Get strong to fight childhood cancer: an exercise intervention for children and adolescents undergoing anti-cancer treatment

Project Information

FORTEe

Grant agreement ID: 945153

DOI

10.3030/945153

EC signature date 3 February 2021

Start date 1 March 2021

End date 31 August 2026

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being

Total cost

€ 6 293 856,34

EU contribution

€ 6 293 854,82

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN DER JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITAET MAINZ
Germany

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Go-online of the public project website

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FORTEe Website - internal part online

FORTEe Website internal part online

Project brochure and professional templates

Other (1)

First patient and layman event

Documents, reports (1)

Enhanced case report form

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Get 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

Author(s): Marie Astrid Neu, Elias Dreismickenbecker, Francesca Lanfranconi, Sandra Stössel, Adriana Balduzzi, Peter Wright, Stan Windsor, Joachim Wiskemann, Inaam El-Rajab, Alejandro Lucia, Carmen Fiuza-Luces, Rodolf Mongondry, Martin Kaj Fridh, Filippo Spreafico, Barbara Konda, Lidija Kitanovski, Barbara Heißerer, Marco Polak, Tobias Baader, Wilhelm Bloch, Miriam Götte, null null, Katie Rizvi, null null
Published in: BMC Cancer, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1471-2407
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-025-14489-y

The effect of physical exercise on anticancer immunity

Author(s): Carmen Fiuza-Luces et al.
Published in: nature reviews immunology, Issue 24, 2024, Page(s) 282–293, ISSN 1474-1733
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41577-023-00943-0

Navigating ethical challenges in the FORTEe randomised controlled trial: a multi-centre staff survey on exercise intervention for children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatment

Author(s): Francesca Alt, Elias Dreismickenbecker, Francesca Lanfranconi, Adriana Balduzzi, Eila Watson, Hayley Marriott, Joachim Wiskemann, Nikolai Bauer, Rodolf Mongondry, Martin Kaj Fridh, Alejandro Lucia, Carmen Fiuza-Luces, Ronja Beller, Filippo Spreafico, Barbara Konda, Milica Stefanović, Heidi Diel, Mareike Kühn, Lena Wypyrsczyk, Norbert W. Paul, Marie A. Neu, Jörg Faber, null null, Alba Solera-San
Published in: BMC Medical Ethics, Issue 27, 2026, ISSN 1472-6939
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-026-01414-6

Development and Usability of the “FORTEe Get Strong” App to Promote Physical Activity and Health Awareness in Children and Adolescents With Cancer During Intensive Treatment Using an App-Based Approach: Mixed Methods Study

Author(s): Mareike Kuehn, Lena Wypyrsczyk, Francesca Lanfranconi, Adriana Cristina Balduzzi, Hayley Marriott, Alba Solera-Sanchez, Joachim Wiskemann, Nikolai Bauer, Nina Karguth, Barbara Heißerer, Norbert W Paul, Rodolf Mongondry, Wilhelm Bloch, Katie Rizvi, Martin Kaj Fridh, Eva S C Ramos, Carmen Fiuza-Luces, Miriam Götte, Gabriele Gauß, Filippo Spreafico, Barbara Konda, Milica Stefanović, Elias Dreismi
Published in: JMIR Serious Games, Issue 14, 2026, Page(s) e75653-e75653, ISSN 2291-9279
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
DOI: 10.2196/75653

Childhood cancer patients' experiences of a structured exercise program. A qualitative study using reflexive thematic analysis

Author(s): Dennis Wilke, Norbert W. Paul, Elias Dreismickenbecker, Francesca Alt, Marie A. Neu, Jörg Faber
Published in: Frontiers in Pediatrics, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2296-2360
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2025.1547822

The development of an augmented reality application for exercise prescription within paediatric oncology : app design and protocol of a pilot study

Author(s): Straun, Kim; Marriott, Hayley; Solera-Sanchez, Alba; Windsor, Stan; Neu, Marie A.; Dreismickenbecker, Elias; Faber, Joerg; Wright, Peter; on behalf of the FORTEe consortium
Published in: Health Informatics Journal, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 1741-2811
Publisher: Sage
DOI: 10.1177/14604582241288784

Feasibility and Validity of the 6-Minute Cycling Test in Childhood Cancer Patients

Author(s): Lena Wypyrsczyk, Mareike Kühn, Elias Dreismickenbecker, Marie A. Neu, Heidi Diel, Joerg Faber, null null
Published in: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2026, Page(s) 1-14, ISSN 0888-0018
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/08880018.2026.2661758

The use of an augmented reality app to support an exercise intervention for children and young people with cancer: perspectives of users and exercise and healthcare professionals in the FORTEe trial

Author(s): Hayley Marriott, Alba Solera-Sanchez, Stanley Windsor, Kim Straun, Marie A. Neu, Elias Dreismickenbecker, Francesca Lanfranconi, Emanuele Villa, Joachim Wiskemann, Nikolai Bauer, Miriam Götte, Ronja Beller, Filippo Spreafico, William Zardo, Peter Wright, Joerg Faber, Eila Watson
Published in: Frontiers in Pediatrics, Issue 14, 2026, ISSN 2296-2360
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2026.1743212

Exercise benefits in cardiovascular diseases: from mechanisms to clinical implementation

Author(s): Pedro L Valenzuela, Luis M Ruilope, Alejandro Santos-Lozano, Matthias Wilhelm, Nicolle Kränkel, Carmen Fiuza-Luces, Alejandro Lucia
Published in: European Heart Journal, Issue 44, 2024, Page(s) 1874-1889, ISSN 0195-668X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad170

Sources of vulnerability and ethical challenges in qualitative research with pediatric cancer patients

Author(s): Dennis Wilke, Norbert W. Paul, Marie A. Neu, Joerg Faber
Published in: Childhood, Issue 32, 2025, Page(s) 267-284, ISSN 0907-5682
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/09075682251316855

Exploring User Experiences of an Augmented Reality Smartphone App Prescribing Exercise for Children and Young People With Cancer: Results From a Qualitative Study

Author(s): Hayley Marriott, Kim Straun, Alba Solera-Sanchez, Eila Watson, Stanley Windsor, Marie A Neu, Elias Dreismickenbecker, Joerg Faber, Peter Wright
Published in: JMIR Formative Research, Issue 10, 2026, Page(s) e76855-e76855, ISSN 2561-326X
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
DOI: 10.2196/76855

Physical Activity as a Treatment for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review

Author(s): Mareike Kuehn; Lena Wypyrsczyk; Sandra Stoessel; Marie A. Neu; Lisa Ploch; Elias Dreismickenbecker; Perikles Simon; Joerg Faber
Published in: Children, Issue 3, 2023, Page(s) 572, ISSN 2227-9067
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/children10030572

The mainz resilience assessment in childhood cancer (MRAcc): development of a novel age-specific patient-reported outcome measure to assess resilience in childhood cancer patients

Author(s): Marie A. Neu, Franziska Ortmüller, Abigale L. Robinson, Elias Dreismickenbecker, Henrike Otto, Lena Wypyrsczyk, Mareike Kühn, Michèle Wessa, Oliver Tüscher, Joerg Faber, null null, Tobias Christian Baader, Adriana Balduzzi, Nikolai Bauer, Hanne Bækgaard Larsen, Ronja Beller, Wilhelm Bloch, Carmen Fiuza-Luces, Martin Kaj Fridh, Miriam Götte, Martin Bjørn Hansen, Barbara Heißerer, Florian Ja
Published in: BMC Cancer, Issue 26, 2026, ISSN 1471-2407
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-026-15776-y