Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Knee Arthroplasty Activity Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

University of Kansas Medical Center

Conditions:

Knee Osteoarthritis

Total Knee Replacement

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-85 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Total knee replacement (TKR) is a common and costly procedure widely used to relieve pain and improve function in patients with symptomatic advanced knee osteoarthritis (OA). As of 2013, the annual in...

Detailed Description

The investigators have designed the KArAT trial with two specific aims. First, to conduct a parallel three-arm RCT to establish the efficacy and sustainability of the effect of personalized interventi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 40-85 years
  • English-speaking
  • Scheduled to undergo primary, unilateral total knee replacement (TKR) at one of the 4 recruitment centers
  • OA is principal underlying indication for TKR
  • During an accelerometer run-in period lasting one week at baseline (prior to surgery), subjects must show that they can comply with waist-worn physical activity tracker protocols by wearing the activity tracker for ≥4/7 days of the week for ≥10 hours/day
  • Regular access to a personal computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone for wrist-worn activity tracker syncing
  • Satisfying average baseline steps/day criteria (calculated from waist-worn activity tracker data from the run-in period)

Exclusion

  • Non-English speaking
  • Residence in nursing home
  • Diagnosis of dementia, epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease, or diabetes with peripheral neuropathy
  • Inflammatory arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyalgia)
  • Psychological issues that preclude participation
  • Inpatient or other musculoskeletal surgery scheduled within six months following index primary TKR
  • Uses a wheelchair to ambulate (subjects who use a cane will be eligible)
  • Surgeon-documented other reason for study exclusion
  • Subject does not have regular access to a device capable of receiving email or text messages

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 27 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 15 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

600 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04107649

Start Date

April 27 2023

End Date

June 15 2028

Last Update

November 24 2025

Active Locations (5)

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1

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

2

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160

3

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

4

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198