Checking a French interview tool for early psychosis signs in young people
Tests a French interview tool for early psychosis risk in young people.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: French Validation of Schizophrenia Proneness Instrument- Child Youth
Key facts
- Where
- Lille, Nancy, and Saint-Égrève, FranceSee the 3 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 12 and 17 years old?
Source: NCT06649552, who can take part
Where in France
- CHRU LilleLille, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre Psychothérapique de NancyNancy, FranceTaking people
- CH Alpes-IsèreSaint-Égrève, FranceTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy
- Trial code
- NCT06649552
- Record updated
- 24 April 2026
- Original description
The clinical concept of a at risk mental state of developing psychosis is based on the identification of attenuated psychotic symptoms during the prodromal phase of psychoses (Schmidt et al., 2015). Early detection and support of these symptoms can delay the risk of transition to a first psychotic episode (van der Gaag, van den Berg, \& Ising, 2019).Read full original descriptionShow less
French Validation of Schizophrenia Proneness Instrument- Child Youth
The clinical concept of a at risk mental state of developing psychosis is based on the identification of attenuated psychotic symptoms during the prodromal phase of psychoses (Schmidt et al., 2015). Early detection and support of these symptoms can delay the risk of transition to a first psychotic episode (van der Gaag, van den Berg, \& Ising, 2019).
The Basic Symptom approach enables detection at the earliest stage of the prodromal phase. It postulates that subtle, subjective manifestations predating attenuated psychotic symptoms are present very early in the prodromal phase of psychosis and also have predictive value for the risk of developing psychosis (F. Schultze-Lutter, 2009). Basic symptoms are assessed using the Schizophrenia Proneness Instrument, available in an adult (SPI-A) and child/adolescent (SPI-CY) version. These scales are part of the international recommendations for the assessment of patients with a Clinical State at High Risk of Psychosis (CHR-P) (Schmidt et al., 2015; F Schultze-Lutter et al., 2015). The SPI-A is validated in French under the name "Outil d'Evaluation du Risque Schizophrénique version adulte (OERS-A)" (Schultze-Lutter et al., 2007. French translation by JR. Teyssier with the collaboration of F. Gamma and P. Loulergue), but no French version of the SPI-CY has yet been validated.
In collaboration with Dr. Frauke Schultze-Lutter, the investigators have recently published a French translation of the SPI-CY (Schizophrenia Predisposition Instrument - Version for Children and Adolescents, F. Schultze-Lutter, M. Marshall, E. Koch, 2021. French translation by F. Bernardin and C. Dondé). This French translation must now be validated to ensure the inter-rater fidelity of the interview.
We therefore propose to study the inter-rater reliability of the French version of the SPI-CY by comparing ratings between clinicians who have undergone training in basic symptoms and in administering the SPI-A and SPI-CY tools by Dr. Schultze-Lutter. This validation will be carried out by comparing, on the one hand, the rating of the SPI-CY by a clinician A who has administered it to the patient and, on the other hand, the blind rating of a clinician B on the basis of the interview recorded by clinician A with his patient.
The investigators will also explore the links between the SPI-CY and other clinical scales such as the Multisensory Hallucination SCale (MHASC) (Demeulemeester et al., 2015), the Prodromal Questionnaire 16 (PQ-16) (Lejuste et al., 2021), the Audiograph (Giersch, Huard, Park, \& Rosen, 2021) and the Perceptual and Cognitive Aberrations (PCA) (McDonald et al., 2019).
Inclusion: Patients (men or women) followed at one of the 3 following structures in France : CLIP-Ado Nancy, CH Alpes-Isère, CHRU Lille for a suspected mental state at risk of developing psychosis, as determined by the CAARMS scale and/or the SPI-CY scale; Age between 12 and 17 years and 11 months; Affiliation with a social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme; Native language: French; Adolescents who have been informed of the study, have received the study information note and have not objected to participating in the study; At least one of the holders of parental authority having been informed of the study, having received the relevant information note and not having objected to the adolescent participation; Consent to audio recording of the SPI-CY scale administration: for the adolescent and at least one parent.
Exclusion: Impairment of the subject that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to participate in the trial or to understand the information provided; Pregnant woman, parturient or nursing mother; Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision; Person in a life-threatening emergency; Abuse or dependence on any substance according to DSM V criteria, excluding cannabis.