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NCT06805682: ESPER

Prospective Cohort Study of Protected Children

Recruiting now Last updated 13 April 2026
What this trial tests

trial testing Usual Care in Mental Health Conditions in 220 participants. Currently enrolling.

Timeline
18 February 2025
Primary endpoint
17 February 2029
17 February 2029

Quick facts

Lead sponsorAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
StatusRecruiting now
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment220
Start date18 February 2025
Primary completion17 February 2029
Estimated completion17 February 2029
Sites7 locations across France

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris — full company profile →

Who can join

Adults 0 Months to 42 Months, any sex, with Mental Health Conditions or Physical Health Status. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

A significant number of children are abused or neglected every year. This exposure is associated with short- and long-term consequences for their mental and somatic health. In France, 308,000 minors are benefiting from at least one child protective service or measure. There are few data on the health status of this population, and how it is evolving. Against this backdrop, interventions are needed to address the many needs of these children early and comprehensively, both in the short and long term. The PEGASE program, funded by the French government under Article 51, aims to ensure adequate medical follow-up - both somatic and psychiatric - for children taken into care by child protective services (CPS). An evaluation of the program's effectiveness and efficiency is needed to inform public decision-making on the appropriateness of extending it to all children under CPS's care. This requires the creation of a control cohort of children followed by CPS but not benefiting from the PEGASE program, the ESPER cohort (Prospective cohort study of protected children), which will enable us to carry out a comparative evaluation of the PEGASE program, as well as to provide information on the health of children followed by the CPS at the time of their placement and its evolution over time, data which are rare in France. The main objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the PEGASE program on the evolution of the mental health of children followed by the CPS after 2 years of follow-up.

Publications & conference data

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