteria (11 listed)
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Substance-Related Disorder and Addictive Disorders (DSM-5, 483);
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Paraphilic Disorders (DSM-5, 685);
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Gender Dysphoria (DSM-5, 451);
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Spectrum of Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders (DSM-5, 87);
- Individuals who meeting the criteria for Hypomanic or Manic Episode of Mood Disorder (DSM-5, 123);
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Yoga interventionThe yoga intervention is composed of kundalini yoga techniques. | Behavioural | Yoga group |
| Sham interventionThe sham intervention is composed of stretching and muscle flexion techniques. | Behavioural | Sham group |
Primary outcome
Sexual Compulsivity Scale (SCS)
Time frame: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week
Changes in the total score of Sexual Compulsivity Scale, the scores vary between 10 and 40, with the highest ones indicating greater sexual compulsiveness.
5 secondary outcomes
Barrat Impulsivity Scale (BIS 11)
Time frame: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week
Hypersexual Disorder Screening Inventory (HDSI)
Time frame: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
Time frame: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Time frame: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week
World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-bref)
Time frame: Baseline and 12th week
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Aug 2025.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Marco Scanavino, PHD principal investigator
University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Yoga intervention in people with Compulsive Sexual Behavior, run by University of Sao Paulo General Hospital at 1 site in Brazil.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 11 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: enrolling by invitation, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Aug 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Brazil. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Sexual Compulsivity Scale (SCS) (time frame: Baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Aug 2025.