Study tracks young Patients' long road to proper diagnosis
NCT ID NCT06582173
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 21, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study looks at the healthcare path of 36 young people aged 12 to 25 who have somatic symptom disorder—physical symptoms like pain or fatigue that doctors can't explain with a standard medical condition. Researchers will interview participants and their parents to map every doctor visit, test, and treatment they had from their first symptoms until they saw a specialized team. The goal is to understand what these patients go through and find ways to help them get the right care sooner.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Participants are selected among patients assessed in the recruiting centre, whatever their course after assessment. The recruiting centre is an adolescent clinic which is part of a public teaching hospital in Paris, France. The centre provides inpatient and outpatient care delivered by a multidisciplinary team. Patients aged 11 to 18 can be referred to this centre by a healthcare professional or can directly access to care, regardless of their living area. For each patient included, parents are asked to participate to research interviews to help map the healthcare pathway their child followed.
- Ages
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12 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Criteria relating to the population studied: * Age between 12 and 25 years old * Diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder and derivatives (DSM 5) after specialized multidisciplinary evaluation by the team of the Maison des Adolescents of Cochin hospital (Maison de Solenn). Criteria relating to the additional population participating in the research: \- Being a parent of a subject who has received the diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder and derivatives (DSM 5) after specialized multidisciplinary evaluation at the Maison des Adolescents of Cochin Hospital (Maison de Solenn). Exclusion Criteria: Criteria relating to the population studied: * Age less than 12 years or greater than 25 years at the time of assessment, * Subject presenting ongoing psychiatric decompensation, that is to say a state of mental health breaking with their baseline state and requiring rapid care which does not allow a research interview to be carried out. Criteria relating to the additional population participating in the research: None
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Maison de Solenn Maison des Adolescents, Cochin Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, IDF, 75014, France
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