Actively Recruiting
Remote Tai Chi for Knee Osteoarthritis
Led by Tufts Medical Center · Updated on 2025-07-08
480
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
177 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
T
Tufts Medical Center
Lead Sponsor
B
Boston Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this pragmatic randomized trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of remote Tai Chi to treat knee pain in adults with knee osteoarthritis. The main questions the trial aims to answer are: * Compared to routine care, will patients with Knee OA receiving remote Tai Chi exhibit greater improvement in knee-related pain (WOMAC pain score, primary outcome), pain interference (PROMIS-Pain Interference, secondary outcome), and health-related quality of life at 3 months? * Does remote tai chi decreases healthcare utilization and analgesic use over the one-year study period? Researchers will compare remote Tai Chi added to routine care to routine care alone to see if remote tai chi works to treat knee osteoarthritis pain. Participants will participate in remotely delivered web-based tai chi sessions, twice a week for 12 weeks, or will continue to receive routine care. Participants will be followed for 12 months after randomization.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Remote Tai Chi for Knee Osteoarthritis
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 50 years or older
- Diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis by a treating clinician
- Score of 40 or greater on at least one question of the WOMAC pain subscale at baseline
- Able to provide informed consent
- Willing to abstain from Tai Chi if assigned to Routine Care group until study completion
- Willing to participate in twice-weekly remote Tai Chi sessions for 12 weeks if assigned to Tai Chi group
- Access to a home computer or device with bi-directional audio and video for telehealth
- Active patient at one of the four participating healthcare systems
You will not qualify if you...
- Currently practicing Tai Chi
- Serious medical conditions limiting safe participation (e.g., dementia, neurological disorders, active cancer treatment, psychosis, sensory deficits)
- Unable to walk without a cane or assistive device
- Previous or scheduled knee replacement
- Severe depression (BDI-II score 29 or higher)
- Suicidal ideation based on BDI-II item score of 2 or 3
- Not English speaking
- Participation in another clinical trial within the last 30 days
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
C
Chenchen Wang, MD, MSc
CONTACT
S
Sherwood Alexis, MHA, MBA
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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