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Fit to Fight Childhood Cancer
Sponsor: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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
Conditions
Interventions
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