Effectiveness of ACT for Problematic Chemsex (ChemACT)

European University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Hypersexuality; Sexualized Drug Use (Chemsex); Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06406296

23.244

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigation of the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the psychological treatment of problematic chemsex.

Full description

After being informed about the study, all patients giving written informed consent will be assessed to determine eligibility for study entry.

Patients who meet eligibility requirements will receive psychological intervention consisting in an 8-session individual on line-delivered ACT-based treatment.

The participants will be assessed through self-report instruments before and after treatment and at 3 months follow-up.

The clinical trial will include a control group.

Enrollment: 22 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• older than 18 years-old
• Spanish speaking
• having used psychoactive substances to facilitate, maintain and/or improve sexual relations in the last year
• significant score on the HBI Inventory (of 53 or more)
• clinically significant discomfort related to sexual practices
• degree of interference in his/her life of sexual practices greater than or equal to 5 out of 10
• desire to improve/reduce excessive sexual behaviour

Exclusion criteria

• receiving psychological or psychopharmacological treatment
• intellectual disability
• substance dependence (use not associated with sex)
• personality disorder or other serious or chronic mental disorder diagnosed

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

ACT group

Experimental group

Description:

8 individual weekly sessions which included ACT methods

Treatment:

Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Waiting list

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants assigned to Waiting List arm waited for 5 months before receiving treatment