Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the patient  recruitment for the EFFECT trial has been put on hold. All patients who were already included stopped exercising at a physiotherapy centre and will continue when they are allowed to. In the meantime, patients will perform home-based exercise.

During the first day last preparations have been made successfully to start recruitment for the EFFECT trial in all centers. The second day was dedicated to the PERSPECTIVE study: The consortium had interactive sessions in preparation of the focus groups.

On 5th and 6th September 2019 the consortium met at the German Sport University Cologne to prepare the EFFECT and PERSPECTIVE studies. Both days were very productive and full of good discussions, starting with a refreshing early morning run. We are excited to include our first patients soon and look forward to our next consortium meeting that will take place in Gdańsk, Poland, in Spring 2020.