Status:
COMPLETED
Educational Intervention for Knee Pain
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Conditions:
Osteoarthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
50+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of interventions to improve understanding of knee replacement risks, benefits, and expected outcomes among AA primary care patients, increase w...
Detailed Description
The proposed project represents the next phase in a trajectory of VA research designed to eliminate racial disparities in the utilization of knee joint replacement - an effective treatment option for ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC, AA primary care patients \> age 50 who meet clinical criteria for knee OA (i.e., chronic, frequent knee pain based on the NHANES questions, WOMAC score = 39, and radiographic evidence of knee OA with K-L grade =2) are eligible for enrollment
Exclusion
- Patients who have prior history of any:
- major joint replacement
- terminal illness (e.g., end-stage cancer)
- physician-diagnosed inflammatory arthritis (i.e., rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue disease, ankylosing spondylitis or other seronegative spondyloarthropathy)
- contra-indications to replacement surgery (e.g., lower extremity paralysis as result of stroke)
- Patients who are not willing to be randomized
- Do not have the presence of knee OA
- Do not have telephone service
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
663 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00324857
Start Date
September 1 2006
End Date
September 1 2011
Last Update
October 10 2018
Active Locations (3)
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1
VA Medical Center, Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-3800
2
VA Medical Center, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
3
Division of General Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213