Adolescent - Emotional ProblemRICANCT07407764
Representations of the Body's Interior in Adolescence
A study testing Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires. in people with Adolescent - Emotional Problem and Personality Disorders in Adolescence, run by Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil.
Trial summary
Representations of the inner body in adolescence: developmental characteristics and specificities in borderline personality disorders. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 15 to 19 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Adolescent - Emotional Problem, Personality Disorders in Adolescence, Body Representation
- What is being tested?
- Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires.
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 0 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Feb 2025to Aug 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
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 15 to 19 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Non-clinical cohort :
- Adolescents aged 15 to 19
- High school students (seconde to terminale)
- Having signed a consent form to participate in the research, as well as their legal representative
- Affiliated to a social security regime
- Clinical cohort :
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- Adolescents aged 15 to 19
- With a high school level (3rd year completed, transition to second year pronounced), whether enrolled or not.
- Having signed a consent form to participate in the research and their legal representative.
- Currently under psychiatric or pediatric care for psychiatric reasons.
- Diagnosed or suspected of having a borderline personality disorder,
- Affiliated to a social security regime
Who cannot join
- Non-clinical cohort
- Serious somatic pathology under treatment (e.g. cancer; recent or planned operations...)
- Recognized sensory or neurological disability.
- Known, diagnosed psychiatric pathologies (TCA, schizophrenia, etc.).
- Refusal to participate by adolescent or parental guardians.
- Clinical cohort :
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- Serious somatic pathology under treatment (e.g. cancer, recent or planned operations, etc.)
- Recognized sensory or neurological disability.
- Refusal to participate by adolescent or parental guardians.
- Psychomotor assessment or follow-up by the researcher.
About this study
Official title: Exploratory Study of the Representations of the Inside of the Body of Adolescents With and Without Borderline Personality Disorder, Assessed Through a Drawing of the Inside of the Body, Interviews and Questionnaires.
Representations of the inner body in adolescence: developmental characteristics and specificities in borderline personality disorders.
Read the detailed description
The aim of this exploratory study is to describe the representations of the inside of the body of adolescents with borderline personality disorder, and adolescent without borderline personality disorder.
During an interview with a psychomotor specialist, participants will undergo tests, questionnaires and Internal body drawing test
- Conditions
- Adolescent - Emotional Problem, Personality Disorders in Adolescence, Body Representation, Borderline Personality Disorder
- Being tested
- Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires.
- Medical subject headings
- Borderline Personality Disorder
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires.Behavioural
Use of various validated and non-validated tools to identify certain common characteristics, as well as more specific weaknesses, in the representations of the inside of the body of adolescents with no pathology, and adolescents with borderline personality disorder.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical cohort | Other | Adolescents with borderline personality disorder Receives: Behavioral: Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires. |
| Non-clinical cohort | Other | Adolescent without borderline personality disorder Receives: Behavioral: Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Type of organs represented
Type of organs represented on drawing of body' s interior
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Type of systems represented
Type of systems represented on drawing of body' s interior
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Number of organs represented
Completeness of drawing of the inside of the body
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Number of systems represented
Completeness of drawing of the inside of the body + captions
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Level of drawing elaboration
Qualitative analyse of the drawing evaluated (complete and functional systems) - Minimum value: 0 (no elaboration / very simple drawing, incomplete or non-functional systems) Maximum value: 3 (high elaboration / detailed drawing with complete and functional systems) Interpretation: higher scores indicate a better outcome (higher level of drawing elaboration).
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Secondary outcomes (10)
Symbolic elements added to drawing
Describe "non-anatomical" themes added to the drawing
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Type of anatomical errors in the drawing
Describe anatomical errors in the drawing
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Scores obtained from questionnaires: Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness):Interoceptive awareness,
Demonstrate alterations in various dimensions in borderline adolescents
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Scores obtained from questionnaires: Postural Awareness Scale_Proprioceptive awareness,
Demonstrate alterations in various dimensions in borderline adolescents
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Scores obtained from questionnaires: Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20)_Emotional awareness (degree of alexithymia)
Demonstrate alterations in various dimensions in borderline adolescents
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Scores obtained from questionnaires: Body Image Questionnaire_Body satisfaction
Demonstrate alterations in various dimensions in borderline adolescents
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Frequency of responses to questions about drawing the inside of the body
Gather participants' opinions on the proposed inner-body drawing test
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Type of symbolic representations emerging through the interview
Evaluate symbolic representations of the body through language.
