000303420 001__ 303420 000303420 005__ 20250810022013.0 000303420 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1186/s12885-025-14489-y 000303420 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:40775303 000303420 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:180091265 000303420 037__ $$aDKFZ-2025-01645 000303420 041__ $$aEnglish 000303420 082__ $$a610 000303420 1001_ $$aNeu, Marie Astrid$$b0 000303420 245__ $$aGet strong to fight childhood cancer - an exercise intervention for children and adolescents undergoing anti-cancer treatment (FORTEe): Rationale and design of a randomized controlled exercise trial. 000303420 260__ $$aLondon$$bBioMed Central$$c2025 000303420 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000303420 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000303420 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1754661127_12329 000303420 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000303420 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000303420 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000303420 500__ $$aWiskemann D120 ? 000303420 520__ $$aDespite substantial advances in treatment, children and adolescents with cancer continue to face high morbidity and health issues, including cancer-related fatigue, treatment-related complications, and physical inactivity. Integrating exercise into pediatric oncology care has emerged as a promising approach to mitigate these burdens during cancer treatment. While preliminary data support its potential to reduce treatment-related side effects and enhance quality of life, robust evidence -especially from large, multicenter trials- remains limited.The FORTEe trial is a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial evaluating a personalized and standardized exercise intervention powered to include 450 children, adolescents, and young adults undergoing cancer treatment across ten centers in Europe. The trial aims to provide high-quality evidence for integrating precision exercise therapy as part of standard care. Participants are randomly assigned to either the exercise intervention group, receiving a tailored, supervised 8-10 weeks lasting exercise program, or the control group, receiving usual care. The exercise program includes endurance, strength, flexibility, and balance training, adapted to each patient's age, fitness, and cancer treatment phase. Exercise sessions are intended to take place 3-5 times a week with moderate intensity, with both frequency and intensity adapted to the clinical condition of the individual. Digital tools and telehealth solutions support the intervention, allowing for both in-person and remote training.With a target enrolment of 450 patients, the FORTEe trial will be one of the largest interventional studies in pediatric exercise oncology. Given that childhood cancer is a rare disease, this sample size is only achievable through a multicenter approach. Enhancing statistical power, the large sample will enable more robust analyses of the intervention's effects in a diverse population across multiple European centers.As a progress beyond the current state-of-the-art, FORTEe has the ambition to implement pediatric exercise oncology as an evidence-based treatment option for all childhood cancer patients, ultimately integrating it as a standard into clinical practice worldwide.The FORTEe trial was prospectively registered in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00027978) on 28 January 2022 and on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05289739) on 21 March 2022. 000303420 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-314$$a314 - Immunologie und Krebs (POF4-314)$$cPOF4-314$$fPOF IV$$x0 000303420 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef, PubMed, , Journals: inrepo02.dkfz.de 000303420 650_7 $$2Other$$aCancer-related fatigue 000303420 650_7 $$2Other$$aChildhood cancer 000303420 650_7 $$2Other$$aExercise intervention 000303420 650_7 $$2Other$$aPediatric Oncology 000303420 650_7 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