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RECRUITING
NCT05867186

Fit to Fight Childhood Cancer

Sponsor: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate the influence of exercise on physical performance and psychosocial aspects in children and adolescents with cancer during and after treatment.

Official title: Fit to Fight Childhood Cancer: an Explorative Long-term Study on Exercise and Its Influence on Physical Performance and Psychosocial Aspects in Childhood Cancer Patients During and After Cancer Treatment.

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

3 Years - 21 Years

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Start Date

2023-06-20

Completion Date

2029-07-31

Last Updated

2024-12-09

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise training

Exercise training during intensive cancer treatment, maintenance therapy and aftercare. Training mainly consists of age-appropriate and personalised endurance, strength, flexibility, balance/coordination and gait training. Exercise is provided 3 to 5 times a week lasting for 45 to 60 minutes under supervision during inpatient and outpatient stays, as well as at home. At home, patients train independently according to the exercise recommendations of the exercise professionals, receive supervised telemedical exercise sessions and/or combine their training with digital tools.

Locations (1)

Johannes-Gutenberg-University Medical Center

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany