Actively Recruiting
Positive Minds Strong Joints for Knee Osteoarthritis
Led by Boston University Charles River Campus · Updated on 2025-05-16
40
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
97 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
B
Boston University Charles River Campus
Lead Sponsor
R
Rheumatology Research Foundation
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim of this research study is to test the feasibility of a physical and mental health intervention (Positive Minds, Strong Joints or PMSJ) for Black adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Positive Minds Strong Joints for Knee Osteoarthritis
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 50 years or older
- Body mass index (BMI) 40 kg/m2 or less
- Self-identify as Black, including African American
- Knee pain rating of 4 or higher on a 0 to 10 scale over the past week
- Score of 5 or more on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) or Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale (GAD-7)
- Able to speak and understand English well enough to participate and consent
- Available for the full study duration
- Able to attend remote sessions via video or phone
You will not qualify if you...
- Knee, hip, or ankle replacement surgery
- Knee injection with corticosteroids or hyaluronic acid within the last 3 months
- Knee surgery within the past 6 months
- Receiving or received physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis within the past 3 months
- Receiving or received mental health therapy (excluding medications) within the past 3 months
- Planning to start physical therapy for joint or low back pain in the next 3 months
- Planning to start any mental health therapy (excluding medications) within the next month
- Having systemic inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis
- Having neurological conditions like stroke or Parkinson's disease
- Having medical reasons that prevent starting an exercise program
- Suspected substance abuse
- Unable to provide informed consent
- Pregnant (self-reported)
- Participating in another clinical trial for joint or muscle pain
- Planning major surgery in the next 6 months
- Having severe mental health symptoms such as active suicidality, bipolar disorder, mania, psychosis, or schizophrenia
- Currently undergoing chemotherapy or radiation for cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
D
Deepak Kumar, PhD,PT
CONTACT
H
Hosea Boakye, MPH, PT
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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