Validation of a Rapid Screening Tool for Anxiety-depressive Disorders in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults Treated in Oncology. Multicenter Study.

Launched by CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SAINT ETIENNE · Aug 5, 2025

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This clinical trial is testing a new quick and easy tool to help doctors spot anxiety and depression in people who survived cancer as children. Many childhood cancer survivors can experience emotional difficulties like anxiety or depression even years after treatment. Right now, doctors don’t have a simple way to check for these problems during regular follow-up visits. This study aims to create and validate a short test that oncologists can use regularly to identify who is doing well emotionally and who might need more detailed psychological support.

The study is open to young people and adults who were diagnosed with cancer before age 18, have finished their intensive treatment at least three months ago, and are currently considered cancer-free by their doctor. Participants will need to be covered by social security and able to give informed consent, or have a parent or guardian provide consent if they are minors. Those interested in joining can expect to complete this brief screening during their routine medical visits. This tool could make it easier to support the mental health of childhood cancer survivors by quickly identifying those who might benefit from extra care.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion Criteria
• • Patients diagnosed with pediatric cancer before the age of 18,
• • Patient whose intensive treatment had ended at least 3 months prior to inclusion,
• • Patients considered to be in complete remission by the doctor responsible for their treatment,
• • Patient affiliated to or entitled under a social security scheme,
• • Patient having received informed information about the study OR the holder(s) of parental authority having received informed information about the study in the case of minors.
• • Exclusion Criteria
• • Refusal to participate expressed by the patient or minor,
• • Patients whose cancer has relapsed or progressed,
• • Pregnant women, women in labor, breast-feeding mothers,
• • Persons deprived of their liberty, hospitalized without consent, hospitalized for purposes other than those of the research,
• • Adults under legal protection (guardianship) or unable to express their consent.