Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Exercise Training in Childhood Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Collaborating Sponsors:

University Hospital Heidelberg

Centre Leon Berard

Conditions:

Pediatric Oncology

Eligibility:

All Genders

4-21 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this multicenter study is to evaluate a personalised and standardised exercise intervention for children and adolescents undergoing anti-cancer treatment.

Detailed Description

In the randomised, controlled FORTEe trial, high evidence for an innovative, patient-centred exercise treatment shall be generated. Supervised exercise training intents to increase muscle strength and...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • First/initial diagnosis of a primary oncologic disease according to the International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC), requiring chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy or First/initial diagnosis of a relapsed oncologic disease according to the International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC), requiring chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy or First/initial diagnosis of a secondary oncologic disease according to the International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC), requiring chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy
  • Planned or started anti-cancer treatment (chemo- and/or radiotherapy) at one of the recruiting centres of the FORTEe trial
  • The patient is assessed by the treating team (pediatric oncologist, exercise professional etc.) as suitable to participate in the trial, e.g. due to medical or psychological reasons.
  • Existing informed consent (or assent) to participate in the study
  • The patient (and the legal guardian) has/have sufficient knowledge of the respective national or English language so that it is possible to carry out the informed consent as well as interviews (in age-appropriate language).
  • The patient is not in a terminal phase of the disease.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Oncologic disease (primary/relapsed/secondary) according to the International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC), requiring neither chemotherapy nor radiation therapy or solely requiring surgery
  • Reasons that already exist or are foreseeable at the time of study enrolment, due to which the patient will not have access to the exercise intervention and/or to the pre-test and/or to the post-test (e.g. foreseeable or planned, permanent change of treatment centre)
  • The patient is assessed by the treating team (pediatric oncologist, exercise professional etc.) as unsuitable to participate in the trial, e.g. due to medical or psychological reasons.
  • After detailed information and, if necessary, having time to consider, the patient (≥ 16 years of age) did not agree to give written informed consent to participate in the trial.
  • The patient (and the legal guardians) has/have insufficient knowledge of the respective national or English language, so that it is not possible to carry out both the informed consent and interviews (in age-appropriate language).
  • The patient is in a terminal phase of the disease

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 25 2022

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    August 31 2026

    Estimated Enrollment :

    450 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT05289739

    Start Date

    April 25 2022

    End Date

    August 31 2026

    Last Update

    September 3 2025

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    Johannes-Gutenberg-University Medical Center

    Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 55131