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Frequency of responses to additional questions about the body's interior
Evaluate participants' level of preoccupation with and experience of the inner body.
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Questionnaire scores by age
To explore differences attributable to the developmental aspect of representations of the body's interior: 30 control high school students (RICA)/200 young adult students and adult students over 25 (results obtained in a preliminary study).
Measured: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 Feb 2026
- Study startFeb 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completionAug 2027 (estimated)
- Study completionAug 2027 (estimated)
Why it stopped: Ethics committee refusal
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Adolescent - Emotional ProblemStudies 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
- Other
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Prospective, exploratory, descriptive and comparative study with cohorts. Qualitative study with a quantitative component.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 0 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07407764
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- RICA
- Acronym
- RICA
- Status last verified
- Feb 2026
- First submitted
- 26 Aug 2025
- Last updated
- 12 Feb 2026
- 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 12 Feb 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Exploratory Study of the Representations of the Inside of the Body of Adolescents With and Without Borderline Personality Disorder, Assessed Through a Drawing of the Inside of the Body, Interviews and Questionnaires.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07407764
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- RICA / RICA
- Conditions
- Adolescent - Emotional Problem, Personality Disorders in Adolescence, Body Representation, Borderline Personality Disorder
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- WithdrawnReason stopped: Ethics committee refusal
- Enrolment
- 0 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal CreteilUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Feb 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- Aug 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Aug 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 12 Feb 2026 (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.
Representations of the inner body in adolescence: developmental characteristics and specificities in borderline personality disorders.
Detailed description
The aim of this exploratory study is to describe the representations of the inside of the body of adolescents with borderline personality disorder, and adolescent without borderline personality disorder.
During an interview with a psychomotor specialist, participants will undergo tests, questionnaires and Internal body drawing test
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Prospective, exploratory, descriptive and comparative study with cohorts. Qualitative study with a quantitative component.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical cohort | Other | Behavioral: Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires.Adolescents with borderline personality disorder |
| Non-clinical cohort | Other | Behavioral: Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires.Adolescent without borderline personality disorder |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 15 to 19 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (12 listed)
- Non-clinical cohort :
- Clinical cohort :
Key exclusion criteria (10 listed)
- Non-clinical cohort
- Serious somatic pathology under treatment (e.g. cancer; recent or planned operations...)
- Recognized sensory or neurological disability.
- Known, diagnosed psychiatric pathologies (TCA, schizophrenia, etc.).
- Refusal to participate by adolescent or parental guardians.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires.Use of various validated and non-validated tools to identify certain common characteristics, as well as more specific weaknesses, in the representations of the inside of the body of adolescents with no pathology, and adolescents with borderline personality disorder. | Behavioural | Clinical cohort, Non-clinical cohort |
Primary outcome
Type of organs represented
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Type of organs represented on drawing of body' s interior
Type of systems represented
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Type of systems represented on drawing of body' s interior
Number of organs represented
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Completeness of drawing of the inside of the body
Number of systems represented
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Completeness of drawing of the inside of the body + captions
Level of drawing elaboration
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Qualitative analyse of the drawing evaluated (complete and functional systems) - Minimum value: 0 (no elaboration / very simple drawing, incomplete or non-functional systems) Maximum value: 3 (high elaboration / detailed drawing with complete and functional systems) Interpretation: higher scores indicate a better outcome (higher level of drawing elaboration).
10 secondary outcomes
Symbolic elements added to drawing
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Type of anatomical errors in the drawing
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Scores obtained from questionnaires: Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness):Interoceptive awareness,
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Scores obtained from questionnaires: Postural Awareness Scale_Proprioceptive awareness,
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Scores obtained from questionnaires: Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20)_Emotional awareness (degree of alexithymia)
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Scores obtained from questionnaires: Body Image Questionnaire_Body satisfaction
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Frequency of responses to questions about drawing the inside of the body
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Type of symbolic representations emerging through the interview
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Frequency of responses to additional questions about the body's interior
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Questionnaire scores by age
Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment
Results and safety
The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 12 Feb 2026.
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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. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Drawing of the inside of the body, interviews and questionnaires. in people with Adolescent - Emotional Problem and Personality Disorders in Adolescence, run by Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil.
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 12 inclusion and 10 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: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Feb 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
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?
The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.
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?
Type of organs represented (time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after enrollment). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. 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 12 Feb 2026.